Greece · Western Macedonia Region
Prespa Lakes NP
230 species and 10,488 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 123 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great EgretArdea alba
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Prespansko Ezero (Lake Prespa) – northern marshes22 km139 species
- Prespansko Ezero (Lake Prespa) – northern shore off Oteshevo23 km103 species
- Sveti Naum30 km94 species
- Ohrid – Studenchishko Blato39 km95 species
- Ohrid – Holandski Park40 km89 species
- Ohrid – Kaneo41 km103 species
All 230 species recorded here
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Prespa Lakes NP?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 123 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Prespa Lakes NP?
230 species, from 10,488 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Prespa Lakes NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Cormorant, Pygmy Cormorant, Hooded Crow, Common Blackbird and Common Buzzard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.