The geographical location and the variety of habitat types determine its rich bird life. The mainland is characterised by high mountains and very rugged relief alternating with small valleys and farmland. Freshwater lakes and coastal lagoons form an important network of wetlands. Audouin s Gull, Pygmy Cormorant, Black Vulture, Lammergeyer and Cinereous Bunting. Nuthatches, Lesser Grey and Masked Shrikes, Spanish Sparrow, Cretzschmar s and Black-headed Buntings, etc.
Spring is definitely the best season to visit Greece.
The birds know it and so do the birders. Wherever you go you will enjoy it. West European birders prefer places like the lakes of Mikri Prespa and Kerkini, the Dadia forest, the coastal lagoons of northeast Greece and islands like Lesvos and Crete. There is no tradition of ornithology in Greece. Although tourism is a very important source of foreign income, the State has never promoted birdwatching tourism.