Cyprus Bird Watching Tours - BIRD is the WORD - Tour - Paphos 27/04/2019
We set out straight to the foothills where we got incredible views of Bonelli's Eagles perching not far away for lengthy times and also flying low, a great start to the day. A Hoopoe showed well as we left the site and many Serin were in song.
Next we headed to kathikas for Black-headed Bunting, we actually found quite a few and got great views and photo opportunities with them. As we left the site a Black Francolin showed close at the side of the road.
We stopped for some food and then continued back to Paphos to check out Minthis Hills for Cretzschmar's Bunting. They took a long time to show, though we had a Common Rock Thrush nearby to keep us occupied until they finally presented themselves.
As we headed back we stopped for a young Chameleon crossing the road, which we helped and snapped a few photos of too. Targets achieved, not the highest bird count but some great species and fantastic views. 47 Species.
Species List: Chukar Partridge Black Francolin Common Kestrel Eurasian Hobby Peregrine Falcon Bonelli's Eagle Wood Sandpiper Common Wood-pigeon European Turtle-dove Eurasian Collared-dove Great Spotted Cuckoo Common Cuckoo Cyprus Scops Owl (h)Little Owl Common Swift Eurasian Hoopoe Masked Shrike Eurasian Magpie Eurasian Jackdaw Hooded Crow Great Tit Crested Lark Barn Swallow Common House-martin | Cetti's Warbler Sedge Warbler Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Blackcap Lesser Whitethroat Sardinian Warbler Cyprus Warbler Whinchat Cyprus Wheatear Common Rockthrush Spotted Flycatcher European Pied Flycatcher House Sparrow Spanish Sparrow Tree Pipit Red-throated Pipit European Serin European Greenfinch European Goldfinch Common Linnet Corn Bunting Ortolan Bunting Cretzschmar's Bunting Black-headed Bunting 47 |