Bird AlbumGreece · Attica Region
Vourkari wetland
211 species and 20,734 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 104 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pikrodafni Stream28 km148 species
- Antonis Tritsis Metropolitan park ( ')30 km171 species
- Athens National Garden31 km90 species
- Spata fields49 km226 species
- Oropos lagoon ( / )52 km198 species
- Vravrona wetland54 km194 species
All 211 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Great Tit Parus major
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Vourkari wetland?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 104 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Vourkari wetland?
211 species, from 20,734 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Vourkari wetland in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Grey Heron, Greater Flamingo, Eurasian Magpie and European Stonechat.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.