Greece · Central Macedonia Region
Axios NP – Gallikos River Estuary
238 species and 27,100 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–February and April–May, with up to 111 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix107 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 238 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Axios NP – Kalochori Lagoon2 km211 species
- Axios NP – Axios Delta11 km232 species
- Kitros Saltpans35 km225 species
- Lake Kerkini NP70 km288 species
- Lake Kerkini NP – East Embankment, Limnochori to Megalochori73 km238 species
- Lake Kerkini NP – Mandraki Harbour74 km215 species
All 238 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Axios NP – Gallikos River Estuary?
September–February and April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 111 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Axios NP – Gallikos River Estuary?
238 species, from 27,100 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Axios NP – Gallikos River Estuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Pygmy Cormorant, Greater Flamingo, Great Cormorant and Grey Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.