I have been looking into Cyprus. they arent directly afected by the war going on with iraq iran Gaza and Russia but refugees are comeing over from those countrys other than that it is safe for tourists. LGBTQ wise they are ok as long as you dont go to North Cyprus aparantly. belive it or not im actualy half greek half english. my biological father was greek cypriot when he was alive. he was born there. My Mum is english and my step dad is english though which is why I Speak english. it would be interesting to see what Wildlife are found there. it takes 3 to 4 hours to fly to Cyprus so as long as it would take to fly to the Canarys
Costa Rica. it sounds like an interesting place it takes 10 hours to get there though which is as long as it would of taken to go to South Africa and im not sure weather i would be able to do that long or not yet.
Iāve never been in N. Cyprus but Iāve been in the S several times. And always enjoyed it. Nearly everyone speaks some English and nowhere is very far. Loads of hotels and holiday accomm. Never far from the coast. Good wetlands and moderately high mountains. Low crime rate. Weāve always stayed in Paphos. But youād probably need a hire car if you want to go inland.
im very cautious about the fact it is surrounded by countrys at war and there is tension in different countrys afecting other countrys at the moment. theres tension in a few parts of America, Africa, Syria and a few others like Korea cause of the war and an election coming up. iran, iraq, Ukrane, are already at war however.
the problom is mainly places within a certain distance of the countrys at war or nearby
. syria is aparantly very bad fir kidnapping and there are terorist groups in sudan in Africa next to a european continent that is near Cyprus. there are aparantly terorist groups that are motivated by the conflict and mainly target westerners, and some european countrys put there warnings at level 4 cause of that. iv read Cyprus has had terorist atacks cause some people cross over from one of the war countrys by boat. if a terorist arived they will usualy have a gun however that is not the only way they have terorised cyprus before. but i found out there was an incident there at one point.
in general its usualy safe and normaly terorism is low but at the moment the level is medium due to being in close proximity to countrys that are at war and that redugees cross over. not all people are terorists but they do get them and the threat is higher cause of the war. in general it is a safe place for travelers though. im still thinking about it its just that is putting me off at the moment
I donāt think that Cyprus has had as many terrorist attacks as some other countries in Europe.
What about Greece?
Iv looked into them. its a diffucult one though. Cyprus only has 2 endemic species of bird. it has some other endemic Wildlife there aswell but not much. as for Greece the majority of the endemic Wildlife are mainly arachnids, invertebretes, and mammels but exspecialy Plants
really what I need is some endemic birds and endemic other wildlife aswell but Greeks is mainly insects invertebrets and archnids, large mammals rather than birds. Cyprus only has 2 endemic birds but endemic reptiles and mammels and particularly plants. Spain has more endemic birds. it has other endemic Wildlife aswell. doending on the island you visit. theres lots of endemic reptiles in the Belarics aswell as reptiles. the mammels in Spain . are mainly small mammels and they dont have as much mammels as Greece and Cyprus do. the canarys have a couple of endemic birds but there mainly sub species of a eurpean bird so if I went there i would mainly be seeing the same birds Robin for example but it will just look different cause its on and from a different island
but what i need is birds i wont see in the uk
I have narrowed down where I want to go on holiday though. taking into consideration the tensions in the usa and how long it takes I wont be going there but il be going to Spain or Greece or Cyprus. so I got the canary islands Belaric islands Greece and the off shore Greek islands and Cyprus so alot of islands to research but its easyer cause I dont have America Africa and the others aswell as hours and the crime rates and laws cause iv already researched the laws in those countrys and the Wildlife there and I have found out you can find true endemics in crepe they arnt birds but mamels and reptiles so that is one island that has true endemics. there names begin with the name of the island and cant be found anywhere else. spain has more bird endemics so it just depends on what you want to see more of sincs there isnt as much mammels as birds for instance and there small ones whereas greece has large ones
Iāve only been to Crete once. To be honest, I found it a bit disappointing. I may have gone at the wrong time of year but I saw a rather limited range of wildlife. I think that part of the problem was that a lot of it was sheltering from the sun in the garrigue and maquis, which are very dense habitats. One of the attractions of Cyprus is that a vast number of migrant birds pass through. March, April, May are good. I believe that Lesbos is also good although Iāve not been there. Possibly Rhodes is worth a look, too.
What about Corsica? I donāt know much about it but it might be interesting.
Lesbos very good for migrant birds, Crete good for plants and culture and some birds. but do need right time of year for any of these places.
