Anders Gray
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Cyprus Bird Recorder and Bird guide. Fascinated about bird migration, pretty good at taking bad photos.
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Looking for a new birding destination this autumn? Why not try Cyprus?
Demoiselle cranes, incredible raptor migration, three endemic species and everything in-between.
Affordable and enjoyable tours for both novice and professional birders.
Get in touch to find out more!
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It’s that time of year again!
The sound of European bee eaters can be heard day and night from my bedroom window.
This small noisy flock landed above my balcony this evening and showed incredibly well, feasting on bees and hornets!👌🏼
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After several years of trying without success, finally managed to catch up with the elusive wintering Wallcreeper! 💥
The bird preformed well for half an hour, spending most it’s time feeding upside down
263 for the year list.
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He’s made it back for another season and he isn’t wasting any time!
Not quite sure who he’s singing too as there are no other swallows in the village yet. 😆
One of my favourite sounds, always a joy to hear for the first time each spring.
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Mourning wheatear, not what I expected to find today at Akrotiri!
- 9th record for Cyprus if accepted + my first Isabelline wheatears (2) of the spring.
7 Little swift, 40+ House Martin & 3+ Crag Martin nearby in Germasogeia village.
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Red flanked bluetail still present and showing very well @ Achna.
3rd record for Cyprus, what a smart little bird!
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8000+ GARGANEY... Perhaps an under estimate (??), currently sat on sea in Episkopi bay, here’s a tiny handful of them.
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#janecyprus
#migration
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FINALLY caught up with WHITE THROATED KINGFISHER in Cyprus!
What a beast of a bird and a very welcomed lifer. 💥
+ 3 Little bittern, 21 Squacco heron, 6 Yellow wags, 17 Pallid swift, Little swift, 200+ Red rumped swallow out to sea, Hoopoe and Great reed warbler
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250+ European Turtle dove on a survey site this morning, including this flock! 👌🏻
+ 60+ European bee eater, 2 Roller, 2 Great spotted cuckoo, Common Redstart and 3 Spot fly.
6 Broad billed sandpipers nearby.
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Just found this smart Desert wheatear on the beach @ Mandria + 3 Isabelline, 3 Northern wheatear, Yellow wagtail, 20+ Red throated pipit and 2 Black redstart.
Greater sand plover, Short eared owl, 5 Isabelline wheatear and Blue rock thrush nearby @ Pafos headland.
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Some bad weather this morning put down this flock of 7 migrating Demoiselle’s, always a great sight to see, especially in spring!
+ large numbers of wagtails, pipits, larks and hurrindines pouring in off the sea. 👌🏻
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Despite having been shot at, somewhere along its journey, it still managed to power thru!
Thrilled to find another Oriental Honey buzzard whilst guiding today @ Akrotiri, 3rd record for Cyprus!
Great shots, courtesy of
@sh4rpy
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Autumn mission to find a Crested Honey buzzard complete ✅
This dark morph male circled over us at Lady’s mile, a stunning bird that really did stick out like a sore thumb. 2nd record for Cyprus!
Photos courtesy of
@LUFCDave_
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The Red fronted serins at Kouris dam put on an amazing performance, showing down to a mere 10meters. Stunning little things and nice to now see them in adult plumage!
Nearby; 3 Little swift, 17+ Crag martin & a Barn swallow.
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Lady’s mile late PM: 3 Red necked phalarope, 2 Dunlin, Spotshank, Marsh sand, 300+ Ruff, 3 Slender billed gull, 5 Little tern.
Nearby: 2 Blue cheeked bee eater at Akrotiri marsh + 6 Collard Pratincole and Whinchat.
Little crake and Citrine wag on the M1 pools.
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Highlights @ Larnaca sewage works
Ruddy shelduck, 974 Shoveler, 167 Teal, 13 fudge duck, 4 Pintail, 2
Black n grebe, 2 Yellow wag, 5 Swallow, 2 Bluethroat, 20+ Red throated pipit, Spectacled warbler.
Nearby; 37 Armenian, 5+ Caspian and a single Heuglins gull.
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A species I always feel privileged to see, made even more special when sighted in spring!
24 birds arrived in the gravel pits during the stormy conditions today
+ 2 Great spotted cuckoo and 3 Isabelline wheatear.
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It’s been another fantastic year exploring Cyprus, many highlights and spectacles observed.
