Animals on the borders of Greece, Albania and Macedonia

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We drove up to the two Lake Prespas (one big, one little) early this morning. This blog records some of the animals we saw during our adventures – the related blog gives more context for the area.

For once we were able to stop at one of the many ‘bear crossing’ signs we’ve seen in this part of Greece, only this time with a wolf as well.
The lake is full of freshwater fish, particularly carp. Home in to see the fisherman. The opening picture of this blog gives you the context in which I took this photo – you might see the fisherman if you zoom in a lot.
This gives you some context for the two pictures below – of reed-eating cattle and frogs.
The cattle here are a special breed, no more than a metre high, which eat the reeds and therefore help to protect the lakes from being overwhelmed by them.
Two frogs because they are so cute!
And here is today’s catch arriving.
No animal blog is complete without a bird picture – so here is one of the Dalmatian pelicans (really!) we saw from afar.

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7 thoughts on “Animals on the borders of Greece, Albania and Macedonia”

  1. Impressive that they’ve managed to train their bears to cross at certain areas… Although it wasn’t obvious from the shots what the bears might be eating up there! (Seriously, do take care off trail – bears are all focused on gorging at this time of year😊)

    1. We’ll definitely take care – and stay on trail! Like you, I’m not at all sure what they’re gorging on – unlikely to be Greek salads and tsatziki..

  2. Well they might gorge on salad – they eat anything. The sign reminds me on ones in Spain that had a leaping deer and a notice that said to be careful of the lynxes. I guess if you were a deer you might well be leaping at the sight of a lynx.

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