March 10th, 2023

Tour Highlights Autumn and winter 2022

01/10/22 Akrotiri

(h)Chukar Partridge 
Black Francolin 
Mallard    
Common Teal
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Little Bittern
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron 
Little Egret 
Common Kestrel  
European Honey-buzzard 
Western Marsh Harrier  
Bonelli's Eagle   
Common Moorhen 
Spur-winged Lapwing 
Kentish Plover   
Greater Sand Plover 
Common Snipe 
Spotted Redshank 
Common Greenshank 
Whiskered Tern 
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Alpine Swift  
Pallid Swift 
Little Swift 
European Roller
Common Kingfisher
European Bee-eater   
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
(h)Great Tit 
Crested Lark  
Barn Swallow  
Red-rumped Swallow 
Eurasian Reed-warbler
(h)Sardinian Warbler
Rosy Starling 
Whinchat 
Spotted Flycatcher
House Sparrow 
Yellow Wagtail (flava)  
44

Day 2:

(h)Chukar Partridge 
Mallard   
Great Crested Grebe 9   
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron 
Little Egret
Lesser Kestrel 
Common Kestrel  
Red-footed Falcon 
Eleonora's Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon 2
Osprey 2
European Honey-buzzard 300+
Black Kite 2 
Western Marsh Harrier   
Ring-tail Harrier 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 4
Steppe Buzzard
Lesser Spotted Eagle 
(h)Water Rail
Common Moorhen 
Pied Avocet 
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Snipe
Little Stint    
Yellow-legged Gull  
Slender-billed Gull 
Gull-billed Tern 
Whiskered Tern 
Common Wood-pigeon    
European Turtle-dove
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove 
European Roller  
Common Kingfisher 
European Bee-eater  
Red-backed Shrike  
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
(h)Great Tit 
Crested Lark 
Sand Martin 
Barn Swallow  
Red-rumped Swallow 
Common House-martin    
Eurasian Reed-warbler
(h)Sardinian Warbler
Whinchat 
House Sparrow
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (flava)  
Grey Wagtail
(h)Tree Pipit 
European Goldfinch
58

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Garganey

Gull-billed Tern

Northern Goshawk

Little Swift

Purple Heron

Osprey

Glossy Ibis

Eurasian Spoonbill

Black Kite

Jack Snipe

Osprey

08/10/22
Paphos:
Chukar Partridge 
Garganey    
Great Crested Grebe     
White Stork 
Purple Heron 
Little Egret 
European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii)  
Common Kestrel  
Red-footed Falcon 
Eleonora's Falcon 
Eurasian Hobby 
Peregrine Falcon 
European Honey-buzzard 
Long-legged Buzzard     
Common Moorhen  
Spur-winged Lapwing
Greater Sand Plover 
Common Snipe 
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper 
Black-headed Gull 
Common Wood-pigeon    
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove 
European Roller  
Common Kingfisher 
European Bee-eater  
Red-backed Shrike  
Lesser Grey Shrike 
Eurasian Magpie 
Hooded Crow 
(h)Great Tit (parus major aphrodite)
Greater Short-toed Lark 
Crested Lark (Galerida cristata cypriaca) 
Sand Martin 
Barn Swallow 
Zitting Cisticola 
Sedge Warbler 
(h)Eurasian Reed-warbler
Willow Warbler 
Common Chiffchaff 
Sardinian Warbler 
Cyprus Warbler
Whinchat 
Cyprus Wheatear
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow 
White Wagtail 
Yellow Wagtail (flava)  
Grey Wagtail
Red-throated Pipit 
European Greenfinch   
European Goldfinch 
53

African Grass Blue
Common Blue
Long-tailed Blue
Swallowtail
Large White
Small White
Bath White
Painted Lady
Cyprus Meadow Brown

Red-veined Darter
Red-veined Dropwing
Violet Dropwing
Broad Scarlet
Blue-tailed Damsel
Winter Damsel
Lesser Emperor

