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December 02nd, 2019

2/12/2019

 

Cyprus Bird Watching Tours - BIRD is the WORD - Paphos and Akrotiri 29/11/2019

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Northern Lapwing - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
On the 29th I guided Martijn around the Paphos and Akrotiri sites.
We started out at the Avagas Gorge for Wallcreeper though it didn't seem to be present, we did get good views of Robin, Black Redstart and a Sparrowhawk.
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European Robin - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Next we stopped at the Paphos sewage works where both Northern and Spur-winged Lapwing were present. A quick visit to Mandria produced Skylark and various Pipits as well as Laughing Dove.
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Laughing Dove - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
We then ventured to Akrotiri which seemed unusually quiet. Ladies Mile had some Redshank and the usual Black-headed Gulls with Yellow-legged and Armenian among them. 
We stopped at Bishop's Pool for waterfowl, seeing mostly Common Teal, Pintail, Shoveler and Mallard. We stopped at the Environmental Center to see the Flamingo's and then our final stop was Kensington Cliffs of which the Griffon Vultures didn't show.
We finished the tour with 46 species. 
Species List:

Mallard    
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Common Teal
Little Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Common Kestrel   
Western Marsh Harrier  
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Common Moorhen  
Common Coot
Northern Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Redshank 
Armenian Gull 
Yellow-legged Gull 
Black-headed Gull 
Rock Dove 
Common Wood-pigeon   
Laughing Dove
Common Kingfisher
Eurasian Magpie    
Eurasian Jackdaw   
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
Crested Lark  
Eurasian Skylark
Zitting Cisticola  
Cetti's Warbler
Blackcap 
Sardinian Warbler
(h)Eurasian Wren
Eurasian Blackbird    
European Robin
Western Black Redstart
Common Stonechat
House Sparrow 
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipit 
Red-throated Pipit
European Serin 
European Greenfinch    
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet

46 

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