Lake Ismarida

As part of The National Park of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Lake Ismarida covers 320 hectares and at a maximum, is only 1.5metres deep, making it a perfect spot for waders. We arrived on a hot afternoon...Most birds were quite far off and the heat haze made photography difficult. The highlights had to be the Collared Pratincoles ... of which there were many and the sheer abundance of birds including: Glossy Ibis, Black-winged Stilts, Spoonbills, Purple Heron, Squacco Heron, a flock of Curlew Sandpiper and the many Terns - Whiskered, Black, and White-winged Black Tern.

A receding water level. 

Collared Pratincoles...

Glossy Ibis and Black-winged Stilt.

Terns.

Spoonbills.

Squacco Herons.

Dark Spreadwing Damselfly.

Black-headed Wagtail - a subspecies of the Western Yellow Wagtail.