Winter and Early Spring Highlights 2023
| 19/01/23 Day 1, Paphos: Chukar Partridge Common Teal Cattle Egret Grey Heron Great Egret Little Egret Great Cormorant European Shag Common Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Western Marsh Harrier Eurasian Sparrowhawk Common Buzzard Long-legged Buzzard Common Moorhen Common Coot Spur-winged Lapwing Common Snipe Yellow-legged Gull Common Wood-pigeon Eurasian Collared-dove Laughing Dove Little Owl Common Kingfisher Eurasian Magpie Eurasian Jackdaw Hooded Crow Great Tit (h)Bearded Reedling Crested Lark Wood Lark Eurasian Skylark Zitting Cisticola (h)Cetti's Warbler Common Chiffchaff Blackcap Sardinian Warbler Cyprus Warbler European Robin Bluethroat Western Black Redstart Common Stonechat Finsch's Wheatear House Sparrow Spanish Sparrow White Wagtail (h)Grey Wagtail Meadow Pipit Red-throated Pipit Common Chaffinch European Serin European Greenfinch European Goldfinch Common Linnet Corn Bunting 55 Day 2, Akrotiri: Mallard Northern Shoveller Common Teal Ferruginous Duck Little Grebe Greater Flamingo Glossy Ibis Cattle Egret Grey Heron Great Egret Little Egret Great Cormorant Common Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Western Marsh Harrier Hen Harrier Eurasian Sparrowhawk Common Buzzard (h)Water Rail Common Moorhen Common Coot Spur-winged Lapwing Common Snipe Armenian Gull Yellow-legged Gull Caspian Gull Black-headed Gull Slender-billed Gull Common Wood-pigeon Eurasian Collared-dove Laughing Dove Common Kingfisher Eurasian Magpie Eurasian Jackdaw Hooded Crow Great Tit Crested Lark Zitting Cisticola Cetti's Warbler Moustached Warbler Common Chiffchaff Blackcap Sardinian Warbler Common Starling (h)European Robin Bluethroat Western Black Redstart Common Stonechat House Sparrow Spanish Sparrow White Wagtail Meadow Pipit Red-throated Pipit Water Pipit (Caucasian Water Pipit) Common Chaffinch European Serin European Greenfinch European Goldfinch Common Linnet 59 Day 3, Larnaca and Agia Napa: Chukar Partridge (h)Black Francolin Common Shelduck Ruddy Shelduck Eurasian Wigeon Mallard Northern Shoveller Northern Pintail Common Teal Red-crested Pochard Ferruginous Duck Tufted Duck Little Grebe Greater Flamingo Eurasian Bittern Grey Heron Little Egret Great Cormorant Common Kestrel Western Marsh Harrier Common Buzzard Common Moorhen Common Coot Black-winged Stilt Northern Lapwing Spur-winged Lapwing Eurasian Golden Plover Common Redshank Common Greenshank Little Stint Dunlin Audouin's Gull Heuglin's (Siberian) Gull Armenian Gull Yellow-legged Gull Caspian Gull Black-headed Gull Slender-billed Gull Mediterranean Gull Sandwich Tern White-winged Tern Common Wood-pigeon Eurasian Collared-dove Common Kingfisher Eurasian Magpie Eurasian Jackdaw Hooded Crow Great Tit Calandra Lark Crested Lark (h)Eurasian Skylark Barn Swallow Zitting Cisticola (h)Cetti's Warbler Common Chiffchaff (h)Blackcap Sardinian Warbler (h)Cyprus Warbler Spectacled Warbler Common Starling (h)European Robin Bluethroat Western Black Redstart Common Stonechat House Sparrow White Wagtail Meadow Pipit Water Pipit (Caucasian Water Pipit) European Goldfinch 69 |  Common Gull  Greater Flamingo  Calandra Lark  Slender-billed Gull  Eurasian Bittern  Long-legged Buzzard  Western Marsh Harrier  Green Sandpiper  Cyprus Warbler  Cyprus Scops Owl  Laughing Dove  Oriental Turtle Dove (rarity)  Peregrine Falcon  Woodlark  Great Spotted Cuckoo  Cyprus Warbler  Eurasian Hoopoe  Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit (rarity)  Isabelline Wheatear |
| 20/02/23 Paphos: Chukar Partridge Common Teal Little Grebe Great Cormorant Common Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Western Marsh Harrier Eurasian Sparrowhawk Common Buzzard Long-legged Buzzard Bonelli's Eagle Common Moorhen Common Coot Common Snipe Green Sandpiper Armenian Gull Yellow-legged Gull Common Wood-pigeon Eurasian Collared-dove Laughing Dove Great Spotted Cuckoo Cyprus Scops Owl Little Owl Eurasian Magpie Eurasian Jackdaw Hooded Crow Great Tit Crested Lark Wood Lark Eurasian Skylark Barn Swallow Zitting Cisticola (h)Cetti's Warbler Common Chiffchaff Blackcap Sardinian Warbler Cyprus Warbler Western Black Redstart Common Stonechat Finsch's Wheatear Blue Rock Thrush House Sparrow Spanish Sparrow White Wagtail Meadow Pipit Red-throated Pipit Common Chaffinch European Serin European Greenfinch European Goldfinch Common Linnet Corn Bunting 52 day 2 akrotiri Chukar Partridge Black Francolin Common Shelduck Mallard Northern Shoveller Northern Pintail Common Teal Little Grebe Greater Flamingo Glossy Ibis Cattle Egret Grey Heron Great Egret Little Egret Great Cormorant Common Kestrel Western Marsh Harrier Hen Harrier Eurasian Sparrowhawk Common Buzzard Water Rail Common Moorhen Common Coot Spur-winged Lapwing Common Snipe Spotted Redshank Common Redshank Green Sandpiper Armenian Gull Yellow-legged Gull Caspian Gull Black-headed Gull Common Wood-pigeon Eurasian Collared-dove Laughing Dove Common Swift Eurasian Magpie Eurasian Jackdaw Hooded Crow Great Tit Crested Lark Barn Swallow Zitting Cisticola Cetti's Warbler (h)Moustached Warbler Common Chiffchaff Blackcap Sardinian Warbler Common Starling (h)Eurasian Blackbird Song Thrush Bluethroat Western Black Redstart Common Stonechat House Sparrow Spanish Sparrow White Wagtail Yellow Wagtail Meadow Pipit Red-throated Pipit Water Pipit Common Chaffinch European Serin European Greenfinch European Goldfinch Common Linnet Corn Bunting 67 |  European Serin  Hooded Wheatear  Cyprus Wheatear  Western Black Redstart  Cyprus Warbler |
