10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The sun rises over the village of Chrysochorafa, by Kerkini Lake in the north of Greece, not far from the triple border with Bulgaria and FYRO Macedonia. Before this trip, I asked Steve Mills, the author of ‘ Birdwatching in Northern Greece ’, which sites would he recommend at this time of the year. Trips Europe Greece pelicans'

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

“The estuary and the delta of the River Kalamas form the most important wetland of northwest Greece”, so the “ Birding in Greece ” guidebook claims for the area where I am heading, a bit late since I overslept this morning. I am checking the grass for any flash of white and soon my suspicion is confirmed: Cattle Egrets (cover photo)!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2014

It is an early April morning and we are in the hills surrounding Lake Kerkini in the north of Greece. At the same time, one Black Stork wades through the shallows, right next to the road. BirdLife Greece has recently published the Greek bird finder, available online as pdf and downloadable as an android smartphone application.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The company works with the best guides of Greece, who are also excellent experts in their subject and its photography. Furthermore, the company has two boat-hides, at the most popular lakes of Greece. The company also has a long-standing relationship with Canon Greece, as a major and established sponsor.

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MAY 7, 2020

Like many of you, I had plans for this year’s spring migration: to bird the very best tour of the Balkans, heading for northeastern Greece. First, 800 km of driving from Belgrade through Bulgaria to very NE corner of Greece and the Dadia Forest National Park with its 36 species of diurnal raptors, out of Europe’s 38.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

This September I found myself on a bear tracking tour organised by Natural Greece in the prime bear habitat of the Pindos range – the southernmost bear country in Europe, heading for the 2,520 m / 8,270 ft high Gramos Mountain along the border with Albania. inhabitants per km², mainly livestock farmers. and Apennine peninsulas (30 + 50 ind.).

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Have you read my blogs on birding Greece ? Presuming that you live somewhere in Europe and plan a car trip to Greece, let me suggest a couple of routes that will increase your tour list. For the Ionian Sea, take the motorway exit for the town of Prilep, continue through Bitola and head for the Medzitlija – Niki crossing to Greece.

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MAY 17, 2024

Incidentally, it’s worth mentioning that Martin is convinced that it was the House Martins that decoyed in the Bee-eaters in the first place, and I am sure that he is right. I was sure that such a large flock of these stunning birds would be reported elsewhere in Suffolk or Norfolk, but they just disappeared, never to be seen again.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

In field guides I’ve seen many beautiful gull paintings, where I couldn’t help asking myself: however alluring they may be, is the JIZZ just right? On my last trip to Greece, I carried and studied this book, hoping for the Audouin’s Gull (no such luck yet, actually I saw very few gulls). Or slightly off? pounds, and 6.7

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APRIL 30, 2015

This time I was lucky enough to join a fam trip organised by Natural Greece, an ecotourism company from Athens, and spend a few days at my favourite Kerkini Lake, which you already birded through my bins ( April and September ). I travelled with: Natural Greece ( www.natural-greece.gr/en Yes, those were four eagles in 20 minutes.

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MAY 1, 2014

We are in the village of Finikas on the island of Syros in the Cyclades archipelago of Greece. Tha dropping numbers are suspected in Greece and Croatia, and confirmed in Italy, France and Malta. I was on a new sailing birdwatch tour well organised by Natural Greece and accompanied by their bird guide Andrea Bonetti. diomedea ).

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

all the time pointing with my right hand while holding the steering wheel with my left, and the hardest thing, keeping my eyes on the road. More productive areas of the Balkans have January eBird lists from 105 to 115 species (but I combined several areas in two countries, Greece and Serbia), so I have every reason to be satisfied.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

An afternoon is already growing old while I am driving downhill to the Livadi marsh at the island of Kefallonia, Greece. Behind the marsh is a quarry, in front of it the Gulf of Argostoli, a small pine wood to the right and some eucalyptus trees to the left. Trips falcons Greece'

