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November 04th, 2019

4/11/2019

 

Cyprus Bird Watching Tours - BIRD is the WORD - Akrotiri + Paphos 04/11/2019

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Laughing Dove - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
On the 4th I guided Joan and Keith around the Akrotiri and Paphos sites. 
We started at Phassouri where many finches were flitting around. From the Tower hide we had Penduline Tit, Bluethroat and Common Kingfisher showing well at times and Hooded Crows were mobbing a Common Buzzard in the eucalyptus trees and then on the ground of-which appeared to have prey.
Moving to the second hide there was a group of Spur-winged Lapwings which were flushed by a Marsh Harrier. A Jack Snipe was seen in flight and a few Common Snipe were flushed. Not much else showed aside some Teal, Cattle Egret and Little Egret. As we left a pair of Marsh Harrier were calling to each other and flying close over the hide. Further down a small party of Northern Lapwing were showing in the distance and a flock of Starling were feeding on the ground.
We had a quick stop at the environmental center to scope the Flamingos and then ventured to a section of the gravel pits, seeing many Black Redstart on the wires and houses in the Village.
Ladies Mile was the next destination seeing many Black-headed Gull and a few Mediterranean Gull plus some Armenian Gulls. Numbers of Little Stint had increased significantly, as well as Dunlin. A Common Snipe landed a few meters from the car and provided great views and photo ops.
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Common Snipe - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
A quick stop at Zakaki sadly produced a heavily oiled Grey Heron.
We didn't stick around for long and headed to Bishop's Pool. Again at Bishop's Pool, a concerning absence of Ferruginous Duck, though Many Shoveler and Teal were on the water as well as a female Pochard. A Sparrowhawk did a low fly over and then we headed to Kensington Cliffs where the Griffon Vultures unfortunately didn't show.
We drove back to Paphos and stopped at Mandria for lunch. We managed to get great views and photo ops with Laughing Dove, and good views of Skylark, Water Pipit, Red-throated Pipit and Corn Bunting.
Our last stop was Anarita Park for Finsch's Wheatear and Little Owl, unfortunately none of the Little Owls were showing but we got some good views of Finsch's Wheatear finishing the day with 63 Species.
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Laughing Dove - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Speciest List:

Chukar Partridge    
(h) Black Francolin    
Mallard    
Northern Shoveler
Common Teal
Common Pochard   
Little Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Little Egret
Common Kestrel   
Western Marsh Harrier  
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard     
Common Moorhen  
Common Coot
Northern Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Jack Snipe
Common Snipe 
Little Stint 
Dunlin 
Armenian Gull 
Yellow-legged Gull 
Black-headed Gull 
Mediterranean Gull   
Rock Dove 
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
Common Kingfisher
Eurasian Magpie    
Eurasian Jackdaw   
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
Eurasian Penduline tit
Crested Lark  
Eurasian Skylark
Zitting Cisticola  
(h) Cetti's Warbler
Eurasian Reed-warbler
Common Chiffchaff 
Blackcap 
Sardinian Warbler  
Common Starling 
European Robin
Bluethroat
Western Black Redstart
Common Stonechat
Finsch's Wheatear
House Sparrow 
Spanish Sparrow    
White Wagtail
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit (*Caucasian Water Pipit)
Common Chaffinch 
European Serin 
European Greenfinch    
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet
Corn Bunting
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