Displaying items by tag: migratory birds

On the island of Gavdos, which is the southernmost part of Europe, 4,014 migratory birds from 75 different species were ringed this year for the spring season.

The famous throughout Europe Mr Blue and another 53 rare lesser white-fronted geese from the Arctic Circle are enjoying the warm Greek winter in the wetlands of Lake Kerkini.

April 5th to 6th was a disastrous night for migratory birds. Very strong northerly winds and low temperatures followed several days of adverse spring weather and persistent rain that had already exhausted the traveling birds, after their journey of thousands of kilometers over the Sahara desert and the Mediterranean Sea. All this, with no insects flying, dispersed by the strong wind.