Cyprus Bird watching Tours - BIRD is the WORD Tour, Paphos + Akrotiri. 17/03/17
On the 17th I had the pleasure of guiding Tony Doyle around the Paphos and Akrotiri Sites. Tony being a friend of one of my previous clients/friends made the day just a little bit better.
Tony was not fussed about target species and opted for a good variety of species of which we most certainly managed.
The weather was not great, quite overcast with a few sunny spells and so I only lifted the camera a few times. We managed amazing views of nearly every species we came across, which was a lot of species. In fact it was a tour record count of 90 species.
Highlights were a (red spotted) Bluethroat 3.5 meters from the car singing, a male grey wagtail in breeding plumage which is seldom seen in Cyprus, Marsh Sandpiper feeding, 5 Species of Wheatear, Alpine Swift flying head height within 10 meters, a mammoth passage of Common Swift at the beach which was a sight to behold and Lastly a male Laughing Dove having a good laugh. Also stopped to help a stunned Cyprus Endemic Long-eared hedgehog across the road at Phassouri Marsh.
A fantastic way to start Cyprus Bird Watching Tours - BIRD is the WORD's spring tours.
Tony was not fussed about target species and opted for a good variety of species of which we most certainly managed.
The weather was not great, quite overcast with a few sunny spells and so I only lifted the camera a few times. We managed amazing views of nearly every species we came across, which was a lot of species. In fact it was a tour record count of 90 species.
Highlights were a (red spotted) Bluethroat 3.5 meters from the car singing, a male grey wagtail in breeding plumage which is seldom seen in Cyprus, Marsh Sandpiper feeding, 5 Species of Wheatear, Alpine Swift flying head height within 10 meters, a mammoth passage of Common Swift at the beach which was a sight to behold and Lastly a male Laughing Dove having a good laugh. Also stopped to help a stunned Cyprus Endemic Long-eared hedgehog across the road at Phassouri Marsh.
A fantastic way to start Cyprus Bird Watching Tours - BIRD is the WORD's spring tours.
Anothony Doyle - Mandria. With large passage of Common Swifts feeding above the field behind.
| Species: Common Teal Chukar Black Francolin (heard) Common Quail (heard) Little Grebe Greater Flamingo European Shag Grey Heron Little Egret Cattle Egret Western Marsh Harrier Griffon Vulture Common Kestrel Common Moorhen Eurasian Coot Spur-winged Lapwing European Golden Plover Little Ringed Plover Kentish Plover Greater Sand Plover Black-winged Stilt Common Snipe Marsh Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Common Redshank Little Stint Ruff Baltic Gull Yellow-legged Gull Caspian Gull Armenian Gull Mediterranean Gull Black-headed Gull Slender-billed Gull Sandwich Tern Rock Dove Common Wood Pigeon Eurasian Collared Dove Laughing Dove Great Spotted Cuckoo Little Owl Alpine Swift Common Swift Eurasian Hoopoe Greater Short-toed lark Crested Lark Woodlark Barn Swallow Red-rumped Swallow Common House Martin White Wagtail Yellow Wagtail (heard) Grey Wagtail Tree Pipit Red-throated Pipit (heard) Meadow Pipit Water Pipit Song Thrush Zitting Cisticola Cetti's Warbler Sedge Warbler Eurasian Reed Warbler Common Chiffchaff Eurasian Blackcap Lesser Whitethroat Sardinian Warbler Cyprus Warbler Blue Rock Thrush European Robin Bluethroat Western Black Redstart European Stonechat Northern Wheatear Finsch's Wheatear Cyprus Wheatear Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Isabelline Wheatear Great Tit Woodchat Shrike Magpie Eurasian Jackdaw Hooded Crow Corn Bunting Common Chaffinch European Greenfinch European Goldfinch Common Linnet European Serin House Sparrow Spanish Sparrow 90 |  Bluethroat - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved  Blue Rock Thrush - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved  Cyprus Wheatear (female) - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved  Laughing Dove - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved  European Serin -Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved  Baltic Gull - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved  Slender-billed Gull (Black-headed Gull in foreground). Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved  Little Stint, Ruff and Little Ringed plover - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved Sites Visited: Acheleia Resevoir, Paphos Sewage Plant, Agia Varvara, Anarita Park, Mandria, Kensington Cliffs, Phassouri Marsh, Akrotiri Gravel Pits, Zakaki Marsh, Lady's Mile. |
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