Red Kite near Bellefontaine, French Jura

June 25, 2014:
Briefly perching in a conifer.

Bellefontaine, Jura, France

Cyprus birds

April 29-May 5:

Long overdue for an update (!) but bird sightings have been relatively few during the winter. A Spring visit to Cyprus altered all this although water was very scarce and meant the birds were having a hard time. Some photos below, however.

 

 

Bee-eater near Anarita

 

 

 

Masked Shrike at Smygies, just having bathed in a leaking trickle from the well

 

Cretzschmar's Bunting drinking from the leak at Smygies

 

Black-winged Stilt at Zakaki pool

 

Black-headed Bunting near Ayios Nikolaos

 



 

Lesser Kestrel at Anarita

 

Little Stints at Lady's Mile

 



Distant Montagu's Harrier at Anarita

 

Flock of mostly Purple Herons - Akrotiri gravel pits

 

 

Spotted Flycatcher at Akrotiri church

 

Roller at Anarita

 

Temminck's Stint at the ford near Nata

 

Red-footed Falcon, 2-cy female at Anarita

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Great White Egret near Preston

January 2014:
For several days a Great White Egret frequented riverside fields and ditches at Fishwick Bottoms by the River Ribble. A deep ditch filled with water-cress appeared to be its favourite feeding ground. On one occasion it was accompanied by a Grey Heron.

Around this date, a Bittern was seen very close-by at Brockholes and two Little Egrets were on the adjacent river. All four of these 'heron-like' species were within a radius of one mile.