Greece · Central Macedonia Region
Lake Kerkini NP – East Embankment, Limnochori to Megalochori
238 species and 19,355 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February and April–May, with up to 113 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Common CraneGrus grus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great EgretArdea alba
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Eurasian MagpiePica picaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Kerkini NP4 km288 species
- Lake Kerkini NP – Mandraki Harbour5 km215 species
- Axios NP – Kalochori Lagoon72 km211 species
- Axios NP – Gallikos River Estuary73 km238 species
All 238 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Kerkini NP – East Embankment, Limnochori to Megalochori?
November–February and April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 113 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Kerkini NP – East Embankment, Limnochori to Megalochori?
238 species, from 19,355 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Kerkini NP – East Embankment, Limnochori to Megalochori in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Wigeon, White Wagtail, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail and Common Crane.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.