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JUNE 20, 2019

I was driving along the legendary eastern levee of the Kerkini Lake in northern Greece ( Google Map ) and, listening to the first Golden Oriole flute, was slowly getting closer to a wooded Mt. Out of some 4000 buffaloes still being kept in Greece, about 3000 are at this lake. I’m in Greece, after all. mi) above the lake.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Since I live not very far from Greece, I have often combined my vacation there with birding. I have a handful of Greece travel guides (not that I am happy with any of them), but what I always missed was a specialised bird-finding guide. Greece is visited by millions of tourists every year (over 19.5 I chose paper.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

And here I am on vacation in Greece, turning off the alarm at 5.30 Almost like it knew that human imagination inhabits the mountain tops with birds of prey, one juvenile Eurasian Sparrowhawk with finely spotted wings takes flight – right bellow my feet, only to stop and pose at the nearby fir top! Trips Greece partridges'

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Here we go: Guest-authors: Deborah Jean Cohen, Eric DeFonso, James Wolstencroft, Joshua Stuart Rose, Marcel van Driel, Mike Black, Natural Greece, Paul Oliver, Rockjumper – Worldwide Birding Adventures, Sandra Paci, Susan Soloyanis, WorldBirders. Natural Greece: “Empathy is important too. Language skills too.”. Also enthusiastic.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

I observed my first GS eagles in India some 8 years ago, then the first for Europe in Greece only last December , and finally I have them in my home country list.

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AUGUST 20, 2015

Which leaves me with quite a few choices – practically the entire tropical belt, right? Greece (346 / 411 – just to give you a clue, the Greek-published checklist I have has 449 species). So, beside a lot of birds and the sunny sky, I want the coldest thing to experience year-round to be my beer. Namibia (595 / 690). The Neotropics.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2014

Although I visit Greece every year, this is my first time in Athens. I am a birder in search of the feathery attractions of Greece. The mighty Persian fleet was beached right here, where we had our lunch today, although the beach itself must have been much wider, because the sea level was some eight metres lower than today.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

I bought my first 20 years ago from some Russian on the seashore in Greece, but have not used it much because of rather dark images (I even took it to India with me – and didn’t use it even once). It is not merely sharpness of image, but sharpness from-edge-to-edge right up to 60x magnification! This is not my first spotting scope.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The drawing on the left is from 1714, the one on the right is the result of Birkhead’s own dissection. Each of the 12 chapters focuses on a chronological era and sometimes a place, through the details within often jump around in time and space, echoing Birkhead’s personal and scientific associations with the topic.

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JULY 3, 2020

Of course, there may very well have been fowl-inspired weathervanes in ancient Greece and Rome. A few of my own observations of birds perching on Albany, New York’s weathervanes (clockwise from the upper right): A pair of Fish Crows ( Corvus ossifragus ) perched on a “fish”vane (what else?)

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FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Sadly, the late recognition that the Mediterranean birds are a species in their own right and not part of the northern Herring Gull meant that the most fitting English common name “Mediterranean Gull” was already occupied by another species, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2017

A few years back, I birded northern Greece with a couple from Namibia. Noisy wing beats, heavy landing behind the stern, water splashing everywhere and then, a hit of a heavy wing on my upper arm…. It had been a while since I saw Greater Flamingoes and was thrilled to see them again.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Here go those moments of curiosity, in no particular order: Europe: And so, I was driving from Greece to Serbia… in central FYRO Macedonia, two birds were circling not far from the motorway… black and white… perhaps White Storks on migration? The bull weighing almost two tones stopped at the edge of the clearing to sniff the air.

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MARCH 1, 2021

It was a fun month with posts from places as varied as Greece and Uganda, Costa Rica and India. Of course, we reserve the right to lightly edit any posts we receive and/or refuse to print anything that we don’t find appropriate for this site or purpose. But, as you’ve probably noticed, we’re not out of the pandemic yet.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

So though I visited Lynford, I didn’t see a Hawfinch on this occasion as I wasn’t there at the right time, though I did meet a number of hopeful Hawfinch hunters (HHHs), none of whom reported a sighting. They were by far the most numerous visitors to the seed, whizzing in, selecting a seed or sunflower and then flying off to devour it.

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APRIL 2, 2016

Looking like a blend of pigeon, grouse, and feathered marble cake, this fast flying species zips to the edge of a small sewage treatment pond in Eilat right at dusk pretty much every night. This year’s recipient was the Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS) in Greece.

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