Iāve been reading about the Azores. They are large volcanic and pretty much half way to North America. A great deal of the native vegetation has been removed. Their main interest from a bird point of view is the migrants, the seabirds and a fair number of North American vagrants at the right time of year. But it doesnāt sound particularly good for biodiversity.
Greece seems a pretty good bet to me.
with my post about Autism and autistic role models you probably think I havnt been doing any more research but thats not the case Iv still been doing research and Iv been researching for days and for hours no exageration. I do take a break every now and again though. when it comes to research I dont stop researching the topic im researching until Im finished otherwise I wont get anything done.
I have learned alot about different countrys and there rules and how they are different from others or not aswell as what wildlife can be found. I have looked into a few of the sugestions aswell im thinking either Greece or Cyprus but im not sure which
Cyprus is more about Tourism whereas the other greek islands depending on the island you visit arnt. theres so many different Greek islands im struggling to choose. Cyprus you can go on excursions which sounds exiting but I woukdnt be able to walk I would have to go by bus even though alot of places arnt far. and I would prefer the less touristy areas and it is smaller even though they have emdemics and other species of there own. My main purpose is to try and fill in where records are lacking in a different country to help contribute to conservation aswell as make sure I see very different Wildlife to the ones I see in the UK and look for endemics aswell so I have got alot of things to consider while im researching to go on holiday. Crete has some endemic species unique to Crete but im not sure about crete. there is an island slightly off the tourist radar so you can find enpty beaches but where you can see turtles. there os Zakynthos Turtle island Marathonisi here you can go snorkling and swim with the loggerhead turtles they nest here there isnt much other marine life to see aswell though
I have asked my parents if they have been to a Greek island. My Mum and Dad said they have been to Corfu
acording to my Uncle that is on the Greek Cypriot side of the Family. he doesnt know Much about the Wildlife bur he does know other useful infomation Greek and Greece and Cyprus are all different. Cyprus is an independant country. although part of it is ocupied by Turkey illegaly. the island is hot, dry, dusty. although there is a rainy season.
the Greek islands are part of Greece. he doesnt know what all of them are called
Greece isnt an island and as such its weather is more varied North and South.
that is what he said. I dont understand the illegal part but I do know that a long tine ago the Turkish took over the other side (north side ) of Cyprus and then made a line to split the Greek Cypriots from the Turkish. the Turkish dont see it as a part of Cyprus and only recognise it as turky and therfore there is a disagrement between the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish. it is ilegal to cross from South Cyprus to the North Cyprus without permision. those that cross into the North cant cross back to the south and it is ilegal to enter Cyprus through the North. and therfore I would be limited to the south and unable to exsplore the whole of Cyprus unless I got permision. if I wanted to exsplore the whole of a island on holiday to see what Wildlife there is I would need to go to thr Greek islands or Greece
iv written down all the greek islands
both inhabited and un inhabited and theres more than 100 islands altogether so yes its taken an hour or two but this way I can go down the list one by one
