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Pithariou Reservoir

Lesvos  >  Greece

Pithariou reservoir is the largest freshwater body on the island of Lesvos, and provides great birding year-round.

Aggiunto* da Bas Engels
Ultimo aggiornamento 2 dicembre 2023

Descrizione

The Pithariou reservoir is the largest freshwater body on the island, and is located east of Eresos. This reservoir holds water year-round and is therefore a great spot for birding year-round. At the end of the track northwards, there's a small monastery you can visit.

Starting at the dam, you can scan the surface of the water for waterbirds, like grebes, ducks and flocks of Gabbiano reale. In winter, this reservoir is a good spot for Svasso piccolo and Svasso maggiore. Flocks of hirundines and swifts often hang around the area, and hunt for insects above the water, like Rondine montana and Rondone maggiore.

If the waterlevel is lower, like in summer, the edges of the reservoir provide some foraging habitat for waders, like Piro piro culbianco and Piro piro boschereccio.

You can walk along the track towards the monastery, and this provides you with some great wooded hills for migrants, like flycatchers, warblers and redstarts. If you scan the rocky outcrops above these wooded hills, you can search for Rondine montana and Passero solitario that breed in the area.

At the end of the track, near the monastery, you can use your telescope to search for birds near the river mouth, like herons, storks, Cormorano and waterfowl.

Before you drive the road up the dam, you can search for migrants in the dry riverbed down at the dam. There are scattered trees and bushes you can search.

Dettagli

Accesso

You can access the dam by driving along the road. There are several roads that lead westwards or towards the monastery.

Terreno e habitat

Alberi e cespugli sparsi , Lago , Foresta , Terreni coltivati

Caratteristiche dell’area

Collinoso , Paesaggio aperto , Montagnoso

Percorso ad anello

No

È utile un cannocchiale?

Si

Buona stagione per il BW

Tutto l'anno

Miglior periodo per visitare

Migrazione primaverile , Inverno

Percorso

Strada asfaltata , Strada sterrata

Grado di difficoltà del percorso a piedi

Facile

Modalità di accesso

A piedi , Macchina , Bicicletta

Capanno/torretta di osservazione

No

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