Trip report 3-10 April 2015 of the Northern Greece Birdwatching Holiday that Keith, Hazel and Michael from the UK enjoyed with our expert bird guide Georgos Spiridakis. Apart from numerous fantastic species they observed a rarity for Greece too: the Velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca), a black seaduck! The birdwatching sites visited during this 8-day trip starting from Thessaloniki include: Lake Kerkini, Mount Belles, Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli forest, Evros Delta, Lake Ismarida, Porto Lagos, Nestos. Here is the detailed bird list:
Species (scientific name)
1.Podiceps nigricollis
2. Podiceps cristatus
3. Pelecanus onocrotalus
4. Pelecanus crispus
5. Phalacrocorax carbo
6. Phalacrocorax pygmeus
7. Botaurus stellaris
8. Nycticorax nycticorax
9. Ardeola ralloides
10. Egretta garzetta
11. Casmerodius albus
12. Ardea cinerea
13. Ardea purpurea
14. Ciconia ciconia
15. Ciconia nigra
16. Plegadis faldnellus
17. Platalea leucorodia
18. Phoenicopterus roseus
19. Cygnus olor
20. Anser anser
21. Tadorna tadorna
22. Anas platyrhynchos
23. Anas strepera
24. Anas acuta
25. Anas clypeata
26. Anas penelope
27. Anas crecca
28. Anas querquedula
29. Aythya retina
30. Aythya nyroca
31. Melanitta fusca
32. Bucephala clangula
33. Mergus serrator
34. Gyps fulvus
35. Aegypius monachus
36. Neophron percnopterus
37. Haliaetus albicilla
38. Pandion hal iaetus
39. Aquila pomarina
40. Circaetus gall icus
41. Milvus migrans
42. Circus aeroginosus
43. Circus cyaneus
44. Circus pygargus
45. Circus macrourus
46. Buteo rufinus
47. Buteo buteo
48. Accipiter nisus
49. Falco tinunculus
50. Falco subbuteo
51. Coturnix coturnix (heard only)
52. Ral I us aquaticus
53. Porzana parva
54. Gallinula chloropus
55. Fulica atra
56. Haemantopus ostralegus
57. Recurvirostra avosetta
58. Charadrius alexandrinus
59. Pluvialis squatarola
60. Vanellus vanellus
61. Vanellus spinosus
62. Calidris al pina
63. Tringa glareola
64. Tringa ochropus
65. Tringa totanus
66. Tringa erythropus
67. Tringa nebularia
68. Tringa stagnatilis
69. Limosa limosa
70. Numenius arquata
71. Numenius phaeopus
72. Gallinago gallinago
73. Philomachus pugmax
74. Chroicocephalus ridibundus
75. Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
76. Larus michahellis
77. Sterna sandvicensis
78. Sterna hirundo
79. Hydroprogne caspia
80. Columba palumbus
81. Streptopelia decaocto
82. Streptopelia turtur
83. Clamator glandarius
84. Bubo bubo
85. Athene noctua
86. Apus apus
87. Apus melba
88. Upupa epops
89. Alcedo atthis
90. Picus viridis
91. Picus canus (heard only)
92. Dendrocopos major
93. Dendrocopos syriacus
94. Jynx torquilla
95. Alauda arvensis (heard only)
96. Galerida cristata
97. Lullula arborea
98. Calandrella brachydactyla
99. Melanocorypha calandra
100. Riparia riparia
101. Ptyonoprogne rupestris
102. Hirundo rustica
103. Hirundo daurica
104. Delichon urbica
105. Anthus campestris
106. Anthus trivialis
107. Motacilla alba
108. Motacilla flava
109. Erithacus rubecula
110. Luscinia megarhynchos
111. Luscinia svedca
112. Phoenicurus phoenicurus
113. Phoenicurus ochruros
114. Oenanthe oenanthe
115. Oenanthe hispanica
116. Saxicola rubetra
117. Monticola solitarius
118. Turdus philomelos
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