Greece Bird Tours

On January 5th, 2025, we kicked off the new year with an exciting private bespoke birding tour around Athens. Our first…

Rare Sighting: White-headed Duck at Schinias National Park, Dec 2024. Birding enthusiasts in Athens were thrilled by th…

For years, the Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) was a nemesis bird for the majority of Athenian birders. The very few bird…

First Record of Olive-backed Pipit in Greece, February 2nd, 2024 Olive-tree Pipits ( Anthus hodgsoni ), a new record f…

Πρώτη πανελλήνια καταγραφή Δασοκελάδας, Φεβρουάριος 2024 Δασοκελάδες   ( Anthus hodgsoni ) Πρώτη καταγραφή για την Ελλά…

1st record for Greece: Eastern Yellow Wagtail ( Motacilla tschutschensis ) at Schinias National Park This autumn, we ha…

Birding break in Northern Greece, Nov 14th 2023 Last week we had the chance to escape from our local patches and birdin…

1st record for Greece: Sabine's Gull at Lake Kerkini! The very first confirmed Sabine's Gull in Greece was repo…

Schinias National Park bird list reaches 240 species, with Pine Bunting, Feb 12th 2023 Pine Buntings are very rare vis…

A Razorbill (Alca torda), first record for Greece, was observed at Kyparissia, Western Peloponnese on No 26th 2022  Raz…

The Northern Gannet is still a very rare bird in Greece as records are extremely few and confined to western Greece (m…

The Pectoral Sandpiper is a rare vagrant to Greece. So far, there have been fewer than 20 confirmed records of the spe…

Autumn migration is in it's peak, it terms of waders activity. This year, Porto Lagos area is rich is rare birds, s…

Another vagrant appeared at the very important wetland of Nea Kios, close to the picturesque city of Nafplio in the ea…

Spring migration has started to be evident, as hirundines and waders have already arrived. The last days of March are …

The Kittiwake is a very rare winter visitor of Greece. Every year, very few birds are seen, mainly due to the species …

One of birder's favorite species, a Wallcreeper, was seen today by Antonis Tsaknakis and enjoyed by a group of loca…

Baillon's Crakes are scarce migrants in Greece, a handfull of observations around Athens. Today, a single individu…

Isabelline Shrike ( Lanius isabellinus ) An Isabelline Shrike was recorded last week at Mesolongi lagoons, close…

While looking for Turtle Doves and Bee-eaters at the fields of Vravrona, I came across a much more unusual species; a …