25/02/23
Chukar Partridge
Black Francolin
Mallard
Northern Shoveller
Northern Pintail
Common Teal
Little Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Little Egret
Great Cormorant
Common Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Western Marsh Harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Common Moorhen
Spur-winged Lapwing
Armenian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Caspian Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Wood-pigeon
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Cyprus Scops Owl
Little Owl
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
Crested Lark
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Barn Swallow
Zitting Cisticola
(h)Cetti's Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
(h)Blackcap
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler
Common Starling
Common Stonechat
Finsch's Wheatear
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit (Caucasian Water Pipit)
Common Chaffinch
European Serin
European Greenfinch
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
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Chukar Partridge
Black Francolin
Mallard
Northern Shoveller
Northern Pintail
Common Teal
Little Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Little Egret
Great Cormorant
Common Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Western Marsh Harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Common Moorhen
Spur-winged Lapwing
Armenian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Caspian Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Wood-pigeon
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Cyprus Scops Owl
Little Owl
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
Crested Lark
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Barn Swallow
Zitting Cisticola
(h)Cetti's Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
(h)Blackcap
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler
Common Starling
Common Stonechat
Finsch's Wheatear
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit (Caucasian Water Pipit)
Common Chaffinch
European Serin
European Greenfinch
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
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06/03/23
Day 1 Paphos and Akrotiri
Chukar Partridge
Black Francolin
Mallard
Common Teal
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Great Cormorant
Common Kestrel
Western Marsh Harrier
Common Buzzard
Bonelli's Eagle
Common Moorhen
Spur-winged Lapwing
Ruff
Armenian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Wood-pigeon
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Cyprus Scops Owl
Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
Crested Lark
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Barn Swallow
Common House-martin
Zitting Cisticola
(h)Cetti's Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
(h)Blackcap
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler
(h)Song Thrush
Western Black Redstart
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Finsch's Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Water Pipit (Caucasian Water Pipit)
Common Chaffinch
European Serin
European Greenfinch
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
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Day 2 Larnaca and Agia Napa
Chukar Partridge
Black Francolin
Ruddy Shelduck
Gadwall
Mallard
Northern Shoveller
Northern Pintail
Common Teal
Red-crested Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Little Grebe
Greater Flamingo
White Stork
Grey Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Great Cormorant
Common Kestrel
Western Marsh Harrier
Bonelli's Eagle
Common Moorhen
Common Coot
Eurasian Stone Curlew
Black-winged Stilt
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Ringed Plover
Eurasian Curlew
Common Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Little Stint
Audouin's Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Common Wood-pigeon
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Common Swift
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Hooded Crow
Calandra Lark
Crested Lark
Barn Swallow
Common House-martin
Zitting Cisticola
(h)Cetti's Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
(h)Blackcap
(h)Spectacled Warbler
Common Starling
Eurasian Blackbird
(h)European Robin
