Calendar

Highlight bird species by month, around Athens and Attica region

JANUARY
Kingfisher
Ferruginous Duck
Moustached Warbler

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

FEBRUARY
Pygmy Cormorant
Long-legged Buzzard
Little Owl
Sardinian Warbler

MARCH
Black-winged Stilt
Pallid Harrier
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Isabelline Wheatear
Hoopoe

Hoopoe (Upupas epops)
Hoopoe (Upupas epops)

APRIL
Squacco Heron
Red-footed Falcon
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Subalpine Warbler
Ruppell’s Warbler

Rueppell's Warbler (Sylvia ruepelli)
Rueppell's Warbler (Sylvia ruepelli)


MAY
Whiskered Tern
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Black-headed Bunting
Bee-eater
Cretzschmar’s Bunting

Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emeriza caesia)
Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emeriza caesia)


JUNE
White Stork
Tawny Owl
Little Tern
Great Reed Warbler

Sombre Tit (Parus lugubris)
Sombre Tit (Parus lugubris)

JULY
Alpine Swift
Sombre Tit
Short-toed Snake Eagle



Short-toed Snake Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
Short-toed Snake Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

AUGUST
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Lesser Grey Shrike
Savi’s Warbler

Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)


SEPTEMBER
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Semi-collared Flycatcher
Garden Warbler
Osprey


Red-breasted Flycather (Ficedula parva)

OCTOBER
Robin
Firecrest
Ferruginous Duck

Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)

NOVEMBER
Sombre Tit
Rock Nuthatch
Blue Rock Thrush

DECEMBER
Great Spotted Eagle
Slender-billed Gull
Sandwich Tern