273 species recorded. Six lifers; White throated kingfisher, Bar tailed lark, Mourning wheatear, Menetries’s warbler, Red fronted Serin & Rock sparrow.
Bring on 2024!
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Went back to try and refind last week’s Red fronted Serin and amazingly found two birds together!
Please don’t judge my Photography skills 😂
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A very flighty Finsch’s wheatear at Kourion stadium, eventually giving itself up. A very smart bird.
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Akrotiri, first light -
Little crake, 9 Spotshank, Ruff, Jack snipe, Tem stint, Great spot cuckoo, 3 Moustached warbler & 3 Penduline tit.
Akrotiri bay -
20+ Garganey, 50+ Pintail, 33 Teal, 18 Shoveler, Merlin (in off), 10 Greater sandplover & 6 Izzy wheatear.
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A quick lunch break twitch, to help try to confirm a “Grey shrike” species found by a visiting birder.
A lovely “Steppe Grey shrike” (pallidirostris), eventually showed well, a new bird for me in Cyprus! 💥
+ 7 Woodlark and 2 Black redstart.
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I just couldn’t resist…
White crowned wheatear, showing well on rocks in front of King Evelthon hotel, Pafos, 12th record for Cyprus.
What a stunning bird and my first lifer of 2022💥
+ 145 Cormorants west, Common sandpiper and 4 Black redstart.
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Ringed, Gps tagged, health checked and ready for release! Amazing birds, even more so when seen up close and personal!
LIFE with vultures, a project aimed at helping the Griffon vulture population in Cyprus.
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Great morning guiding
@GlosterBirder
around Paphos - Baillons and Little crake, Black bellied sandgrouse, Blue cheeked bee eater, 5 Gt spot cuckoo, Wryneck, Citrine wag, Northern, Cyprus and Izzy wheatears, Bonelli’s and Cyprus warblers, Pied fly and much more! 🔥
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Gravel pits - 400+ Garganey, 80+ Shoveler, 2 Black w stilt, 3 Hoopoe, Northern, Isabelline, Cyprus & Black eared wheatears, 40+ Short toed lark, 12 Tawny pipit, Redstart, Subalpine warbler, 35+ Lesser whitethroat, 20+ Chiffchaff, Masked shrike, 9 Cretzchmars bunting
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Great day guiding around Paphos -
Greater sand plover, Spotted and Little crakes, Wryneck, Cuckoo, Black eared, Finschs, Northern and Isabelline wheatears, Tawny and Tree pipits, Cyprus warbler, Semi collared and collard fly and Cretz buntings to make a few!
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Akrotiri Marsh early AM - 3 Black winged stilt, Tem stint, 11 Red throated pipit, 9 Water pipit, 2 Bluethroat & Penduline tit.
Gravel Pits -
Short toed eagle, Lesser spotted eagle, Long L buzzard, 7 Izzy wheatear (1 in off), Black eared wheatear & Tawny pipit.
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Part of a flock of 70+ Garganey riding the waves in the bay this evening, not much else passing.
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This Asian desert warbler popped up next to the car today at Cape Greco. An unexpected yet welcome lifer, a smart little bird.
+ Eurasian bittern, Purple heron, Pallid and Montagus harriers, Bimaculated and Short toed larks, Nightingale and Orphean Warbler.
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Looking for a bit of light reading?
Check out how I got on trying to see as many species as possible in Cyprus in 2022. Highlights and more on my Facebook.
Merry Christmas to friends and fellow twitterers, may 2023 be a bird filled year.
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An unfamiliar call had me looking up to find this smart White tailed lapwing dropping in @ Akrotiri marsh + Little Crake, 3 Tem stint and Pallid swift.
Nearby, 53 Turtle dove feeding together alongside 70+ Yellow wag and 3 Short toed lark and 32 Bee eaters over.
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The first Eleonora’s falcons back at the cliffs + Griffon vulture & 30+ Alpine swift
Nearby: 11 European Roller back at the colony (none 2 days ago!)
Nice selection of waders on the pools (13 species)
53 Gull billed and a single Whiskered tern in off.
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Its always a good day when you finally manage to catch up with your bogie bird…
Thankfully, yesterdays stunning sum plumaged male Caspian plover hung around, a VERY welcomed lifer !
+ Cream coloured courser and a male Pallid harrier in off 👌🏻
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2023 Eleanoras falcon survey complete ✔️
357 adults across 4 colony’s.
