I set off to Akrotiri to do a tour for Mark Askew and Carl Taylor. I had previously done 4 mini tours for Mark as he was out here on holiday with family and was very pressed for time, but he managed to get a full day in today. I had also previously done a small tour for Carl Taylor, showing him the sites around Paphos. The day was fruitful nailing 58 species. Sites Visited: Phassouri Marsh, Akrotiri Gravel Pits + Church, Bishop's Pool and Lady's Mile. Species: Common Buzzard Hoopoe Cetti's Warbler Savi's Warbler (heard) Lesser Whitethroat Black Francolin Marsh Harrier Garganey Common Snipe Sedge Warbler Eurasian Reed Warbler Common Swift Mallard Quail Water Rail Squacco Heron Merlin Purple Heron Little Egret Cattle Egret Ruff Wood Sandpiper Northern Wheatear Little Ringed Plover Black Winged Stilt Kentish Plover Red Throated Pipit Woodchat Shrike Little Stint Sand Martin Whinchat Baltic Gull Common Redstart (F) Ferruginous Duck Common Pochard (M) Coot Moorhen Little Grebe Turtle Dove Marsh Sandpiper Greenshank Spur-winged Lapwing Black Headed Gull Slender Billed Gull Yellow-Legged Gull House Sparrow Spanish Sparrow Common Kestrel Great Tit Goldfinch Sardinian Warbler Hooded Crow Eurasian Jackdaw Eurasian Magpie Collared Dove Feral Pigeon Wood Pigeon Barn Swallow House Martin Total - 58 | |