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September 20th, 2019

20/9/2019

 

Cyprus Bird Watching Tours - BIRD is the WORD - Akrotiri 17/09/2019

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Eleonora's Falcon - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
On the 17th I guided Shay and Natalie around Akrotiri.
We started out at Phassouri where there wasn't overly too much on show aside the European Bee-eaters and a distant pair of Golden Oriole sitting at the top of a eucalyptus tree. Lesser Whitethroat were heard here but not seen. We did manage brief views of a Common Kingfisher and a few Red-backed Shrike.
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Golden Oriole - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
We ventured through the Gravel Pits seeing a few Whinchat as we passed through, but seemed quite devoid of life aside that so we quickly moved on to the salt lake seeing a few Black Francolin and a Redstart en-route.
The salt lake held the large number of Greater Flamingo as well as a few yellow-legged and slender-billed gull. Groups of Great, Little and Cattle Egret were still present. There didn't seem to be too much activity so we decided to re-locate again. We ventured to Bishop's Pool where a decent kettle of Honey Buzzard were at the entrance along with an Osprey. Heading in to Bishop's pool we had Garganey and Mallard on the water as well as many Little Grebe. Willow Warbler showed well and there was a stream of raptors flying over. We even had a group of 6 Black Kite together. Honey Buzzard numbers were around 80. As we were leaving a Cyprus Hare darted across the road. 
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Black Kite - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
We did a quick check at Ladies Mile and got very close to some Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Little Stint and a few Turnstones. A European Roller showed nice and close on a low wire nearby and Spectacled Warbler were heard.
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European Roller - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
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Dunlin - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
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Ruddy Turnstone - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
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Curlew Sandpiper - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Our next site was Kensington Cliffs where we saw many Eleonora's Falcon with one perched quite close, unfortunately the Griffon Vultures were not around but a large male Green Turtle was showing well in the bay. 
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Eleonora's Falcon - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
Our last stop was back in Paphos at the Sewage Plant where we saw some more whinchat, a pair of Ruff, Spur-winged Lapwing and also another Osprey, but this one flew in quite close to us bringing about a nice final sighting of the tour. 
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Osprey - Cyprus Bird Watching Tours Bird is the Word © Matt Smith All Rights Reserved
We managed 61 species for the day.
Species List:

Black Francolin    
Mallard    
Garganey   
Little Grebe
Greater Flamingo
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
European Shag  
Common Kestrel   
Eleonora's Falcon  

Osprey
European Honey-buzzard
Black Kite   
Western Marsh Harrier  
Montagu's Harrier  
Long-legged Buzzard     
Common Moorhen  
Common Coot
Spur-winged Lapwing
Common Ringed Plover 
Kentish Plover    
Ruddy Turnstone 
Little Stint 
Dunlin 
Curlew Sandpiper 
Ruff 

Yellow-legged Gull 
Slender-billed Gull 
Rock Dove 
Common Wood-pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
European Roller   
Common Kingfisher
European Bee-eater   
Red-backed Shrike 
Lesser Grey Shrike
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Eurasian Magpie    
Eurasian Jackdaw   
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
Crested Lark  
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow 
Zitting Cisticola  
(h)Cetti's Warbler
Willow Warbler 
(h)Lesser Whitethroat 
Sardinian Warbler
(h)Spectacled Warbler  
Common Redstart
Whinchat
Northern Wheatear 
House Sparrow 
Yellow Wagtail (*Flava)   
Black-headed Wagtail 
Tree Pipit 
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