Rarity alerts
Rarity Alerts 2026
Every rarity alert of the year, with live updates as new birds are found by our guides and other birders in the field.
Rarity alerts
- Code 2Regional Rarity
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
Alimos, Attica
eBird checklistFound by P. Kafetzis. First record for Attica.
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
Lake Ismarida, Eastern Macedonia & Thrace
Found by D. Kokkinidis. The species seems to favour this wider area consistently, with several records around it.
Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
Schinias National Park, Attica
Found by S. Psaradelis, feeding with White Wagtails at the rowing centre. One of very few records in Greece this late in autumn.
Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
Amvrakikos Wetlands National Park, Epirus
An immature bird, found by G. Gasteratos at a feeding spot shared with Greater Spotted Eagles, Red Kites and other raptors.
Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
Antikythera Island, Attica
eBird checklistAn immature bird, presumably of the meena subspecies, found by A. Vouros, T. Tsafonis, Y. Banakakis, G. Kouthouridis and G. Papadomanolakis during their vagrant expedition to the island. First record for Antikythera island.
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
Spata Fields, Attica
eBird checklistFound by G. Bourneli and L. Stavrakas. First record for the Attica region.