un in habited
Ago Saronic islands
Aeigina
Georgios
Agios Georgios
Salaminos st Georges
island
Agios Loannis diaporion
Dianti
island
Folk Folkonea
Fleves
Katramoniso
Nisis Idnvousa
Kyra Aiginis
Nisida Kyra
Laouses
islets
Nisoi Laouses
Leros Salminos
Modi Porou
Moni Aiginus
Patrokios
Pera island Arta
Cretan islands
Platia
Aeginis
psili
psyttaleia
Revythousa
Romvia
Nisida
Romvi
Spetspoula
Stravonisi
Hydros
Trikeritudos
Psyllos
Strongyli
Trachios
Cyclades
islands
Christiana
Despotiko
Dodecanese
Imia
Euboea
and surounding islands
Atalanti
Kavallinani
Petaiioi
Mandouri
Omfori
Schiza
Skorpidi
inhabited islands
Argo Saronic
Aeginia
Agistri
Alexandros
Hydras
Atalanti
island
Dokos
Hydra
Pera island
Arta)
(crete islands) Aegean Sea)
Diapori
Dionysades
a group of islands -
Gianysada
dragonada
Paximada
Paximadaki
Elasa
Elasa
Flena
Trachylia
Glaronisi
Gramvousa
(Agria Gramousa)
I meri Gramvousa
Grandes-
Kalydon
Spinalonga
Kolokytha
Koursara
Kyriamadi
(penniselia
Lazaretta
Leon
Mochios
Nikolos
Palaiosouda
Peristeri
Petalida
Proso Kissamou
Souda
Cretan island (Libyan Sea)
Agia Erini
Ammoudi Tous Volakous
Aspros
Elafomisia
Gavdos
Loutrio
Papadoploka
(reef islet)
Schislonisi
thetis
Trafos
Cyclades islands (southern most point)
Agios Kikolaos
Macheres
Amorges
Ananes
Anafi
Andros
Aniros (Andros)
Ano Antiveros
Antimilos
Antiparos
Andyros Amorgu
Askana
Delos
Donousa
Eschati
Folegandro
Glaronisi
Gyaros
Hristana
Mykonou
Ios
Irakia
Kalogiros
Milos
Mykonos
Naxos
Nea Kameni
Nikouria
Nisida
Prasini
Ofidousa
Pahia
Anaphis
Palea
Kameni
Paros
Polyaigos
Rhinea
Saliagos
Santorini
Thera
Schanoussa
Serifopoula
Serifos
Sefnos
Sikinos
Skilonosi
Stioggylli
Parou
Syros
Therasia
Tinos
Vous
virachoi
Bouidis
Docecanese islands
Agathonssi
Agioi
Thedaroi
Halkis
Agreloussa
Alimi
Antitillos
Anyros
Patmou
Archangers
Arkoi
Armathia
Astakida
Astypuaia
Faradonesia
Farmakhsta
Farmakonisi
Fragos
Gaidouroshissi
Tilou
Glaros
Kinarou
Gyali
Halavra
Halki
Hiliomodi
Patrmou
Hondro
Htenies
Kalavres
Kaitmnou
Kalimnos
Kaloimnos
Kalovolos
Kalovolos
Kalmymos
Kalmilous
Kandelousa
Karavolas
Rodnou
Karpathos
Kasos
Kastellorizo
Cmogisti
Kinaros
Kos
Koubelonisi
Kouloudros
Kouloura leipson
Kouboupoi
Kousomytis
Leipsoi
Leros
Levitha
Makronsi
Leipson
Makronssa
Kasou
Makry
Asponsi
Leipson
Makry Halkis
Marathos
Marmaras
Mavra
Levithas
Megalo
Asponisi
Leipson
Megalo Glaronisi
Megalo
Sofrank
Mesonis
Seirinas
Mikro Glaronisi
Megalo Sofrano
Mesonisi
Sellnas
Mikro
Glarronisa
Mikro
Sofrano
Neronsi
Nimos
Nisides
Adelfa
Nisyros
Pageia
Nisyrai
Patmos
Pergoussa
Pitta
Plati
Kousu
Plati
Pserimou
Plati
Symis
Pontikousa
Prasonissi
Rodhou
Prasouda
Pserimos
Ro
Rhodes
Safonidi
Saria
Seirina
Stroggylli
Strongy
Megistis
eastern most
Stongyli
Kritinias
Strongyli
Kasou
Symi
Syrna
Telends
Tilos
Tragonisi
Zaforas
Euboea
and surounding islands
Euboea
Hersonisi
Lichades
Lithari
Manilou
Monolia
Megdos
Petalios
Petalioi
Stouronis
North Aegean Islands
Agios
Efstriatlos
Chilos
Icaria
Lesbos
Lemnos
Oinouses
Pasas
Psara
Antpsara
Samos
Samiopoula
Fournoi Kousen
Agios
Minas
Thymaina
Traciansea
Savothrale
Thassos
last ones
Sporades islands
Tsougria
Skiathosm
Trouionsi
Skianthos M
Tsougriaki
Skiathos M
Vallaxa
Ionian sea islands
Antikythera
Antipaxos
Arkoudi
Atokos
Cephalonia
Corfu
Diaplo
Echinades
Apasa
Drakonora
Flippos
Girovaris
Gkravaris
Kalogiros
Kalonsi
Kouneli
Makopulia
Lamprinos
Makri
Modio (modi)
Oxleid
Petali
Petalas
Pistros
Pontikos
Praso
Provati
Sofia
Soros
Tsakalonisi
Vromonas
Elafonissos
Ereikousa
Ithaca
Kalamos
Kastos
Kravia
Kythra
kythros
Lazzreto
Lefkoda
Makropua
Mathraki
Mansi
Modia
Nisia
Agios
Nikolaos
Othona
Western most part
Paxi
Provati
Proti
Sapienthza
Skorpios
Sparti
Letkades
Sphocteria
Strofades
Thillia
Vido
Zakynthos
Close to mainland
Allatas
Trikeriou
Annouian
Chalkdiki
Antitriki
Thessali
Keitfos
Paleo
Trikeri
Thessaly