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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

July 13, 2023 by Dragan 1 Comment
Lake Kerkini National Park in the north of Greece is the very best birding area in the Balkan Peninsula and definitely among the top...
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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

June 20, 2019 by Dragan 4 Comments
For sure, this is an odd sight, can you even imagine an agile swimmer such as cormorant drowning in the water? But let’s start...
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The Lake of Beasts: Kerkini, Greece

January 18, 2018 by Dragan 4 Comments
With only a few more days left, 2017 was coming to a close. Birdwise, it turned out to be a good one and my...
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The Kerkini Lake, Greece: Dipped One, Got One

October 27, 2016 by Dragan 4 Comments
I dipped a bird recently – possibly a lifer. While crossing Gramos Mountain in northern Greece, a Dendrocopos woodpecker flew over the road and...
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The Greek Strategy

September 29, 2016 by Dragan No Comments
Have you read my blogs on birding Greece? Presuming that you live somewhere in Europe and plan a car trip to Greece, let me...
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Birding on Steroids or the Kerkini Lake – Greece – in 10 Pictures

April 30, 2015 by Dragan No Comments
Instead of waiting for the spring to come to me, I prefer to travel south to greet it. (One may also read this as...
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Pelican Lake (Greece): Magic Revisited

September 18, 2014 by Dragan 2 Comments
Early September morning. The sun rises over the village of Chrysochorafa, by Kerkini Lake in the north of Greece, not far from the triple...
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Greece: Pelicans galore at Lake Kerkini

May 15, 2014 by Dragan No Comments
Our bird guide, Georgos Spiridakis, is driving slowly along this dirt track, checking the mud all the time. And then he stops and leaves...
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