Witnessed a Common Redstart escape within an inch of its life but a Willow warbler and 4 migrating Spanish sparrows weren’t so lucky.
Also a dead quail noted in a nest.
Fascinating birds!
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My first Hoopoe and Tawny pipit of the spring.
2 Temmicks stint, Common swift & a trickle of Barn swallow north at Akrotiri Marsh.
Mourning wheatear still in the gravel pits + 3 Isabelline wheatear
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Some of the Slender billed gulls are starting to “glow”, making them easier to pick out among the Black headed.
Nearby; 3 Snipe, 2 Jack snipe, Little gull, 4 Bluethroat, 9+ Water pipit, 2 Red throated pipit, 2 (singing) Reed warbler & 3 Reed bunting.
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2 BC Bee eater showing superbly, west of Akrotiri Marsh.
Bishops pool - another 3 BC Bee eater in with 200+ European Bee eater + 2 Tree pipit, Barred warbler, 5 Wood warbler & Ortolan bunting.
Nearby: 3 Red necked phalarope, 2 Whichat & Great reed warbler.
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1/2 Perfect fall conditions, with rain overnight, the Gravel pits did not disappoint this morning!
Little ringed plover, Common quail, Hoopoe, Blue cheeked bee eater (heard), Wryneck, 23+ Isabelline wheatear, 8+ Black eared wheatear, 3 Cyprus wheatear
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Nice fall of birds @ Akrotiri -
150 Garganey, Audouins, Heuglins, Boltic, Armenian and Slender b gulls, 14 Black eared, 8 Northern and 8 Izzy wheatear, 9 Tawny pipit, 27 Short t lark, 6 Hoopoe, Gt spot cuckoo, 150+ Red R swallow, 250+ Yellow wag, 3 Redstart, 9 Ruppells warbler
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Nice variety around Akrotiri -
3 Little bittern, Garganey, Collard pratincole, 3 Honey buzzard, Marsh harrier, 8 Eleanora’s falcon, Whiskered tern, 180+ European bee eater, Turtle dove, 4 Hoopoe, 2 Izzy wheatear, 65+ Yellow wag, 3+ Little swift, 3 Lesser g shrike
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3 Blue checked bee eater, Lower Ezousa valley, on wires next to beach briefly, then flew west.
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A single summer plumaged Greater sand plover remained with the 6 wintering Grey plovers @ Ayia Triada
+ Audouins gull, 2 Northern wheatear,
2 Isabelline wheatear and a Black redstart.
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My first Broad billed sandpipers of the spring at lady’s Mile + 8 Curlew sandpiper, Marsh sandpiper, Wood sandpiper, Greenshank, 250+ Ruff, 200+ Little stint, 40 Ringed plover, 30+ Kentish plover & 40+ Black winged stilt.
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Black winged kite, Crested Honey buzzard, Amur Falcon, White throated Kingfisher, Oriental Skylark… just a few of the rarities found in recent autumns in Cyprus.
Cyprus is very underwatched during autumn, who knows what is out there!
Get in touch to find out more about tours
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Back to Akrotiri this PM - Collard Pratincole showing ridiculously well (down to 10 meters)
+ 12+ Honeys, 15 Marsh harrier, Monties, Short toed eagle, 2 Black kite, 3 Whiskered tern, 5 Little, 2+ Alpine and 10+ Pallid swift, Izzy wheatear, Hoopoe and Golden oriole.
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It seems spring has arrived! ☀️
Found this smart male Desert wheatear singing away in the gravel pits (exceptionally early record) + Great spotted cuckoo (bang on cue)
+ Temmicks stint, 7 Red throated pipit, 2 Moustached warbler and a Penduline tit @ Akrotiri.
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A nice raptor watch today, plenty of variety!
155 Honey buzzard, 2 Lesser spotted eagle, 26 Marsh harrier, 1 Monty’s, 54 Red footed falcon, Hobby, 4
Eleanora’s, 41 Common kestrel,
2+ Lesser kestrel, Goshawk, 4 Sparrowhawk and 1000+ Bee eater out to sea.
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First Alpine swifts (5) of the season + a bonus Little swift 💥 Akrotiri coast + Isabelline wheatear, 2 Tawny pipit, 7 Woodlark, 6 Swallow and a House Martin.
Zakaki run off - 14 Snipe, Jack snipe, 9 Little stint, 2 Water pipit and 3 Reed bunting.