Day 2:
Akrotiri:
Black Francolin 
Mallard    
Garganey  
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis 
Eurasian Spoonbill  
Cattle Egret 
Grey Heron 
Little Egret
Great Cormorant   
European Shag  
Common Kestrel  
Red-footed Falcon 
Eleonora's Falcon  
Eurasian Hobby
European Honey-buzzard 
Western Marsh Harrier  
Montagu's Harrier 
Northern Goshawk 
Long-legged Buzzard   
(h)Water Rail 
Common Moorhen  
Eurasian Stone Curlew 
Black-winged Stilt 
Northern Lapwing 
Spur-winged Lapwing
Kentish Plover   
Common Snipe 
(h)Common Greenshank
Little Stint   
Dunlin    
Curlew Sandpiper 
Gull-billed Tern 
Whiskered Tern
Rock Dove 
Common Wood-pigeon    
European Turtle-dove
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove
Common Kingfisher 
European Bee-eater   
Eurasian Hoopoe 
Red-backed Shrike 
Eurasian Magpie 
Hooded Crow 
(h)Great Tit 
Crested Lark 
Sand Martin 
Barn Swallow 
(h)Cetti's Warbler 
(h)Eurasian Reed-warbler 
Willow Warbler 
Sardinian Warbler 
Whinchat 
Northern Wheatear 
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow    
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (flava)  
European Goldfinch 
60

Millet Skipper
African Grass Blue
Small White

Red-veined Darter
Common Darter
Broad Scarlet
Violet dropwing
red-veined dropwing
Southern Skimmer
Slender Skimmer
Blue-tail Damsel
Lesser Emperor

Day 3 - Akamas

Chukar Partridge 
Black Francolin 
Garganey 
Scopoli's Shearwater 
Little Grebe 
Grey Heron
Purple Heron 
Little Egret 
Great Cormorant  
European Shag  
Common Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk  
Griffon Vulture
Western Marsh Harrier  
Long-legged Buzzard     
Bonelli's Eagle    
Yellow-legged Gull
Whiskered Tern 
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove 
Alpine Swift    
Common Swift 
(h)Common Kingfisher
European Bee-eater   
Red-backed Shrike 
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Greater Short-toed Lark 
Crested Lark
Sand Martin 
Barn Swallow  
Common House-martin    
Willow Warbler 
Common Chiffchaff 
(h)Blackcap 
Sardinian Warbler 
Common Redstart
Whinchat 
Northern Wheatear 
Cyprus Wheatear
House Sparrow
White Wagtail 
Yellow Wagtail (flava)  
Tawny Pipit 
(h)Tree Pipit 
European Goldfinch 
(H)Corn Bunting 
50

Common Blue
Long-tailed Blue
Langs short-tailed Blue
African Grass Blue
Cyprus Meadow Brown 
Wall Brown
Large White
Small White
Bath White
Painted Lady
Red Admiral
Swallowtail
Small Copper
Plain Tiger
Clouded Yellow
Millet Skipper

Crimson speckled Moth

Red-veined Darter
Red-veined Dropwing
Slender Skimmer
Banded Demoiselle

Little Bittern

Bluethroat

Tawny Pipit

Tufted Duck

Meadow Pipit

Common Kingfisher

Common Gull

Greater Sand Plover

Audouin's Gull

19/10/22
Day 1: Akrotiri:
Black Francolin 
Mallard    
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret 
Grey Heron 
Great Egret 
Little Egret
Common Kestrel 
Red-footed Falcon 
Eleonora's Falcon   
Peregrine Falcon 
Western Marsh Harrier  
Levant Sparrowhawk 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard     
Bonelli's Eagle    
(h)Water Rail 
Common Moorhen 
Spur-winged Lapwing 
Kentish Plover  
Common Snipe   
(h)Common Redshank  
Common Greenshank 
Little Stint    
Dunlin 
Gull-billed Tern 
Whiskered Tern 
Common Wood-pigeon    
European Turtle-dove 
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove
Common Kingfisher
European Bee-eater   
Red-backed Shrike 
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Great Tit 
Crested Lark  
Sand Martin 
Barn Swallow 
Red-rumped Swallow 
(h)Cetti's Warbler 
(h)Eurasian Reed-warbler
Willow Warbler 
Common Chiffchaff 
Sardinian Warbler 
Common Redstart 
Whinchat 
Northern Wheatear 
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow   
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (flava)  
European Goldfinch
57

Day 2: Agia Napa and Larnaca

Chukar Partridge 
Ruddy Shelduck           
Mallard   
Northern Shoveller 
Northern Pintail
Garganey    
Common Teal 
Common Pochard     
Ferruginous Duck     
Little Grebe 
Greater Flamingo
Grey Heron 
Great Egret 
Great Cormorant   
Common Kestrel  
Osprey 
Western Marsh Harrier   
Common Moorhen 
Common Coot 
Black-winged Stilt
Spur-winged Lapwing 
Common Ringed Plover  
Kentish Plover   
Common Greenshank
Green Sandpiper 
Common Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone 
Little Stint    
Armenian Gull   
Yellow-legged Gull 
Whiskered Tern 
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove 
European Bee-eater 
Red-backed Shrike 
Eurasian Magpie 
Hooded Crow 
Crested Lark 
Barn Swallow
(h)Zitting Cisticola 
Cetti's Warbler 
Willow Warbler 
Common Chiffchaff
(h)Blackcap
Lesser Whitethroat 
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler  
Spectacled Warbler 
Common Redstart 
Whinchat 
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear 
Cyprus Wheatear 
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow  
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (flava)  
Red-throated Pipit 
European Greenfinch    
European Goldfinch 
61

