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Lake Kerkini NP - Korifoudi Marshes

Macedonia  >  Greece

South of the Kerkini Village come the Korifoudi flats, an extensive mudbar where some good birds are to be found anytime.

Added* by Dragan Simic
Most recent update 4 липня 2024

Description

South of the Kerkini Village, the tarmac more or less follows the lake shore. In the shallows of the Korifoudi, Пелікан кучерявий and Баклан малий are feeding, Крячок річковий resting, Лелека білий and Лелека чорний foraging, while above all of them, Шуліка чорний , Орел-карлик малий , Підорлик малий and Змієїд блакитноногий soar. Bushes are alive with Очеретянка середземноморська , Кропив'янка червоновола , Берестянка бліда , Кам’янка іспанська , Вівсянка садова and Ремез звичайний . The Kroussia Mountain foothills offer Вівсянка городня , Гаїчка середземноморська , Сорокопуд білолобий and Сорокопуд чорнолобий .

From late summer to early winter, Фламінго become numerous. In winter, the place is bursting with numerous Щеврик гірський , Баранець звичайний , with occasional Побережник білохвостий among them.

Details

Access

Explore by car or bicycle. Park wherever you like, but at the side – each straight section of the road inspires the locals to press the accelerator as if they were racing! Explore by walking, or further driving. For driving directions, zoom in on the map and click on the "P" (parking) sign.

Terrain and Habitat

Wetland , Scattered trees and bushes , Grassland , Lake , Mud flats

Conditions

Flat , Hilly , Wet , High water possible

Circular trail

No

Is a telescope useful?

Can be useful

Good birding season

All year round

Best time to visit

Spring migration , Autumn migration , Spring , Winter

Route

Paved road , Narrow trail

Difficulty walking trail

Average walk

Accessible by

Car , Bicycle

Birdwatching hide / platform

No

Extra info

Lake Kerkini is one of the youngest national parks of Greece, protected only in 2006 and inhabited by 11 amphibian, 27 reptilian, 44 mammal and 320 bird species. The best birding season here is spring, from mid-April to mid-June.

My accommodation of choice is the Limneo Lodge in Chrysochorafa Village, a small guesthouse with only 11 rooms (see the links below).

The most detailed description of the wider area is to be found in the Birdwatching in Northern Greece (2023) by Steve Mills. A shorter version is available in Finding Birds in Northern Greece (2015) by Dave Gosney.

Links

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Map

Top 5 birds

Кропив'янка червоновола
1. Кропив'янка червоновола
(Curruca cantillans/iberiae)
Сорокопуд білолобий
2. Сорокопуд білолобий
(Lanius nubicus)
Берестянка бліда
3. Берестянка бліда
(Iduna pallida)
Пелікан кучерявий
4. Пелікан кучерявий
(Pelecanus crispus)
Eastern Orphean Warbler
5. Eastern Orphean Warbler
(Curruca crassirostris)

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