Greece · Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region
Lake Ismarida
249 species and 18,532 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and September, with up to 143 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata87 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 249 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Porto Lagos Lagoon14 km248 species
- Evros Delta NP – Drana and Paloukia Lagoon62 km252 species
- Evros Delta National Park67 km256 species
All 249 species recorded here
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Ismarida?
April and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 143 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Ismarida?
249 species, from 18,532 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Ismarida in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Common Starling, Corn Bunting and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.