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Porto Lagos Lagoons and Lake Vistonida

41.00989 , 25.13516

Greece

Limni Vistonida

Nestos Delta and the Vistonida-Ismarida lakes and lagoons complex is the largest national park of Greece. Its coastline has a total length of 100 km and is basically sandy with smooth, low-relief coasts. Farther on, extensive areas of sand dunes, salt marshes, coastal lagoons, aquatic lake-vegetation, wet meadows, reedbeds and riparian forests appear. 

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Site name was changed by Dragan Simic into "Porto Lagos Lagoons And Lake Vistonida" (2023-07-05 10:36:09 )

Site name was changed by Dragan Simic into "Lake Vistonida & Porto Lagos Lagoons" (2023-07-05 10:35:37 )

Site name was changed by Dragan Simic into "Lake Vistonis & Porto Lagos Lagoons" (2023-07-04 16:56:35 )

Coordinates were set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) : 41.0099/25.1352 (2020-11-15 15:53:49 )

Site name was set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) as "Lake Vistonis & Porto Lagos Lagoon" (2020-11-15 15:53:49 )

Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-07-28 06:13:08
Nestos Delta and the Vistonida-Ismarida lakes and lagoons complex is the largest national park of Greece. Its coastline has a total length of 100 km and is basically sandy with smooth, low-relief coasts. Farther on, extensive areas of sand dunes, salt marshes, coastal lagoons, aquatic lake-vegetation, wet meadows, reedbeds and riparian forests appear. 

  • Top species

List up to ca. 25 species that:
• have a limited distribution range and/or are rare on a global level
• are most sought-after by birdwatchers at this site
• and are relatively easy to see at this site (year-round or seasonally)

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)
Audouin's Gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii)
Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)
Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)
European Shag (Gulosus aristotelis)
Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Lesser Gray Shrike (Lanius minor)
Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus)
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
Olive-tree Warbler (Hippolais olivetorum)
Barred Warbler (Curruca nisoria)
Eastern Orphean Warbler (Curruca crassirostris)
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
Eastern Subalpine Warbler (Curruca cantillans)
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca)
Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)

Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 13:00:45)

Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 13:00:29)

Lesser Gray Shrike (Lanius minor) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 13:00:14)

Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:59:59)

Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:59:42)

Olive-tree Warbler (Hippolais olivetorum) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:59:28)

Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:59:13)

Eastern Subalpine Warbler (Curruca cantillans) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:58:57)

Eastern Orphean Warbler (Curruca crassirostris) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:58:42)

Barred Warbler (Curruca nisoria) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:58:28)

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:58:13)

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:57:51)

Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:57:08)

Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:56:54)

Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:56:34)

Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:56:19)

Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:56:04)

Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:55:50)

European Shag (Gulosus aristotelis) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:55:36)

Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:55:22)

Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:55:09)

Audouin's Gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:54:51)

Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:54:33)

Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:54:18)

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:53:54)

Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:53:39)

Little Owl (Athene noctua) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:53:23)

Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:53:07)

Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:52:55)

Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:52:40)

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-28 12:52:25)

  • Timing and strategy

The best birding season here is the winter when waterbirds come to overwinter in those lagoons, followed by migratory seasons and, to a lesser extent, breeding season.

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Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-07-28 06:13
The best birding season here is the winter when waterbirds come to overwinter in those lagoons, followed by migratory seasons and, to a lesser extent, breeding season.
  • How to get there

Vistonida-Ismarida lakes and lagoons lie some 220 km east of Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city.

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Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-07-28 06:17
Vistonida-Ismarida lakes and lagoons lie some 220 km east of Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city.

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  • Other attractions

Among the youngest national parks of Greece, protected only in 2008, and inhabited by 270 bird species. At least 20 species of mammals, Otter, Wildcat, and Golden Jackal among them.

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Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-07-29 07:11
Among the youngest national parks of Greece, protected only in 2008, and inhabited by 270 bird species. Also, there are at At least 20 species of mammals, Otter, Wildcat, and Golden Jackal among them.
Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-07-28 06:33
Among the youngest national parks of Greece, protected only in 2008, and inhabited by 270 bird species. Also, there are more than at least 20 species of mammals: Otter, mammals, Otter, Wildcat, and Golden Jackal among them.
Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-07-28 06:20
Among the youngest national parks of Greece, protected only in 2008, and inhabited by 270 bird species. Also, there are more than 20 species of mammals: Otter, Wildcat, and Golden Jackal among them.

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