Tundra Swan (1 Viewer)

Today I saw and photographed 5 Tundra Swans by artificial lake of Agras, North Greece. According to Collins they normaly don't apear in Greece.
I also photographed a Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis ( Thank you , Lou).
It was a great day with super weather.

Mpravo

ody said:

Today I saw and photographed 5 Tundra Swans by artificial lake of Agras, North Greece. According to Collins they normaly don't apear in Greece.
I also photographed a Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis ( Thank you , Lou).
It was a great day with super weather.

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Great day with 2 rare birds for Greece
Mpravo
George

Hi Ody,
An interesting sighting of the Tundra Swans. It would be interesting to see if any more turn up and when those birds depart if you are close enough to make some more visits. There are generally two main routes of migration for Tundras. The western part of the breeding range in the northern former USSR go south west to scandinavia, Poland, Germany, Holland and the UK. The eastern population go south east to winter in China, Japan and Korea. There is a very small population from the middle of the range which go south to winter around the Caspian Sea and it could be five of these that you saw which have continued further south. Forgive me if you already know these facts but I would be interested in any further sightings you get. Feel free to PM me if you wish.

Best Wishes