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From: Andrew Grace Email: <asgrace4#hotmail.com>
Posted on: Monday, January 05, 2004, 10:45 AM

I was searching for on-line information about European Bees and wasps and I am delighted to have found your website for the first time. I am a naturalist and I work on Bee and Wasp conservation. I am presently concerned with Bee and Flora conservation in Europe. I would be most grateful to hear from you as to the Aculeata of Greece. I am very keen on Greek ornithology as well. I have some records for Thasos from the mid 1980s.

From: Jim Cooke Email: <jamescooke39#yahoo.co.uk>
Posted on: Tuesday, February 03, 2004, 01:38 PM

From: Sylvia van Leeuwen Email: <bart.sylvia#zonnet.nl>
Posted on: Tuesday, February 24, 2004, 12:02 PM

My compliments for your great website, I was so surprised and happy to find this! We will go to Thassos for holiday in May, and we will surely use your information. Might we find any additional species, we will let you know. I have a question about the marine mollusks. Do you know anything about seashells on Thassos? (which species, good places/ beaches to go) Kind regards, Sylvia van Leeuwen The Netherlands PS: I have a homepage on walking and nature on Lesvos Island - until now in Dutch only. If you want to see the pages on nature on Lesvos, please look at: www.home.zonnet.nl/lesvos/tipsnatuur.html

From: Pravistas Thanasis Email: <pravistas#yahoo.gr>
Posted on: Wednesday, April 07, 2004, 09:43 AM

I am from Limenaria Thassos, I'd like to help as I can, because I belive that everyone who lives and work in Thassos must do it for his children. I have a boat and do trips arround the island and every day I see many about the wildlife at our island. Birds, seabirds, etc. please how can I help?

Just home from a wonderful holiday on the Island (2/16 May 2004) and wonder if my bird list as a casual observer rather than out and out 'Birder' will be of any use to you? Includes: Adouins Gull, Medi Shearwater, Elenoras (Hill imm. South of Skala Potamia), Hobby (having fun with Alpines Skala Potamia), Peregrine, Black Kite (just outside Potomia village ctr), Red Rump Swallow, Alpne Swift (huge numbers...many passage birds), Pied Wheatear etc.

From: Peter Wiesinger Email: <pete.wiesinger#aon.at>
Posted on: Saturday, June 05, 2004, 08:44 PM

I downloaded thasos.png and calibrated it for Fugawi3 as an thasos.fx4. This map was VERY useful, because I could walk along the tracks with my GPS Garmin V. I added a lot of waypoints and tracks. Maybe my tracks could be useful for Peter Pernitz, who created this wonderful map. Where did he get this map from? Can I buy or create such maps for other greek islands for myself?

I just came back yesterday from a two week's holiday on Thassos which I enjoyed very much. My special ambition is running and hiking along narrow trails and mountain tracks. This give me a good chance to meet snakes and lizards. One my daily exented tours in the early morning I encountered three times specimen of coluber caspius in old olive grove in and nearby Skala Rachoni (one dead killed by a car on the narrow coastal road to Skala Prinos, another dead on the road to Rachoni near a bridge over a brook and one alive in an olive grove very close to the coast). I also ascended Mount Iparos on the track from Potami. There I encountered a Vipera ammodytes on a rock at about 800 m sea level at noon.

From: paul hickman Email: <gail#abigails.fsnet.co.uk>
Posted on: Monday, August 09, 2004, 05:05 PM

On a recent visit to thassos (1st-8th aug 04),at the rear of the Susie apts Skala Potamia, we spotted an unidendtifiable animal. It was about the size of an adult cat but low to the ground on short legs with a tail that was very broad at the base. The only animal we could liken it to is an Otter. Hope this interests you. Paul Hickman.

From: Wayne Email: <Waynerussell99#aol.com>
Posted on: Friday, September 17, 2004, 01:01 AM

A wonderful site. I have often searched for information about the wildlife on several Greek islands but this is without doubt the best site I have found. I would be very interested to know if there is any information about the fish in the sea around Thassos. Many thanks for your excellent site.