17/10/22
Chukar Partridge      
Black Francolin    
Mallard     
Common Teal 
Great Crested Grebe    
Greater Flamingo 
Glossy Ibis 
Squacco Heron 
Cattle Egret 
Grey Heron 
Great Egret 
Little Egret 
Great Cormorant   
Common Kestrel 
Red-footed Falcon 
Eleonora's Falcon 
Peregrine Falcon 
European Honey-buzzard 
Western Marsh Harrier  
Ring-tail Harrier 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Northern Goshawk 
Common Buzzard (Steppe Buzzard)
Common Moorhen
Northern Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Kentish Plover  
Common Snipe
Common Greenshank 
Wood Sandpiper 
Ruff  
Yellow-legged Gull
Baltic Gull 
Black-headed Gull
Common Wood-pigeon   
European Turtle-dove
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove
Common Kingfisher
European Bee-eater   
Red-backed Shrike
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
(h)Great Tit 
Barn Swallow 
Red-rumped Swallow
(h)Cetti's Warbler
Willow Warbler 
Common Chiffchaff
(h)Blackcap
Sardinian Warbler
Common Starling
Common Redstart
Whinchat 
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear 
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow 
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (flava)  
Grey Wagtail
Red-throated Pipit 
European Greenfinch   
European Goldfinch
65

20/10/22 (halfday tour)
(h)Chukar Partridge 
Black Francolin 
Garganey   
Little Grebe
Grey Heron
Purple Heron 
Little Egret
Common Kestrel 
Peregrine Falcon
European Honey-buzzard 
Western Marsh Harrier 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Common Moorhen  
Common Coot
Northern Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Snipe  
Wood Sandpiper 
Little Stint   
Ruff  
Common Wood-pigeon    
European Turtle-dove
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove
(h)Common Kingfisher
(h)European Bee-eater 
Eurasian Hoopoe 
Red-backed Shrike
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
(h)Great Tit 
Crested Lark 
Zitting Cisticola 
(h)Cetti's Warbler 
Willow Warbler 
Common Chiffchaff 
(h)Blackcap
Common Redstart
Whinchat 
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear 
Spotted Flycatcher
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow 
White Wagtail
(h)Yellow Wagtail (flava)  
(h)Grey Wagtail
(h)Tree Pipit 
Red-throated Pipit    
European Goldfinch 
51

24/10/22
Day 1: Larnaca and Agia Napa

Chukar Partridge 
Black Francolin 
Ruddy Shelduck            
Mallard    
Northern Shoveller 
Northern Pintail
Garganey   
Common Teal
Little Grebe 
Black-necked Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis 
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron 
Great Egret 
Little Egret
Great Cormorant   
Common Kestrel 
Western Marsh Harrier  
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Long-legged Buzzard     
Bonelli's Eagle   
Common Moorhen  
Common Coot 
Common Crane
Black-winged Stilt
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Ringed Plover 
Common Redshank 
Common Greenshank 
Green Sandpiper
Ruff 
Armenian Gull 
Yellow-legged Gull 
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove
Red-backed Shrike
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Great Tit 
Crested Lark 
Barn Swallow   
(h)Cetti's Warbler 
Willow Warbler 
(h)Blackcap
Cyprus Warbler 
Spectacled Warbler 
Common Redstart
Whinchat 
Common Stonechat
Siberian Stonechat
Northern Wheatear 
Cyprus Wheatear
Blue Rock-thrush
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow  
White Wagtail 
(h)Red-throated Pipit 
European Goldfinch
61