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
European Serin
European Greenfinch
Corn Bunting
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Day 1 Paphos and Akrotiri
Chukar Partridge
Black Francolin
Mallard
Common Teal
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Great Cormorant
Common Kestrel
Western Marsh Harrier
Common Buzzard
Bonelli's Eagle
Common Moorhen
Spur-winged Lapwing
Ruff
Armenian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Wood-pigeon
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Cyprus Scops Owl
Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
Crested Lark
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Barn Swallow
Common House-martin
Zitting Cisticola
(h)Cetti's Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
(h)Blackcap
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler
(h)Song Thrush
Western Black Redstart
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Finsch's Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Water Pipit (Caucasian Water Pipit)
Common Chaffinch
European Serin
European Greenfinch
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
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Day 2 Larnaca and Agia Napa
Chukar Partridge
Black Francolin
Ruddy Shelduck
Gadwall
Mallard
Northern Shoveller
Northern Pintail
Common Teal
Red-crested Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Little Grebe
Greater Flamingo
White Stork
Grey Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Great Cormorant
Common Kestrel
Western Marsh Harrier
Bonelli's Eagle
Common Moorhen
Common Coot
Eurasian Stone Curlew
Black-winged Stilt
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Ringed Plover
Eurasian Curlew
Common Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Little Stint
Audouin's Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Common Wood-pigeon
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Common Swift
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Hooded Crow
Calandra Lark
Crested Lark
Barn Swallow
Common House-martin
Zitting Cisticola
(h)Cetti's Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
(h)Blackcap
(h)Spectacled Warbler
Common Starling
Eurasian Blackbird
(h)European Robin
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
European Serin
European Greenfinch
Corn Bunting
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05/03/23
Chukar Partridge
(h)Quail
Mallard
Northern Shoveller
Northern Pintail
Garganey
Common Teal
Great Crested Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Cormorant
European Shag
Common Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Griffon Vulture
Western Marsh Harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Common Moorhen
Eurasian Stone Curlew
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Snipe
Green Sandpiper
Heuglin's (Siberian) Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Common Wood-pigeon
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Cyprus Scops Owl
Alpine Swift
Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
Crested Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Barn Swallow
Common House-martin
Zitting Cisticola
Cetti's Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
(h)Blackcap
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler
Common Starling
Western Black Redstart
Common Stonechat
Hooded Wheatear (earliest record)
Northern Wheatear
Finsch's Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (flava)
Meadow Pipit
(h)Red-throated Pipit
Common Chaffinch
European Serin
European Greenfinch
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
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Chukar Partridge
(h)Quail
Mallard
Northern Shoveller
Northern Pintail
Garganey
Common Teal
Great Crested Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Cormorant
European Shag
Common Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Griffon Vulture
Western Marsh Harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Common Moorhen
Eurasian Stone Curlew
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Snipe
Green Sandpiper
Heuglin's (Siberian) Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Common Wood-pigeon
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Cyprus Scops Owl
Alpine Swift
Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
Crested Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Barn Swallow
Common House-martin
Zitting Cisticola
Cetti's Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
(h)Blackcap
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler
Common Starling
Western Black Redstart
Common Stonechat
Hooded Wheatear (earliest record)
Northern Wheatear
Finsch's Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (flava)
Meadow Pipit
(h)Red-throated Pipit
Common Chaffinch
European Serin
European Greenfinch
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
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