June 08th, 2022

Tour highlights, Spring 2022

5 Day tour with David, 14/03/22

Day 1: Paphos

orchids:

Himantoglossum robertianum
Anacamptis morio subsp. syriaca

Butterflies:

Large White
Small White
Clouded Yellow
Swallowtail

Bird list:

Chukar Partridge    
(h)Black Francolin    
Cattle Egret
Great Cormorant   
Mediterranean Shag  
Common Kestrel   
Peregrine Falcon
Common Buzzard
Common Moorhen  
Eurasian Stone Curlew 
Spur-winged Lapwing
Eurasian Golden Plover
(h)Common Greenshank 
Green Sandpiper 
Yellow-legged Gull 
Baltic Gull
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Common Swift
Eurasian Magpie    
Eurasian Jackdaw   
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
BIMACULATED LARK
Crested Lark  
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow 
Red-rumped Swallow   
Common House-martin    
Zitting Cisticola  
(h)Cetti's Warbler
Common Chiffchaff 
(h)Blackcap 
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler 
Song Thrush   
European Robin
Western Black Redstart
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear 
Finsch's Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow    
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipit 
Common Chaffinch 
European Serin 
European Greenfinch    
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
56

Day 2: Akrotiri

Flora:

Veined Sainfoin
Golden Droplet
Adonis Anemone
Anemone Coronaria

Orchids:

Ophrys Astarte
Ophrys Kotschyi
Ophrys Flavomarginata

Butterflies:

Painted Lady

Bird List:

Chukar Partridge    
Black Francolin    
Mallard    
Northern Shoveler
Common Teal
Ferruginous Duck    
Little Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Mediterranean Shag  
Common Kestrel   
Peregrine Falcon
Griffon Vulture (Mating)
Western Marsh Harrier  
Hen Harrier
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard     
Common Moorhen  
Common Coot
Black-winged Stilt 
Spur-winged Lapwing
Kentish Plover    
Common Snipe 
Black-tailed Godwit   
Spotted Redshank 
Common Redshank 
Green Sandpiper 
Wood Sandpiper 
Little Stint 
Heuglin's (Siberian) Gull 
Armenian Gull 
Yellow-legged Gull 
Black-headed Gull 
Slender-billed Gull 
Rock Dove 
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Alpine Swift   
Common Swift
Pallid Swift   
LITTLE SWIFT   
Common Kingfisher
Eurasian Magpie    
Eurasian Jackdaw   
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
Eurasian Penduline tit
Crested Lark  
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow 
Red-rumped Swallow   
Common House-martin    
Zitting Cisticola  
(h)Cetti's Warbler
(h)Eurasian Reed-warbler
(prob)Great Reed-warbler
Common Chiffchaff 
Blackcap 
Sardinian Warbler
Song Thrush   
European Robin
Western Black Redstart
Common Stonechat
SIBERIAN STONECHAT
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow    
White Wagtail
Black-headed Wagtail 
Meadow Pipit 
Red-throated Pipit
Common Chaffinch 
European Serin 
European Greenfinch    
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet
80

Day 3: Larnaca

Bird list:

Chukar Partridge    
Black Francolin    
(h)Common Quail 
Common Shelduck    
RUDDY SHELDUCK           
Mallard    
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Common Teal
RED-CRESTED POCHARD  
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe   
Greater Flamingo
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Great Cormorant   
Common Kestrel   
Western Marsh Harrier  
Common Buzzard
Common Moorhen  
Common Coot
Black-winged Stilt 
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Ringed Plover 
Kentish Plover    
Spotted Redshank 
Common Redshank 
Marsh Sandpiper 
Green Sandpiper 
Wood Sandpiper 
Little Stint 
Ruff 
Heuglin's (Siberian) Gull 
Armenian Gull 
Yellow-legged Gull 
Caspian Gull 
Black-headed Gull 
Slender-billed Gull   
LITTLE GULL 
Sandwich Tern
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Common Swift
Pallid Swift   
Eurasian Magpie    
Eurasian Jackdaw   
Hooded Crow (caught and consumed a common swift)
Great Tit
Crested Lark  
Barn Swallow 
Common House-martin    
Zitting Cisticola  
(h)Cetti's Warbler
Common Chiffchaff 
Sardinian Warbler
Spectacled Warbler  
Common Starling 
Song Thrush   
Western Black Redstart
Common Stonechat
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow    
White Wagtail
Black-headed Wagtail 
Meadow Pipit 
Water Pipit (*Caucasian Water Pipit)
European Goldfinch
Cretzschmar's Bunting 
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Day 4: Agia Napa + Paralimni

