[Hilary]

Carduelis chloris, European greenfinch, Φλώρος

Greece issued a series of five stamps featuring
SONGBIRDS OF THE GREEK COUNTRYSIDE in 2014

A greenfinch and its morning chorus is mentioned in
STARTING FROM SCRATCH IN SPAIN…
By Judith Barclay
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 10, Autumn 1997

[Hilary]

Luscinia megaryhynchos, Cinnamon – coloured nightingale, Αηδόνι

Greece issued a series of five stamps featuring
SONGBIRDS OF THE GREEK COUNTRYSIDE in 2014

The Nightingale is mentioned in many issues of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN. I chose number 83, January 2016 for you to read
GOING NATIVE by Melissa Hamilton

[Hilary]

Carduelis cannabina, Small - bodied common linnet, Φανέτο

Greece issued a series of five stamps featuring
SONGBIRDS OF THE GREEK COUNTRYSIDE in 2014

Not finding too many references to songbirds in Greece in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN I was happy enough just to find birds referred to at all
A ZAKYNTHOS GARDEN:
NEW ARRIVALS
By Christina Riganeli
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 25, July 2001

[Hilary]

Carduelis carduelis, European goldfinch, Καρδερίνα

Greece issued a series of five stamps featuring
SONGBIRDS OF THE GREEK COUNTRYSIDE in 2014

Goldfinches are mentioned in
GARDENS IN LOCKDOWN by Lesley Dellagana
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 102, October 2020
Photographs of this article can be seen here


https://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/102-lockdown.html

[Hilary]

Carduelis spinus, European siskin, Λούγαρο

Greece issued a series of five stamps featuring
SONGBIRDS OF THE GREEK COUNTRYSIDE in 2014

Looking through old journals trying to find references to birds, in Greece, I came across this article
THE RENAISSANCE OF A GARDEN IN RHODES
By Manuela de Montalembert
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 34 , October 2003

I liked the description of a pool where ‘numerous birds come here to drink’

[Hilary]

Triticum aestivum, Wheat

In 2020 Greece issued a set of four stamps named
ANNIVERSARIES AND EVENTS 

One of the stamps depicts the Agricultural University of Athens, which was founded in 1920, and an ear of Wheat
Unfortunately, I don’t have a photo of the railings, topped with stylized wheat ears, which enclose part of the huge complex of the AUA. However, I do have a photo, taken in 1993, of the university building and  our son Michael who was a student  there

[Hilary]

Cervus elaphus, Red deer

A stamp issued by Greece in a two-stamp series in 2021
Red deer  are found on Mount Parnitha, in Attica  and  the Rhodope Mountains of northeastern Greece

Deer is mentioned in several issues of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
I chose
HIGHLIGHTS OF TWO  MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY VISITS TO GREECE, 2019
By Lilian Hayball
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
Number 99, January 2020

[Hilary]

Tulipa boeotica, Τουλίπα, Λάλες   

A stamp issued by Greece, in a five-stamp series named

 DOMESTIC FLOWERS, in 2005

Over the years I posted scans of four of the stamps in the series
Yesterday we received a prepaid card featuring this tulip flower and thus completing the series