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A Photographer’s Dream: Lake Kerkini in Winter

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At a 1 ½-hour drive from Thessaloniki, the National Park Lake Kerkini is easily accessible. Even this winter, with a “Corona tsunami” pestering the European continent, nature photographers and birdwatchers alike have arrived here to adore its many birds and stunning landscape. True, there were fewer travelers than expected. But there

Spring birding on a rainy day – Schinias National Park

Yesterday, we had the chance to get out of the office and take Eric from Oregon, USA to a half-day birding trip. He and his wife came to Greece, for a few days holiday time and he managed to steal one weekday afternoon and go birding with us to the

Spring Birding Report in Athens

Michael and Kendall are two very enthusiastic birders from Kansas, USA. They came to Greece, during their European tour, together with their family, along the SE coastline, including Italy, Greece and Croatia. So, before they followed the groups’ demands and moved to Santorini, they had roughly two-three days to go

Lake Kerkini Birding Break – Trip report Winter 2019

Have you ever considered taking a Lake Kerkini Birding Break in winter? The 3 friends Mike, Bob and Steve from the UK decided to give it a try, on 8-11 February 2019. Here’s their trip report. “We’ve just returned from a really great trip around Lake Kerkini. Mid-February was not going to be the best time

Bird Watching Holiday in Northern Greece – Review

Review of the Northern Greece Birdwatching Holiday 8-15 May 2017 by traveler Rosemary Richards 1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday? There was so many; probably the most exciting was seeing a golden eagle, we sighted about 4, but one was quite low and very

Why Greece should be your next birding destination

This is third post in a series about birding Greece. The first one was “when”, the second “where” and this, the final one is all about “why birding Greece”. Sounds easy? Well… it is easy for me. Why? Because it is there. Because it exists. Cos I love Greece! And that

Birdwatching in North Greece – Bird list

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

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

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A Photographer’s Dream: Lake Kerkini in Winter

Spring birding on a rainy day – Schinias National Park

Spring Birding Report in Athens

Lake Kerkini Birding Break – Trip report Winter 2019

Bird Watching Holiday in Northern Greece – Review

Why Greece should be your next birding destination

Birdwatching in North Greece – Bird list