Cyprus - April 2015

This blog is very much in need of an update, postings to Facebook seem to be occupying too much time!

 

Photos here are of a visit to Cyprus - April 22-28, 2015. High spots were good views of  Red-footed Falcons, Montagu's Harriers, and Rollers, with much more limited ones of Little Bittern and Little Crake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the 16 Red-footed Falcons at Anarita

 

 

 

Montagu's Harriers (female and male) hunting near Anarita

 

 

Roller, Anarita

 

 

Little Bittern at Ezousas

 

 

Little Crake at Ezousas

 

 

 

 

Black-winged Stilts at Larnaka salt lake

 

 

Corn Bunting, Anarita

 

 

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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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Cyprus birds - Spring 2013

May 4-9, 2013:
A visit to the western side of the island yielded several interesting birds over this period. Places visited included the Asprokremnos dam area and its associated pools, Ezousas pools, Kouklea fish farm, Anarita park, Fassouri reed beds, Tunnel Beach and the adjacent cliffs, Akrotiri pools and church, Smygies, and the Teletria valley. Photographs of some of the birds seen are below.

Roller, top two at Anarita, lower at Teletria

Ortolan Bunting, Smygies

The endemic Cyprus Pied Wheatear, Smygies

Woodchat Shrike, Anarita park

Adult female Red-backed Shrike, Akrotiri

 

Eleonora's Falcon, distant view from the Kensington cliffs

Yellow Wagtail, Fassouri reed beds

Turtle Doves, near Fassouri

Spur-winged Lapwing, Ezousas pools

Ruff, Ezousas pools

Little Stint, Ezousas pools

Unidentified Harrier sp, Anarita park

Bee-eater (unfortunately against the light and distant), Latchi