Birds Native To Greece. The 18 small Nestos Lakes and 8 brackish Lagoons are part of the large Nestos Delta located in northeast Greece about 200 km to the east of Thessaloniki. 72 of the recorded birds are on the Red List.
In 1993 the Athens Academy presented it with an award for its important work to that date. Birds commonly found in the maquis shrubland include the subalpine and Rüppells warblers the cirl rock and black-headed buntings and the rock red-legged and chukar partridges. It remains a mystery as to how birds native to Africa and the Indian subcontinent first got to Greece.
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Attractive bird guide for european birds and western palearctic. The Hellenic Ornithological Society is the only Greek non-governmental body exclusively concerned with the protection of wild birds and their habitats in Greece. They are about 50 cm high and have a wingspan of between 1 and 15 meters. These regions are protected by nature conservation legislation such as the Delta of Evros River the biotope of Lake Kerkini the ecosystem of Lakes Prespes and many others.