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04/04/15 Akrotiri

4/4/2015

 

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
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    - Canon 400mm Ef-s USM l f5.6 Lens. 
    - no teleconverter.

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    (older: Canon sx50 HS)


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