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Great morning guiding
@LUFCDave_
Highlight has got to be the 24 very showy Blue cheeked bee eaters! + Pallid harrier, 2 Marsh sandpiper, 5 Turtle dove, 22 Tree pipit, 10+ Wood, 2+ Bonelli’s and Great reed warbler, 100’s yellow wags, Pied fly and more!
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Hadn’t seen the kingfisher for 3+ months but it decided to show today!
+ 3 Spoonbill, 4 Black winged stilt, 12 Green sand, 10 Ruff, LRP & 2 water pipit.
Nearby - Short eared owl, Hoopoe, 9 Isabelline wheatear, 10+ Tawny pipit & 5+ Short toed Lark.
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It’s always a good day when you find a Cream coloured courser, watch 2000+ Garganey head off north inland and realising you didn’t actually walk far because there were too many birds to look at!
Nice arrival of birds in just 3 hours this evening.
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Summer may be over but the stragglers continue;
2 Eleanora’s falcon, Black kite, European bee eater, Northern wheatear, 13 Yellow wag and 2 swallow.
+ 2 Finschs wheatear, 2 Bluethroat, 3 Water pipit, 5+ Red throated pipit and 3 Penduline tit.
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Fantastic few nights surveying in the depths of Paphos forest.
Highlight; singing Wryneck
(a species that may well breed in Cyprus but yet to be proven 👀)
+ 2 Goshawk, Hobby, 4 Eleanora’s falcon, 22+ Nightjars, 12+ Cyprus scops owls and 2 Long eared owl.
#cyprusbirds
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Akrotiri - Tem stint, 2 Spotshank, Green sand, Little gull, 6 Red rumped & 4 Barn swallow, Common swift, 5 Pallid swift, 5 Water pipit, 3 Bluethroat, 2 Reed warbler & 3 Penduline tit.
Nearby; 200+ Kentish plover, 100+ little stint, 3 Med & 2 Slender billed gull.
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Fantastic numbers @ Akrotiri today -
600+ Honey buzzard, 3000+ Bee eater, 1000’s of Barn swallow and Sand Martin.
50+ Turtle dove, 50+ Pallid swift, Black kites, Osprey, Monty’s, Red foots, Hobbies, Little swifts, Black eared wheatear and much more!
#cyprusbirds
@JoshPSollitt
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My first Cyprus wheatear (2), Ruppell’s warbler (7), Subalpine warbler & Cretzchmars bunting (3) of the spring, in the gravel pits at sunrise
+ 5 Garganey & 10 Slender billed gull on the sea, 3 Hoopoe, 9 Tawny pipit, Isabelline & Northern Wheatears.
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5+ Pied kingfishers, Kouris dam, mid morning.
Despite inseparable plumage, 3 birds were being fed, constantly calling, begging and chasing so I have no doubt they bred and fledged young this year!
Would be the first successful breeding of this species in Cyprus!
#cyprusbirds
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A few stragglers thru Akrotiri this AM; 5 Bee eater, Whinchat, 3 Red rumped swallow and 3 Barn swallow.
+ My 1st Black redstart and Water pipits of the winter.
White throated kingfisher showed well today.
Nearby; 2 Stock dove (a new bird for me in Cyprus💥)
#cyprusbirds
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Caught up with the Bar tailed lark today, alongside the female Menetries warbler, many years since I’ve had 2 lifers in a day!
The lark performed superbly, too close for optics most of the time, a very smart bird.
#cyprusbirds
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House martins, Swallows and 2 Little swifts battling the wind at Akrotiri this morning, spring is on its way!
+ 50+ Spur winged lapwing, Spotshank, 7, Red throated pipit, 5 Water pipit, singing Eurasian Reed warbler & Reed bunting.
#cyprusbirds
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First year list in Cyprus...
230 species, 5 lifers:
Gt white pelican, Namaqua dove, Dunn’s lark, Oriental Skylark and Rustic bunting.
Highlights: Seeing 300 Turtle dove in an hour and watching a Bonellis eagle hunt a White stork.
Bring on 2021 👌🏻
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Despite seeing thousands each spring and autumn in Cyprus, this morning I finally caught up with my UK bogey bird: European Bee eater. Long overdue! 😂🫣
3 birds still present, courting the female with some visits to a potential new nest hole.
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Today I watched a Long eared owl eating a European bee eater...not something I thought I would ever witness 🤯 (That trumped the 21 Golden Orioles, 28 Turtle dove and Eleonora’s falcon that I saw just before the owl).
