Greece Special Protection Area for birds
Chersonisos Rodopou
65 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Ziegler175 · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.31 species in March.53 species in April.36 species in May.22 species in June.20 species in July.1 species in August.35 species in September.24 species in October.0 species in November.9 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
65 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 65Speciesrecorded more than once
- 29Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 655Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 470 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 1Owls
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 43Songbirds
- 9Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 65 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
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- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Songbirds43 species
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- Great titParus major
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Italian SparrowPasser italiaeVU
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
Other birds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan13°/10°98 mm
- Feb13°/10°90 mm
- Mar15°/11°52 mm
- Apr18°/13°27 mm
- May22°/16°17 mm
- Jun26°/20°4 mm
- Jul29°/23°3 mm
- Aug29°/23°5 mm
- Sep26°/21°21 mm
- Oct22°/18°57 mm
- Nov18°/15°83 mm
- Dec15°/12°103 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Chersonisos Rodopou.
Protected natural site
Chersonisos Rodopou is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Greece, 470 m above the sea.
65 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 655 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Rock Dove and the Sardinian Warbler.
20 species come for the summer, 1 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Italian Sparrow.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Camping Nopigiacampsite · 10 km · 1 within 10 km
- Aphea Villageplace to stay · 7.0 km · 59 within 10 km
- Kolympárinearest town · 7.0 km in a straight line
- Chania International Airport (CHQ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 37 km in a straight lineCar hire at CHQ airport (Souda)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1marked trails within 4 kmJourney to the Past PLA 13
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmCamping Nopigia
- 59places to stay within 10 kmAphea Village, Vrachos sto kyma, Chrispy World Hotel and 56 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Chersonisos Rodopou.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas78 mountains within 25 kmOnychas Oros · 1.8 kmMount Tityros · 4.8 kmZovigli · 9.6 kmGeroskinos · 15 kmTrapezes · 16 kmManna389 m · 21 kmVolakas · 22 kmVitsilangos · 24 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Chersonisos Rodopou
Greece
- 44Birdyas Score
- 65Species
- 29Migrants
- 1Threatened
Missolonghi–Aitoliko Lagoons
Greece · 376 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 206Species
- 111Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q24990548) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 655 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Canyonyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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