The Cyclades May 2000

• Chris Cameron reports from an Island hopping tour of the Cyclades. Naxos, Delphi, Santorini and Folegandros are the Islands visited

Naxos  August, 2003

• Naxos is one of the larger of the Cyclades reached by a 4-hour 'quick' ferry or a 7-hour 'slow' ferry from Piraeus. From a birding point of view the latter is best, you can get excellent views of both Cory's and Yelkouan Shearwater from the traditional open-deck ferry.....David Griffiths reports.
  

Collins Bird Guide Lars Svensson et al: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Described by some as the best field guide in the world, and 15 years in the making. Has it been Worth the Wait?...Yes definately! If you buy just 1 book a year then make sure that its this one. Stunning drawings by the worlds finest bird illustrators..and it shows..check out the plates on tern, Skuas, and the Ducks...not forgetting the Finches and Crossbills.

Birding on the Greek Island of Lesvos Richard Brooks: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk I found this book invaluable on my visit.....The systematic list is comprehensive, listing every bird recorded on Lesvos together with detailed information on status, distribution, and occurence. The book contains a useful index to the bird species, and contains some stunning photographs taken by the author to wet the appetite.

Recommended travel books for Greece

The Rough Guide to Greek Islands Mark Ellingham, et al: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk A thoroughly functional guide to the Greek Islands. There is a small section on the natural history of the Greek Islands included

DK Eyewitness Travel Guides: Greek Islands: Buy from Amazon.co.uk This quide is not only stunningly beautiful but full of general info as well: along with the Rough Guide, DK's is absolutely essential. No other guide has so much to show you - visually. It seems incredible that so many finely rendered photographs have been included - but they have! This book is a triumph over mediocrity: it bristles with colour and light and we can only get lost in the splendour of it all.