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September 23rd, 2018

23/9/2018

 

Cyprus Bird Watching Tours - BIRD is the WORD Tour - Paphos + Akrotiri 14/09/201

On the 14th I guided Vernon and Lynn around Akrotiri and Paphos. We started at Akrotiri, on the way from Paphos we had a European Honey Buzzard fly very low over the car on the motorway, a good start!
Our first site was the Salt lake, as we approached the site through the salt flat shrubs a male Eastern Black-eared Wheatear showed incredibly well, a scarce autumn migrant. 2 Temminck's Stint showed very well close to the car accompanied by a small party of Little Stint, Ringed and Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover and Yellow Wagtail. A Citrine Wagtail called at one point but we was unable to locate it. There was many Marsh Harriers roosting on the Salt Lake and a single Montagu's Harrier.
There was a storm approaching from the north west and narrowly missed us, providing some dramatic scenery. Due to this many of European Honey Buzzards that must have roosted in the foothills were flying in low. We had some huge flocks pass over creating quite a spectacle (roughly just over 150 birds with 3 black kites among them them.)
The gravel pits held little and so we moved on to Bishop's pool which was also short on numbers, though a small party of Black-crowned Night Heron in the reeds provided good views. We wasted little time and checked out Kensington cliffs for close views of Eleonora's Falcons, of which didn't disappoint.
We then made our way back to Paphos, starting at the Sewage Works for Spur-winged Lapwing of which showed nicely. A recently arrived Tawny Pipit showed at the side of the road enabling good views. We then checked a nearby site for Eurasian Stone Curlew, one was showing quite close in the shade of an olive tree.
We then finished up at Mandria with a few Isabelline and Northern Wheatear and a European Shag on the rocks bringing our day total to 62 Species.
Species List:
 
Mallard
Garganey  
Common Teal
Little Grebe
Black-crowned Night-heron
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Little Egret  
European Shag
Common Kestrel
Eleonora's Falcon  
Peregrine Falcon
European Honey-buzzard
Black Kite 
Western Marsh Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Water Rail (h)
Common Moorhen
Common Coot
Eurasian Stone Curlew
Spur-winged Lapwing   
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Little Stint   
Temminck's Stint
Dunlin 
Ruff  
Yellow-legged Gull
Rock Dove
Common Wood-pigeon 
European Turtle-dove
Eurasian Collared-dove
Laughing Dove
European Bee-eater
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Grey Shrike
Eurasian Magpie 
Eurasian Jackdaw
Hooded Crow
Great Tit
Greater Short-toed Lark
Crested Lark
Sand Martin 
Barn Swallow 
Common House-martin
Zitting Cisticola
Willow Warbler
Sardinian Warbler   
Spectacled Warbler
Whinchat
Northern Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 
Isabelline Wheatear
House Sparrow
Citrine Wagtail (h)
Yellow Wagtail
Tawny Pipit
European Goldfinch
62

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