Today we had a long drive (3 hours) from Kerkini to the Greek town of Kastoria. Dimitris showed me some images of Pelicans swimming with a really Greek-looking town as a background and I decided to give it a try. He also told me that Pygmy Cormorants will be very common here and easy to photograph here. In Kerkini they are very difficult to approach.

We arrived after midday to Kastoria and looked at the shores. Only 2 Dalmatian Pelicans were in front of the town, but there were plenty of Pygmy Cormorants. I got some images of distant Pelicans showing the Greek town as background, but today was especially good for Pygmy Cormorants. Here it seems that they are pretty used to people and easy to approach. Some time here and I think one could make some really good images of Pygmy Cormorants!

I should also mention he Coots of the town. They are numerous and they seem to be very used to the feeding and it would be easy to make some good photos of this species here. I also tried to make some images of Coots running on the surface of the water…

Black-headed Gull is very common, but Pochard, Great Crested Grebe, Great Cormorant and Moorhen are just few around, but they are also fairly approachable here.

Tags: dalmatian pelican, lake kerkini, wild wonders of europe

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