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Kerkini in Winter

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I first visited Kerkini and this bird-rich region of northern Greece 15 years ago, and have been returning regularly ever since. A Kerkini mini-tiger Disappointingly, mammal encounters are few, other than the odd Roe Deer. Kerkini’s most famous mammal is the domesticated Water Buffalo – large herds are kept around the lake.

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Best Bird of the Year for 2015

10,000 Birds

This of course raises questions of what happens when all of the inland nesting grounds of all the loons becomes covered with glacial ice during ice ages, then later, the ice melts and the lakes return. Duncan chose a mammal! Do the same pairs return, if possible, to the same nests after their long winter migration?

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