Lake Kerkini
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Lake Kerkini is one of the premier birding sites in Greece, situated along the migratory path for birds en route to the Aegean Sea, the Balkan region, the Black Sea, and beyond.  It has a breeding population of the endangered Dalmatian Pelican. and also White Pelicans.  Thousands of Great Cormorants nest and roost in the riparian forest, along with heron and egret species, and the surrounding countryside has many varieties of passerine birds, including Bee Eater, Penduline Tit and Cirl Bunting. 
Birds
Bee Eaters
Little Bittern
Little Bittern
Female Little Bittern
Female Little Bittern
Black-headed Bunting
Cirl Bunting
Cormorant Chicks
Crested Lark
Hoopoe
Bee Eaters
Bittern, Little
Bittern, Little
Bittern, Little, female
Bittern, Little, female
Black-headed Bunting
Cirl Bunting
Cormorant, Chicks
Crested Lark
Hoopoe
Pygmy Cormorant
Pygmy Cormorant
Great Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Cormorant, Pygmy
Cormorant, Pygmy
Great Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Night Heron with Chicks
Night Heron
Night Heron
Night Heron
Night Heron
Night Heron with Chicks
Pelican, Dalmatian
Pelican, Dalmatian
Pelican, White
Pelican, White
Penduline Tit
Red-backed Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Spoonbill
Spoonbills
Squacco Heron
Squacco Heron
Dalmatian Pelican
Dalmatian Pelican
White Pelican
White Pelican
Penduline Tit
Red-backed Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Spoonbills
Spoonbill at nest
Squacco Heron
Squacco Heron
Penduline Tit, nest
Orphean Warbler, Eastern
Stork, White
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Penduline Tit Nest
White Stork

Miscellaneous

Eupholidoptera smyrnensis
Giant Whipsnake, eating a Glass Snake/Lizard
Glis Glis or Edible Dormouse
Green Lizard
Female Empusa fasciata
Spurge Hawkmoth Larva
Spur-heeled Tortoise
Smyrna Marbled
Bush-Cricket
Giant Whipsnake
Glis Glis
Green Lizard
Empusa fasciata, female
Spurge Hawkmoth larva
Spur-heeled Tortoise
Catocala nymphaea
Catocala nymphaea

Butterflies & Dragonflies

Clouded Yellow
Nettle-tree Butterfly
Nettle-tree Butterflies puddling
Southern White Admiral
Female Spotted Fritillary
Spotted Fritillary
European Swallowtail
European Swallowtails
Clouded Yellow
Nettle-tree Butterfly
Nettle-tree Butterflies
Southern White Admiral
Spotted Fritillary
Spotted Fritillary, female
European Swallowtail
European Swallowtails
Bladetail
Female Broad Scarlet
Broad Scarlet
Chaser, Blue/Scarce
Blue or Scarce Chaser
Skimmer, Southern
Southern Skimmer
Skimmer. White-tailed
Skimmer. White-tailed, female
Sombre Goldenring
Sombre Goldenring
White-tailed Skimmer
Female White-tailed Skimmer
Bladetail
Broad Scarlet
Broad Scarlet, female
Scarce Tortoiseshell, larva
Scarce Tortoiseshell, pupa
Scarce Tortoiseshell
Scarce Tortoiseshell
Scarce Tortoiseshell larva
Scarce Tortoiseshell pupa
Scarce Tortoiseshell
Scarce Tortoiseshell