It was a quite wet winter this year. The heavy rains here at Athens contributed to the creation of the small seasonal lake at Spata area just beside the Athens International Airport. This is the second time this lake is created during the last few years. Water is not as much as it was . . . → Read More: The small lake at Spata is here again!
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After visiting the same place many times, you know exactly where the best spots are and what you will probably find there. In addition there are always some spots that stand out of the rest and even in a “less than perfect” day, usually provide some special photographic moments. One of those places for . . . → Read More: The swimming pool  Comments are closed  Kalamas river Delta, Places  Ardea alba, Casmerodius albus, Eurasian Spoonbill, Great Egret, Platalea leucorodia During the Christmas holidays I was able to visit some of the wetlands at the North Greece. Since then, I was so busy that I didn’t have the time to write something about them. In the next days I will try to write something for most of these visits since I had so much . . . → Read More: At the estuaries of the Gallikos River Comments are closed GALA, Places Dalmatian Pelican, Great crested Grebe, Pelecanus crispus, Podiceps cristatus It has been some time now since my last visit to Schinias wetland, so I decided to go there and check the place out. Unfortunately although I went to every known location it wasn’t my day. There were very few birds and even the Greater Spotted Eagle that spends the winter there made just . . . → Read More: Experimenting with a Little Grebe Although I was quite busy lately, I managed to visit “Skala Oropou” (a wetland just outside Athens) twice. Although it is one of the most important wetlands in Attica, there were not many birds there yet. The best observation was a group of shags. It wasn’t easy but finally I managed to get close . . . → Read More: Oropos Comments are closed Other Places in Greece, Places Black-headed Gull, Gull, Larus melanocephalus, Larus ridibundus, Mediteranean Gull, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Shag The previous weekend I visited Messolonghi again. This was my last visit there for this autumn. I went there with George and Michael two fellow nature photographers. We went to all the places that I had gone in my last visit there 2 weeks ago. We found almost all species that I had seen . . . → Read More: Messolonghi Reloaded! One comment - (Comments are closed) Etoliko - Mesolonghi, Places Bar-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover, Larus fuscus, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Limosa laponica, Mesolonghi, Missolonghi, Pluvialis squatarola The autumn migration is in full swing. The best place in South Greece to watch and photograph all migrating wader species is Messolonghi. So I visited the large lagoon adjacent to the city (called Klisova) twice. The first time was in the last days of August and I went there alone. The second time . . . → Read More: The autumn migration at Messolonghi A few days ago a Buff-breasted Sandpiper was spotted in Athens inside the Spata airport. This is an American bird species and in some rare cases it is spotted in Europe mainly in the Western Europe. For Greece this was the first observation and was made by John Vlatsiotis and then also by Nikos . . . → Read More: First observation of Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Greece Rufous Bush Robin is a relatively rare bird species for Greece. It is perhaps the last bird species that migrates to Europe early in June and stays here until October. In Greece there are few nesting places and fortunately one of them is located at Spata, right beside the Athens airport. Unfortunately the weather . . . → Read More: The Rufous Bush Robins at Spata A few days before, I went to a meeting of Greek wildlife photographers which has taken place at Evros area. There were about 20 photographers there (amateur of course), and for the next weekend we tried to capture some footage of wildlife in an area considered to be the country’s top spot for nature . . . → Read More: Nature Photographers meeting at Evros 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Evros Chlidonias leucopterus, Golden Oriole, Oriolus oriolus, White-winged Tern |
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