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The enriched bionetwork along with its biodiversity makes Greece a unique place to stay in. Because of its climate, natural features and location one can find a great diversity of fauna and flora here ranging from unique and rare to common and endangered ones.

With the enrichment of multiple ecological systems, Rhodes Island becomes a unique place on planet earth. Many of the people do not know that Rhodes Island is the habitat of more than three hundred species of birds. Being one of the migratory routes for various kinds of birds, tourists can see a variety of alluring birds in Rhodes during summer and spring seasons.

Bird Watching in Rhodes Island:

When coming to Rhodes Island for holidays, you will find Rhodes Island full of enchanting birds. This makes bird watching very interesting here as you get to see some of the most impressive and rare birds in the world. Therefore, a trip to the Rhodes Island should include bird watching.

Sites for Bird watching in Rhodes:

The Bird Watching activity includes watching a wide range of birds in Rhodes Island. However a large number is found in wetlands, lake areas and dams. One of the sites for bird watching is Apolakkia dam.

Other great spots for enjoying Bird Watching in Rhodes Island is Ialyssos, Kalithea, Gadoura river mouth, Ixia, Kremasti Bridge, Koskinou and different spots along the coastline of Rhodes.

You can also visit Attavyros and Profitis Ilias, the mountainous areas but beware that you can’t find variety of birds in these places. At Attavyros and Profitis Ilias you can only find some common birds like vultures, hawks, Peregrine falcons, eagles and owls.

Birds Species on Rhodes Island:

As per the information above, you can get pleasures of watching a variety of birds’ species on Rhodes Island. Some of the widespread species of birds in Rhodes include Collared Dove, Blue Tit, Crested Lark, Sardinian Warbler and House Sparrow.

Sighting of some rare species of birds is also reported by the birders that come here. These rare species of birds include Baillon’s Crakes, Short-toed Larks, White-tailed Lapwing, Trumpeter Finch, Black-headed Bunting and many more.

Calandra lark, Golden Oriole, Golden Eagle, Cretzschmar’s Bunting, White-winged Black Tern, Lanner Falcon, Long-Legged Buzzard and Audouin’s Gull are some of the most interesting species of birds and few others include Mediterranean birds. One of the endangered species, the Bonelli’s Eagles, you can get a look at here on Rhodes Island, Greece..

Where to Enjoy Bird Watching?

In mornings, you can avail the opportunity to watch a variety of birds especially at Ialysos, its beach and residential area where you can find a number of Spanish birds.

Some of the amazing birds like Great Reed Warblers, White-tailed Lapwing, Baillon’s Crakes, Squacco Heron, Glossy Ibis, Great Snipe and Yellow Wagtails can be seen at the river near Kresmati town as well as Kresmatis Bridge.

If you are an avid bird watcher then Rhodes Island has some of the best places for you to enjoy bird watching. All the bird watching sites are in their natural condition where you can enjoy watching attractive birds staying in their natural habitats.

Rhodes Island offers some of the natural bird watching sites with a unique experience of taking pleasures of the rare and endangered species of birds in Rhodes.

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