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March 19th, 2017

19/3/2017

 

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.


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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
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Bluethroat - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
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Blue Rock Thrush - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
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Slender-billed Gull (Black-headed Gull in foreground). Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
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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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Ophrys Kotshchyi - Endemic Bee Orchid of Cyprus. Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved

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