You'll love this tour if you like:
- Birdwatching
- Nature
- The great outdoors
- The natural beauty of spring
- Stunning scenery
- Mediterranean sunshine
The spectacular spring migration witnessed in Lesvos has, deservedly, established the island as one of the best bird watching locations in Europe. Its diverse natural landscape includes many habitats, including woodland, wetlands, rugged coastline, grasslands, hills and high mountains; all of which offer a welcoming natural environment to the native birds of the island and an attractive and rewarding resting ground for the enormous number of migrating birds that travel between Europe, Asia Minor and Africa.
Two characteristics make Lesvos unique for birds: the great diversity of habitats and its basic geography. Located in the eastern Mediterranean, its closest neighbour Turkey, it is positioned in the middle of bird migratory routes. Its rich vegetation and some exceptional wetlands entice both spring and autumn passage migrants, while also playing host to a broad mix of breeding birds such as Cinereous Bunting and Krüper's Nuthatch. To date, around 325 species have been recorded across the island.
The island has three protected nature areas, all of which belong to the ‘European Net for Nature 2000’. One of these is the wetlands of the Gulf of Kalloni, a particular highlight for birdwatchers, which we will visit on the first day of our tour.
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