Day 2 Paphos

Chukar Partridge 
Eurasian Wigeon  
Northern Pintail
Garganey    
Little Grebe 
Great Crested Grebe   
Glossy Ibis 
Cattle Egret 
Grey Heron 
Purple Heron 
Great Egret
Little Egret
European Shag  
Common Kestrel 
Peregrine Falcon
Black Kite 
Western Marsh Harrier   
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Long-legged Buzzard    
Bonelli's Eagle     
Little Crake
Common Moorhen  
Common Coot 
Spur-winged Lapwing 
Greater Sand Plover 
Common Snipe 
Wood Sandpiper 
Little Stint  
Ruff 
Yellow-legged Gull  
Whiskered Tern 
Common Wood-pigeon  
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove 
Little Owl 
Common Kingfisher
European Bee-eater  
Eurasian Hoopoe 
Red-backed Shrike
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Great Tit 
Crested Lark  
(h)Eurasian Skylark 
Barn Swallow
Zitting Cisticola 
(h)Cetti's Warbler 
Sedge Warbler 
Willow Warbler 
Common Chiffchaff
Blackcap 
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler
(h)European Robin 
Common Redstart
Whinchat 
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear 
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow  
White Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Tawny Pipit 
Red-throated Pipit 
European Greenfinch   
European Goldfinch
67

Day 3: Akrotiri

Chukar Partridge 
(h)Black Francolin 
Gadwall  
Mallard    
Northern Shoveller
Northern Pintail 
Garganey    
Common Teal 
Little Grebe 
Greater Flamingo 
Glossy Ibis 
Squacco Heron 
Cattle Egret 
Grey Heron 
Little Egret
European Shag  
Common Kestrel 
Eleonora's Falcon 
Western Marsh Harrier  
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Common Buzzard
Bonelli's Eagle   
Water Rail 
Spotted Crake 
Common Moorhen   
Common Coot 
Spur-winged Lapwing 
Common Snipe  
Wood Sandpiper 
Yellow-legged Gull 
Common Wood-pigeon    
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove 
Common Kingfisher
(h)European Bee-eater   
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Great Tit 
Crested Lark  
Sand Martin 
Barn Swallow   
Zitting Cisticola 
(h)Cetti's Warbler 
(h)Sedge Warbler 
Willow Warbler 
Common Chiffchaff 
Sardinian Warbler 
Common Starling
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear 
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow   
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail 
(h)Red-throated Pipit 
European Greenfinch 
European Goldfinch 
58

28/12/22
Day 1 Paphos and Akrotiri:
Chukar Partridge 
Common Shelduck 
Mallard 
Northern Shoveller 
Common Teal 
Little Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis 
Grey Heron
Little Egret 
Great Cormorant   
European Shag  
Common Kestrel 
Western Marsh Harrier  
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Common Buzzard 
Long-legged Buzzard     
Bonelli's Eagle   
Common Moorhen 
Eurasian Stone Curlew  
Spur-winged Lapwing 
Common Snipe  
Armenian Gull  
Yellow-legged Gull 
Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed Gull 
Common Wood-pigeon  
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove 
Little Owl 
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
(h)Great Tit 
Wood Lark 
Zitting Cisticola 
(h)Cetti's Warbler 
Common Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler
(h)European Robin
Western Black Redstart 
Common Stonechat
Finsch's Wheatear 
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow 
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Red-throated Pipit 
Common Chaffinch
European Serin 
European Greenfinch     
European Goldfinch 
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
56

Day 2 Larnaca and Agia Napa:
Chukar Partridge 
Black Francolin 
Common Shelduck    
Gadwall  
Eurasian Wigeon   
Mallard     
Northern Shoveller 
Northern Pintail
Common Teal
Ferruginous Duck   
Little Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Grey Heron
Little Egret
Great Cormorant  
European Shag 
Common Kestrel 
Western Marsh Harrier  
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard  
Bonelli's Eagle  
Common Moorhen  
Common Coot 
Common Crane
Black-winged Stilt
Northern Lapwing 
Spur-winged Lapwing 
Eurasian Golden Plover 
Greater Sand Plover  
Kentish Plover
Common Redshank  
Green Sandpiper
Little Stint  
Audouin's Gull 
Heuglin's (Siberian) Gull
Armenian Gull  
Yellow-legged Gull 
Caspian Gull 
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull 
Sandwich Tern
White-winged Tern 
Black Tern 
Rock Dove 
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Laughing Dove
(h)Common Kingfisher 
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw 
Hooded Crow 
Great Tit 
Calandra Lark 
Crested Lark 
Eurasian Skylark
Zitting Cisticola 
(h)Cetti's Warbler 
Common Chiffchaff 
(h)Blackcap 
Sardinian Warbler 
Spectacled Warbler 
Common Starling 
(h)European Robin 
Common Stonechat 
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow   
White Wagtail
Meadow Pipit 
Red-throated Pipit
European Goldfinch
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