From: kate Email: <kateapowell#aol.com>
Posted on: Wednesday, September 22, 2004, 02:49 PM

Been to Thassos on holiday recently, beautiful unspoilt island full of interesting places, people and wildlife. The history of the marble trade and pirate invasions are fascinating. Much recommended place to go for those who want more than the beer driven holiday.

From: schmerles Email: <herr.sch#gmail.com>
Posted on: Thursday, October 07, 2004, 07:29 AM

From: Ioannis Anagnostopoulos Email: <yiannisalfa#excite.com>
Posted on: Tuesday, January 24, 2005, 12:40 PM

I found your site on Thasos, which is very well worked. Bravo. I am studying Greek bumblebees and visited Thasos for two weeks last February, but did not find at that time of year any bumblebees. I was wondering if you have personal records of bumblebees from Thasos or other parts of Greece that you can share data. I am composing a second species list of Greek bumble bees and would like to reference possible records you may have from Greece. If by any chance you may have any related articles on this subject, I would be more than interested to learn about them because it has proven to be very hard to find related material.

From: Johannes Foufopoulos Email: <jfoufop#umich.edu>
Posted on: Sunday, February 13, 2005, 12:43 AM

This is a great website - carefully done and with a lot of detail. I have not yet been to Thassos but it is certainly on my list now. Keep up the great work!

From: Giorgos Email: <www.greeknet.com>
Posted on: Saturday, February 26, 2005, 12:17 AM

Thank you for putting together this website. My nine-year-old daughter is fascinated by all things crawly or slimy . . . our first trip to the island when she was four was a veritable bug-safari, with whoops and hushed tones when we found something. What is the official name of the horned beetle we encountered in Chryssi Ammoudia? (Rhinoceras Beetle?) And the beautiful red and black moths/flying beetles? Can you add some information about the jelly-fish which populate the bays around Paradisos and the south coast, please? I gather they are not a threat. Please keep-up the good work. Your website is a marvelous encyclopaedia for nature-lovers.

From: Hans Huisman Email: <hhuisman2#pandamail.com>
Posted on: Wednesday, August 03, 2005, 05:24 AM

Gia Su, My name is Hans and I've just made a directory on the island of Thassos for people in Belgium and Holland. Your website has been listed on this directory. I'm looking for people that will give me a reciprocal (return) link on their website. The url is thassos.2link.be (without the www) and the name of the website is Thassos 2link.be. Thank you for your time, and kind regards, Hans.

Delighted to find your website which I found most interesting. My wife & I would like to do some walking and I would be fascinated to find out more about the natural history of the island. Is it possible to be an eco-tourist on the island? Are there organisations/individuals who are starting to offer this type of break? I am concerned about the impact we are having on the island as bog standard tourists. Some of my Greek friends are concerned about the increase in marble quarrying and the impact this could have on the islands main asset - groundwater storage. Should they be worried? I would welcome any thoughts you may have on these and related topics. Many thanks in anticipation of your reply.

From: A.J. de Winter Email: <winter#naturalis.nnm.nl>
Posted on: Monday, August 22, 2005, 08:40 AM

I visited Thasos for two weeks last August, amongst other things (mainly) looking for non-marine gastropods. I only learned about the existence of your website after my return, unfortunately. I collected snails at some 20 sites, often taking small amount of litter. I'm still sorting out what I collected, but at least two indigenous minute land snails species (and genera) turned up that are not in your list. I'll keep you informed. Best regards, Ton de Winter

From: Kelly Papapavlou Email: <kpapapavlou#ath.forthnet.gr>
Posted on: Saturday, September 03, 2005, 09:05 PM

From: Kim Pullen Email: <kim.pullen#csiro.au>
Posted on: Monday, October 10, 2005, 01:32 AM

Nice site. I am an entomologist and naturalist, interested mainly in beetles. I am looking forward to seeing more taxa - of all groups of animals and plants - up on the site.

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