Flora:

Ranunculus peltatus
hyoscyamus aureus

Other:

Nomad Jellyfish

Bird List:

Chukar Partridge    
(h)Black Francolin    
Gadwall 
Eurasian Wigeon   
Mallard    
Northern Shoveler
Common Teal
Little Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Grey Heron
Mediterranean Shag  
Common Kestrel   
Western Marsh Harrier  
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard     
Common Moorhen  
Common Coot
Black-winged Stilt 
Spur-winged Lapwing
Little Ringed Plover 
Common Snipe 
Black-tailed Godwit   
Green Sandpiper 
Little Stint 
Ruff 
Yellow-legged Gull 
Rock Dove 
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Alpine Swift   
Common Swift
Eurasian Magpie    
Eurasian Jackdaw   
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
Crested Lark  
Barn Swallow 
Common House-martin    
Zitting Cisticola  
Cetti's Warbler
Common Chiffchaff 
Blackcap 
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler 
Spectacled warbler
Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Common Starling 
Song Thrush   
European Robin
Western Black Redstart
Common Stonechat
SIBERIAN STONECHAT
Northern Wheatear 
Isabelline Wheatear
Blue Rock-thrush 
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow    
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipit 
European Greenfinch    
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
Cretzschmar's Bunting 
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Day 5: Paphos

Other:
Egyptian Fruit Bats
Cyprus Hare

Flora:
Aphrodite's Spurge
Euphorbia valerianifolia
Persian Cyclamen
Dutchman's pipe
Ophrys Falvomarginata
Ophrys Sicula
Serapia sp. (probably levantina)

Bird list:

Chukar Partridge    
(h)Black Francolin    
Little Grebe
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Great Cormorant   
Mediterranean Shag 
Common Kestrel   
Western Marsh Harrier  
Hen Harrier
Common Buzzard
Bonelli's Eagle    
Little Crake
Common Moorhen  
Common Coot
Eurasian Golden Plover
Common Snipe 
Green Sandpiper 
Yellow-legged Gull (1 caught an octopus)
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
(h)Great Spotted Cuckoo
Barn Owl
Cyprus Scops Owl
Little Owl
Hoopoe
Alpine Swift   
Common Swift
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
Eurasian Blackbird    
Song Thrush   
European Robin
Western Black Redstart
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear 
Isabelline Wheatear
Blue Rock-thrush 
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
62

122 bird species total

2 day Tour with Jaoa 21/03/22

Day 1 Paphos:

Chukar Partridge 
(h)Black Francolin 
(h)Common Quail
Northern Pintail
Garganey   
Eurasian Bittern
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii)
Common Kestrel
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard     
Little Crake
Spur-winged Lapwing
Eurasian Golden Plover  
Kentish Plover 
Greater Sand Plover
Green Sandpiper
Ruff 
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Little Owl
Alpine Swift   
Common Swift
Pallid Swift   
Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Great Tit (Parus major aphrodite)
Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Crested Lark (Galerida cristata cypriaca)
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Barn Swallow  
Red-rumped Swallow 
Common House-martin   
Zitting Cisticola 
(h)Cetti's Warbler
(h)Savi's Warbler
(h)Eurasian Reed-warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler 
Eurasian Blackbird   
Song Thrush  
European Robin
Western Black Redstart
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear 
Finsch's Wheatear 
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 
Isabelline Wheatear 
Blue Rock-thrush
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow   
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (m.f.feldegg)  
Meadow Pipit 
Red-throated Pipit 
Common Chaffinch
European Serin
European Greenfinch    
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
Cretzschmar's Bunting
70

Day 2 Akrotiri:

