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Dag 3: Mandraki, Petritsi Municipal Unit

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For me, boat trips are ideal: I don't have to walk, and the birds are often easier to see than on shore. The main attractions are the colonies of Pink Pelicans and Dalmatian Pelicans. When the valley was still a large swamp, the pelicans could survive here, but now they have to be helped with breeding islands in the lake. They are also fed additionally. For me the most beautiful photo was that of the Red-necked Grebe, a beautiful little grebe in breeding.

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<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/accipitriformes/accipitridae/buteo buteo/buteo buteo-en.html">Buteo buteo</a> / Common buzzard / Buizerd</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 1000, distance 63.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/plantae/tracheophyta/liliopsida/poales/poaceae/hordeum murinum/hordeum murinum-en.html">Hordeum murinum</a> / Wall barley / Kruipertje</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 1600, distance 2.74 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/mammalia/perissodactyla/equidae/equus ferus/equus ferus-en.html">Equus ferus</a> / Wild horse / Paard</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 83.2 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/acrocephalidae/iduna pallida/iduna pallida-en.html">Iduna pallida</a> / Eastern olivaceous warbler / Oostelijke vale spotvogel</h3><p>I was only able to get a good photo of the Eastern Pale Warbler towards the end of the trip. Usually, it could only be heard deep in a thicket.</p>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 1600, distance 40.9 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/ciconiiformes/ciconiidae/ciconia ciconia/ciconia ciconia-en.html">Ciconia ciconia</a> / White stork / Ooievaar</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 41.9 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/charadriiformes/laridae/sterna hirundo/sterna hirundo-en.html">Sterna hirundo</a> / Common tern / Visdief</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 250, distance 39.5 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/podicipediformes/podicipedidae/podiceps cristatus/podiceps cristatus-en.html">Podiceps cristatus</a> / Great crested grebe / Fuut</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 52.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/ardeidae/ardeola ralloides/ardeola ralloides-en.html">Ardeola ralloides</a> / Squacco heron / Ralreiger</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 19.1 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/acrocephalidae/acrocephalus arundinaceus/acrocephalus arundinaceus-en.html">Acrocephalus arundinaceus</a> / Great reed warbler / Grote karekiet</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 14.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/plantae/tracheophyta/magnoliopsida/caryophyllales/polygonaceae/persicaria amphibia/persicaria amphibia-en.html">Persicaria amphibia</a> / Amphibious bistort / Veenwortel</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 43.9 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/plantae/tracheophyta/magnoliopsida/brassicales/brassicaceae/rorippa amphibia/rorippa amphibia-en.html">Rorippa amphibia</a> / Great yellow‑cress / Gele waterkers</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 14.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/charadriiformes/laridae/hydrocoloeus minutus/hydrocoloeus minutus-en.html">Hydrocoloeus minutus</a> / Little gull / Dwergmeeuw</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 89.7 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/charadriiformes/laridae/chlidonias niger/chlidonias niger-en.html">Chlidonias niger</a> / Black tern / Zwarte stern</h3><p>On the left a White-cheeked Tern, on the right a Black Tern.</p>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 71.9 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/pelecanidae/pelecanus crispus/pelecanus crispus-en.html">Pelecanus crispus</a> / Dalmatian pelican / Kroeskoppelikaan</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 66.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/suliformes/phalacrocoracidae/microcarbo pygmaeus/microcarbo pygmaeus-en.html">Microcarbo pygmaeus</a> / Pygmy cormorant / Dwergaalscholver</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 64.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/charadriiformes/laridae/chlidonias hybrida/chlidonias hybrida-en.html">Chlidonias hybrida</a> / Whiskered tern / Witwangstern</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 39.2 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/charadriiformes/laridae/ichthyaetus melanocephalus/ichthyaetus melanocephalus-en.html">Ichthyaetus melanocephalus</a> / Mediterranean gull / Zwartkopmeeuw</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 38.2 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/podicipediformes/podicipedidae/podiceps nigricollis/podiceps nigricollis-en.html">Podiceps nigricollis</a> / Black‑necked grebe / Geoorde fuut</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 640, distance 24.4 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/pelecanidae/pelecanus onocrotalus/pelecanus onocrotalus-en.html">Pelecanus onocrotalus</a> / Great white pelican / Roze pelikaan</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 320, distance 107 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/ardeidae/nycticorax nycticorax/nycticorax nycticorax-en.html">Nycticorax nycticorax</a> / Black‑crowned night heron / Kwak</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 4000, distance 46.6 m

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