Why there is all this talk about Greek flora? There are many different reasons, but in brief: it is the geographical position of the country, which enriches the flora with elements from the Balkans, Anatolia, central and north Europe, even north Africa, and its geological past that led to the creation
“There’s a bear..there’s a bear” Account of Natural Greece traveller Dragan Simic in travel blogspot “10.000 birds”. Dragan participated in the Brown Bears in Northern Pindos trip in September 2016. About a quarter of the world’s Brown Bears live in Europe (including the Russian part of it), some 55,000, divided
Martin & Liz Pitt were lucky to have 2 days with bear encounters during their Wild Bears in Northern Pindos trip! The 1st time Martin got up close and personal with a bear that was wearing a collar for the research purposes of CALLISTO, a wildlife charity protecting the large
Instead of waiting for the spring to come to me, I prefer to travel south to greet it. (One may also read this as “those who paddle their own canoe do not have to wait for their ship to come in.”) This time I was lucky enough to join a
Greece, apart from sea and sun, has got wildlife and it is there for you to see and experience. In a pristine unexplored mountainous landscape you can sense bears, wolves, boars whispering around you. Although I am a native Greek I had never imagined the thrilling beauty hidden in the
Dragan Simic is obsessively passionate about two things – birding and travelling in search of birds. This is what he is narrating about on his birding report on Lake Kerkini, where he went in search for Pelicans. “Our bird guide, Georgos Spiridakis, is driving slowly along this dirt track, checking