Greece · Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region
Porto Lagos Lagoon
248 species and 10,500 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, April–May and August–September, with up to 113 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Great EgretArdea alba
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Common RedshankTringa totanus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Ismarida14 km249 species
- Evros Delta NP – Drana and Paloukia Lagoon76 km252 species
All 248 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Great Tit Parus major
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Porto Lagos Lagoon?
January, April–May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 113 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Porto Lagos Lagoon?
248 species, from 10,500 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Porto Lagos Lagoon in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Western Marsh Harrier, Greater Flamingo, Great Cormorant 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.