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May 02nd, 2017

2/5/2017

 

Cyprus Bird watching Tours - BIRD is the WORD Tour, Paphos & Akrotiri 28/04/17

Little Bittern Cyprus Birding Birdwatching tours ecotours birdlife wildlife
Little Bittern - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
On the 28th I guided John Buttriss around the Paphos and Akrotiri sites for a photographic tour. We started by heading to Akrotiri and working our way backwards so we would stand a chance of photographing crake species, we managed to spot a Great Egret flying low from the Motorway just outside of Paphos, a good start. We were successful in getting good opportunities with Baillon's Crake and Water Rail. The Little Crake didn't want to show today unfortunately. There were many Little Bittern on show, managing to grab some close shots. At Lady's mile we had great photo opportunities with Curlew Sandpiper all in their stunning summer plumage, as well as Little Stint and Kentish Plover. On the Salt Lake we located and attempted to approach a Common Cuckoo which allowed us closer than expected on foot, but didn't allow the lens' to be raised. Here there were many waders, mainly ruff, Little Stint and Greater Flamingo but with a few Common and Little-ringed Plover here and there. We managed to find a Gull-billed Tern and Some Little Tern but they were not approachable. As we were leaving a White-winged Tern flew past. 
Baillon's Crake Cyprus Birding Birdwatching tours ecotours birdlife wildlife
Baillon's Crake - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
We witnessed a huge flock of Glossy Ibis with a small party of grey and purple heron slightly above, and then quite a few more flocks of Glossy Ibis through the day. Before the Village we checked the wetland where I had previously seen the Great Snipe. There was a Common Snipe there today and also Squacco Heron, Turtle Doves darting around in the tree line at the back ... obviously well alert of the Eleonora's Falcon scouting them out in the nearby tree which sadly we didn't get on until it flew. When heading towards the Gravel Pits we came upon a near 100c flock of Collared Pratincoles flying around which was a sight to behold. At the Gravel Pits we had decent photo opportunities with Whinchat, Northern Wheatear and a Woodchat Shrike. A Red-backed Shrike and female Cyprus Wheatear were a bit too distant for good photos. At Kensington cliffs I tried to replicate the photo opportunities of Cyprus Warbler and Wheatear from the last tour there but as with birding, every day is different. We did manage some half-decent opportunities but the light was always wrong, the Cyprus Wheatears surprisingly didn't stick around. Paphos was quite a disappointment, all the Red-footed Falcons and Lesser Kestrels seemed to have cleared out. We got on two Cyprus Warblers at Anarita Park and that was it, no other birds in sight, very odd! On to the Paphos Sewage Plant for the Spur-winged Lapwing (which we got fairly close to) who we were told now have 3 eggs in the nest by the workers looking out for them.    ​
Collared Pratincole migration Cyprus Birding Birdwatching tours ecotours birdlife wildlife
Collared Pratincole - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Mallard
Black francolin
Little grebe
Greater flamingo
Purple heron
Great egret
Little egret
Squacco heron
Cattle egret
Black-crowned night heron
Little bittern
Glossy ibis
Eurasian kestrel
Eleonora's falcon
Water rail
Baillon's crake
Common moorhen
Eurasian coot
Spur-winged lapwing
Ringed plover
Little ringed plover
Kentish plover
Black-winged stilt
Common snipe
Marsh sandpiper
Common greenshank
Wood sandpiper
Little stint
Curlew sandpiper
Ruff
Collared pratincole
Black-headed gull
Gull-billed tern
Little tern
White-winged tern
Common Wood pigeon
European turtle dove
Eurasian Collared dove
Common cuckoo
Alpine swift
Common swift
Crested lark
Barn swallow
Red-rumped swallow
House martin
Yellow wagtail
Tree pipit
Zitting cisticola (h)
Cetti's warbler
Savi's warbler (h)
Sedge warbler
Eurasian reed warbler
Great reed warbler (h)
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (h)
Eurasian blackcap
Sardinian warbler
Cyprus warbler
Spotted flycatcher
Common Redstart
Whinchat
Northern wheatear
Cyprus wheatear
Great tit
Red-backed shrike
Woodchat shrike
Magpie
Eurasian jackdaw
Hooded crow
Common chaffinch
European greenfinch
European goldfinch
Common linnet
House sparrow
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Black crowned Night Heron Cyprus Birding Birdwatching tours ecotours birdlife wildlife
Black-crowned Night Heron - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Common Cuckoo Cyprus Birding Birdwatching tours ecotours birdlife wildlife
Common Cuckoo - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Little Bittern Cyprus Birding Birdwatching tours ecotours birdlife wildlife
Little Bittern - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Little Bittern Cyprus Birding Birdwatching tours ecotours birdlife wildlife
Little Bittern - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Water Rail Cyprus Birding Birdwatching tours ecotours birdlife wildlife
Water Rail - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Water Rail Cyprus Birding Birdwatching tours ecotours birdlife wildlife
Water Rail - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Kentish Plover Cyprus Birding Birdwatching tours ecotours birdlife wildlife
Kentish Plover - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Curlew Sandpiper Little stint Cyprus Birding Birdwatching tours ecotours birdlife wildlife
Curlew Sandpiper + Little Stint - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Glossy Ibis Purple Grey Heron Migration Cyprus Birding Birdwatching tours ecotours birdlife wildlife
Glossy Ibis (Purple + Grey Herons top right) - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved

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    - Canon 400mm Ef-s USM l f5.6 Lens. 
    - no teleconverter.

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