(h)Black Francolin  
Mallard    
Northern Shoveller  
Common Teal
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Black-crowned Night-heron
Cattle Egret 
Grey Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii)
Common Kestrel 
Peregrine Falcon
Western Marsh Harrier 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Northern Goshawk
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard 
(h)Water Rail
Common Moorhen 
Common Coot
Black-winged Stilt
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover  
Common Snipe 
Black-tailed Godwit    
Spotted Redshank 
Green Sandpiper 
Sanderling
Little Stint    
Ruff  
Armenian Gull  
Yellow-legged Gull 
Caspian Gull
Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Rock Dove 
Common Wood-pigeon  
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove
Cyprus Scops Owl
Alpine Swift   
Common Swift
Pallid Swift  
Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Great Tit (Parus major aphrodite)
Eurasian Penduline tit
Crested Lark (Galerida cristata cypriaca)
Sand Martin 
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow 
Common House-martin   
Zitting Cisticola 
Cetti's Warbler 
(h)Eurasian Reed-warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Lesser Whitethroat
Sardinian Warbler
Common Starling 
Eurasian Blackbird   
Song Thrush  
European Robin
Western Black Redstart 
Common Redstart  
Common Stonechat
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow 
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (m.f.feldegg)  
(h)Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta coutelli)
Common Chaffinch
European Serin
European Greenfinch  
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
Cretzschmar's Bunting
86

1 day Tour Paphos and Akrotiri with Magnus. 27/03/22

Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar cypriotes)
Black Francolin 
Mallard    
Northern Shoveller
Garganey    
Common Teal
Little Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Black-crowned Night-heron
Squacco Heron 
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron 
Great Egret
Little Egret
European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii)
Common Kestrel 
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus brookei)
Griffon Vulture
Western Marsh Harrier  
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard   
Water Rail
Little Crake
Common Moorhen 
Common Coot
Black-winged Stilt
Spur-winged Lapwing
Little Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover  
Common Snipe  
Spotted Redshank 
Common Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint   
Ruff   
Baltic Gull
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove 
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Cyprus Scops Owl 
Little Owl 
Alpine Swift   
Common Swift
Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Great Tit (Parus major aphrodite)
Eurasian Penduline tit
Crested Lark (Galerida cristata cypriaca) 
Eurasian Skylark
Barn Swallow 
Common House-martin   
Zitting Cisticola  
Cetti's Warbler 
Sedge Warbler 
Eurasian Reed-warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Common Whitethroat 
Lesser Whitethroat 
Rueppell's Warbler 
Sardinian Warbler 
Eastern Subalpine Warbler 
Song Thrush  
(h)European Robin
Western Black Redstart
Common Redstart
Common Stonechat
Siberian Stonechat
Northern Wheatear 
Finsch's Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush 
Blue Rock-thrush
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow    
White Wagtail
Tree Pipit 
Meadow Pipit 
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta coutelli)
Common Chaffinch
European Serin
European Greenfinch   
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
Cretzschmar's Bunting
94

1 Day tour with Brian, Paphos and Akrotiri 02/04/22

(h)Black Francolin
Mallard     
Northern Shoveller 
Garganey   
Common Teal
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis 
Eurasian Spoonbill  
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron 
Great Egret
Little Egret
European Shag 
Lesser Kestrel
Common Kestrel
Griffon Vulture
Western Marsh Harrier    
Pallid Harrier 
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard    
(h)Water Rail
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake
Common Moorhen  
Common Coot
Black-winged Stilt
Spur-winged Lapwing
(h)Little Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover  
Common Snipe 
Spotted Redshank 
Green Sandpiper 
Wood Sandpiper
Little Stint   
Ruff 
Yellow-legged Gull 
Caspian Gull
Black-headed Gull
Rock Dove 
Common Wood-pigeon  
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Alpine Swift   
Common Swift
Eurasian Hoopoe
Masked Shrike
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Great Tit 
Greater Short-toed Lark
Turkestan Short-toed Lark 
Crested Lark 
Barn Swallow  
Common House-martin  
Zitting Cisticola 
Cetti's Warbler 
(h)Sedge Warbler 
Eurasian Reed-warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Common Whitethroat 
Lesser Whitethroat 
Rueppell's Warbler 
Sardinian Warbler
Song Thrush 
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear 
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Cyprus Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow  
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (flava)  
Tawny Pipit 
Meadow Pipit
Red-throated
Water Pipit (Caucasian Water Pipit)
(h)Common Chaffinch
(h)European Serin
European Greenfinch   
European Goldfinch
83

1 day tour with David, Akamas and Paphos. 20/04/22
Species List:

