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Lake Orestiada (Kastoria, Greece).
On lake's Orestiada (Kastoria, Greece) frozen surface.
On lake's Orestiada (Kastoria, Greece) frozen surface.
A not so common visitor in Greece.
Goslings with their mother
Greek common name: Κιρκίρι
Portrait of a domestic goose.
1st photo: Male, 2nd photo: Female.
On reeds at the banks of the lake Orestiada (Kastoria, Greece).
A couple of mallard ducks in the lake Orestiada of Kastoria. Kastoria is a city ...
Great Crested Grebes (Podiceps Cristatus) performing courtship ritual dance.
The Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) is a passerine bird in the sparrow ...
A male mallard in the lake Orestiada of Kastoria. Kastoria is a city in ...
A great crested grebe in the lake Orestiada of Kastoria. Kastoria is a city in ...
Greek common name: Καρδερίνα. Detail from Raphael's 'Madonna del Cardellino" ...
Two pygmy cormorants on a tree overlooking the city of Kastoria (Greece).
4th photo: on the lake's frozen surface. 5th photo: Juvenile (1st winter).
Black-heaeded gull in flight (photos 1-3) and at sea (photo 4)
Juvenile Dalmatian pelican with icy wings in lake Orestiada (Kastoria, Greece). ...
The only black-headed gull among hundreds in almost breeding plumage in the ...
Spotted in the lake Orestiada of Kastoria. Kastoria is a city in northern ...
Great cormorant trying to dry its wings in the frost.
Greek name: Ταχύβαπτος ο πυροτράχηλος. Greek common name: Νανοβουτηχτάρι.
An adult great cormorant in breeding plumage on a very windy and cold day.
Grey heron with prey (a large rodent probably coypu).
Greek common name: Αργυροπελεκάνος
Male.
Dalmatian pelicans in flight.
Dalmatian pelican landing behind the reeds at the banks of the lake Orestiada ...
Dalmatian pelicans on a very cold and windy day.
Photos 1-3: male. Photos 4-6: female.
The moorhen is a distinctive species, with dark plumage apart from the white ...
Pygmy cormorant is distinguished from the great cormorant and the common shag ...
Juvenile great white pelican in the lake Orestiada of Kastoria city ...
The moorhen is a distinctive species, with dark plumage apart from the white ...
The Eurasian coot is 32–42 cm (13–17 in) long and weighs 585–1,100 g ...
The moorhen is a distinctive species, with dark plumage apart from the white ...
Pygmy cormorant is distinguished from the great cormorant and the common shag ...
It is a large bird, standing up to 100 cm (39 in) tall and measuring 84–102 cm ...
This huge bird is by a slight margin the largest of the pelican species and one ...
A female (1st photo) and a male (2nd photo) common teal. The Eurasian teal is ...
The beautiful iridescent plumage of the kingfisher makes it one of our most ...
This huge bird is by a slight margin the largest of the pelican species and one ...
Male common teal. The Eurasian teal is the smallest extant dabbling duck at ...
The Eurasian coot is 32–42 cm (13–17 in) long and weighs 585–1,100 g ...
Adults of this large swan typically range from 140 to 160 cm (55 to 63 in) ...
The greylag is the largest and bulkiest of the grey geese of the genus Anser. ...