Bird AlbumGreece · Central Macedonia Region
Axios NP – Kalochori Lagoon
211 species and 19,639 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 118 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
DunlinCalidris alpina
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Little StintCalidris minuta
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Axios NP – Gallikos River Estuary2 km238 species
- Axios NP – Axios Delta13 km232 species
- Kitros Saltpans36 km225 species
- Lake Kerkini NP68 km288 species
- Lake Kerkini NP – East Embankment, Limnochori to Megalochori72 km238 species
- Lake Kerkini NP – Mandraki Harbour73 km215 species
All 211 species recorded here
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Great Tit Parus major
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Axios NP – Kalochori Lagoon?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 118 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Axios NP – Kalochori Lagoon?
211 species, from 19,639 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Axios NP – Kalochori Lagoon in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-headed Gull, Greater Flamingo, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Shelduck and Pygmy Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.