Chukar Partridge 
(h)Black Francolin 
Garganey    
Little Grebe
Squacco Heron
Little Egret 
Lesser Kestrel
Common Kestrel  
Peregrine Falcon
Black Kite 
Long-legged Buzzard    
Bonelli's Eagle   
Little Crake 
Common Moorhen   
Eurasian Stone Curlew  
Spur-winged Lapwing
Little Ringed Plover 
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper 
Common Sandpiper
Ruff  
Black-winged Stilt
Yellow-legged Gull 
Rock Dove
Common Wood-pigeon  
European Turtle-dove  
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove 
Common Cuckoo 
Little Owl 
Common Swift
European Roller 
Common Kingfisher 
European Bee-eater 
Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Wryneck 
Woodchat Shrike  
Masked Shrike 
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Great Tit 
Crested Lark
Sand Martin 
Barn Swallow  
Red-rumped Swallow
Common House-martin    
(h)Zitting Cisticola 
(h)Cetti's Warbler 
(h)Great Reed-warbler 
(h)Eastern Olivaceous Warbler  
Wood Warbler 
Blackcap 
Lesser Whitethroat 
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler  
Common Nightingale
Common Redstart
Whinchat 
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 
Cyprus Wheatear
Spotted Flycatcher
European Pied Flycatcher 
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow   
White Wagtail 
Yellow Wagtail (flava, thunbergi, feldegg)  
Tree Pipit 
Water Pipit (Caucasian Water Pipit)
European Serin 
European Greenfinch   
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet 
Corn Bunting
(h)Ortolan Bunting 
Cretzschmar's Bunting 
77

2 day tour with Nick, Paphos and Akrotiri 21/05/22

Bird list day 1:

Chukar Partridge 
Black Francolin 
Garganey 
Little Grebe 
Squacco Heron
Little Egret 
Lesser Kestrel 
Common Kestrel 
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard    
Little Crake
Common Moorhen  
Eurasian Stone Curlew
Spur-winged Lapwing
Little Ringed Plover
Wood Sandpiper   
Common Sandpiper
Ruff  
Common Wood-pigeon    
European Turtle-dove
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove 
Great Spotted Cuckoo 
Common Swift
Pallid Swift 
(h)European Bee-eater  
Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Wryneck 
Woodchat Shrike  
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Great Tit 
Crested Lark 
Sand Martin 
Barn Swallow 
Red-rumped Swallow  
Common House-martin    
Zitting Cisticola 
Cetti's Warbler 
Sedge Warbler 
Eurasian Reed-warbler 
Great Reed-warbler 
(h)Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 
Willow Warbler 
Blackcap 
Lesser Whitethroat 
Sardinian Warbler 
Cyprus Warbler
Common Redstart
Whinchat 
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 
Cyprus Wheatear 
Spotted Flycatcher 
European Pied Flycatcher 
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Yellow Wagtail (flava, thunbergi, feldegg)
Tawny Pipit 
Tree Pipit 
Red-throated Pipit 
European Greenfinch   
European Goldfinch
Corn Bunting
Ortolan Bunting 
65

Species list day2:

Black Francolin 
Garganey
Mallard     
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Black-crowned Night-heron
Squacco Heron
Cattle Egret
Purple Heron 
Little Egret
Common Kestrel
Eleonora's Falcon 
Griffon Vulture
Western Marsh Harrier 
Common Buzzard (Steppe Buzzard)
Long-legged Buzzard     
(h)Water Rail
Little Crake
Spotted Crake 
Common Moorhen 
Demoiselle Crane    
Black-winged Stilt 
Spur-winged Lapwing 
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover 
Great Snipe 
Common Snipe
Spotted Redshank 
Marsh Sandpiper 
Wood Sandpiper 
Little Stint 
Dunlin 
Curlew Sandpiper 
Broad-billed Sandpiper 
Ruff
Yellow-legged Gull 
Rock Dove 
Common Wood-pigeon   
European Turtle-dove
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove
Great Spotted Cuckoo 
Alpine Swift    
Common Swift 
Pallid Swift  
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 
(h)European Bee-eater   
Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Great Tit 
Crested Lark 
Sand Martin 
Barn Swallow 
Red-rumped Swallow 
Common House-martin   
Zitting Cisticola 
Cetti's Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Eurasian Reed-warbler
Great Reed-warbler
(h)Blackcap
Lesser Whitethroat 
Sardinian Warbler
Whinchat 
Cyprus Wheatear
Spotted Flycatcher 
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow  
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (flava)  
Tree Pipit 
Red-throated Pipit 
Common Chaffinch
European Serin
European Greenfinch  
European Goldfinch
Ortolan Bunting 
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Eastern Marsh Helleborine
Plain Tiger Butterfly