Bird AlbumGreece · Central Macedonia Region
Lake Kerkini NP
288 species and 35,388 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and October, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Kerkini NP – East Embankment, Limnochori to Megalochori4 km238 species
- Lake Kerkini NP – Mandraki Harbour6 km215 species
- Axios NP – Kalochori Lagoon68 km211 species
- Axios NP – Gallikos River Estuary70 km238 species
- Demir Kapija Mountain78 km99 species
- Axios NP – Axios Delta80 km232 species
All 288 species recorded here
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Kerkini NP?
May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Kerkini NP?
288 species, from 35,388 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Kerkini NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull, Pygmy 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.