Bird AlbumGreece · Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region
Evros Delta NP – Drana and Paloukia Lagoon
252 species and 13,876 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 134 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great EgretArdea alba
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Evros Delta National Park5 km256 species
- Lake Ismarida62 km249 species
- Kavak Deltası71 km244 species
- Porto Lagos Lagoon76 km248 species
All 252 species recorded here
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Evros Delta NP – Drana and Paloukia Lagoon?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 134 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Evros Delta NP – Drana and Paloukia Lagoon?
252 species, from 13,876 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Evros Delta NP – Drana and Paloukia Lagoon in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Marsh Harrier, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Great Egret and Common Redshank.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.