Greece

I dipped a bird recently – possibly a lifer. While crossing Gramos Mountain in northern Greece, a Dendrocopos woodpecker flew…

In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales….

Have you read my blogs on birding Greece? Presuming that you live somewhere in Europe and plan a car trip…

“The estuary and the delta of the River Kalamas form the most important wetland of northwest Greece”, so the “Birding…

The other day I was exploring a new area for the first time, birding the national park that I’ve watched…

Winding between the old Olives, the road ahead of me veers into the hills of the Pelion Peninsula, near the…

Instead of waiting for the spring to come to me, I prefer to travel south to greet it. (One may…

Early September morning. The sun rises over the village of Chrysochorafa, by Kerkini Lake in the north of Greece, not…

Since I live not very far from Greece, I have often combined my vacation there with birding. As the time…

Our bird guide, Georgos Spiridakis, is driving slowly along this dirt track, checking the mud all the time. And then…