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Over 100 Eleanoras falcon at one colony this morning during surveys + Peregrine, 3 Honey buzzard and 30 Shag.
Nearby; 200+ Honey, 2 Long legged and a single Steppe buzzard, 1 Levants and 5 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 10+ Red foots and 1500+ Bee eater all out to sea.
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Migration is picking up pace -
The 1st Demoiselle cranes have been sighted as well as the first raptors.
A White throated kingfisher was found yesterday @ Akrotiri marsh.
Affordable and enjoyable tours for both novice and professional birders.
Get in touch to find out more!
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Garden of the year… 2 Griffon vulture, Steppe buzzard, Goshawk, 2 Cyprus Scops owl, Little owl, 2+ Nightjar, Turtle dove and 3 Masked shrike. 👌🏻
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Great day guiding, highlight was a European Scops owls in off and showing well in the only available tree, my first in Cyprus + 12 Blue cheeked bee eaters hawking on wires, Pallid Harrier, European Bee eaters, Nightingale, Ruppells warb, Pied fly, Woodchat shrike
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This beauty dropped in just before the rain set in and stopped play.
+ Short toed eagle, 19 Honey buzzard,
Black kite, Marsh harrier, Red footed falcon, Whiskered tern, Red throated pipit, 100+ Yellow wag, Hoopoe, Izzy wheatear and 3 Whinchat
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Paphos forest is vast and very under watched.
A Humes warbler outside my accommodation (2nd Cy record) was a real treat, what else is hiding in the forest?! 👀
+ Goshawk, Long eared owl, Hawfinches, Bramblings, Siskins and Goldcrest
#cyprusbirds
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18 Barn swallow Larnaca sewage works… a sign of things on the move + 8 Little gull.
65 Black necked grebes nearby at Larnaca salt lake + 16 Black winged stilt and at least 10 Slender billed gull.
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Cape Greco, AM. 2 Male Hooded Wheatears being the highlight + 67 Purple and 4 Squacco heron, 122 Little and 25 Cattle egret and 19 Glossy ibis along the coast. + Audouins gull, Hoopoe, Wryneck, Quail, Northern, Cyprus and Isabelline wheatears and Ortolan bunting.
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Good to see the melanistic flamingo is still surviving, haven’t seen it for well over a year after it’s travels to Israel and then back across various sites in Cyprus!
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A late Cyprus wheatear feeding with 2 Finschs wheatear was a surprise @ Ayia Varvara + my 1st Woodlark of the winter.
2 Bluethroat, 2 Penduline tit and a Moustached warbler showing well from lower hide @ Akrotiri + Yellow wag, 2 Water pipit and 6+ Red throated pipit
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Very quiet around Paphos, it seems migration has paused for now but caught up with 2 male Finsch’s wheatear and found 2 day roosting Cyprus scops owls.
+ 2 Bonelli’s eagle, 2 Long leg buzzard, Little owl, 3 Green sand, Tawny pipit, Bluethroat and 2 Water pipit
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Highlights from Mia Mila sewage works include: Lesser spotted eagle, Black kite & 2 Citrine wagtail.
+ Ruddy Shelduck, Garganey, 5 Red crested Pochard, 15+ Ferruginous duck, 2 Temmincks stint, 20+ Green, 5+ Common & 8+ Wood sandpipers, 40+ Black w stilt & 40+ Ruff
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Not a bad hours birding…
A late, showy Demoiselle crane in the gravel pits was great to see but the star for me was this female Hooded wheatear!
+ 2 male Pallid harrier, Turtle dove, 2 Cyprus wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 11 Tawny pipit, Masked shrike
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@SwarovskiOptik
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Found a smart Buff bellied pipit today whilst surveying. A lifer and the year tick that takes me to my 270 target! 💥
+ Garganey and ferruginous duck
Searched through the gulls @ Lady’s Mile but nothing other than the usual Armenian, Caspian and Yellow legs
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Third lifer of 2021, Olive-Tree warbler! 💥 Baths of Aphrodite in coastal scrub this AM. Nearby 2 Little Bittern, 20+ Roller, 300+ Bee eaters heading out to sea, 11 Cyprus wheatear, 2 Woodchat shrike and 3 Black headed bunting. 👌🏻
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Gravel pits - Little gull, 22+ Isabelline wheatear, 2 Northern wheatear & 2 Tawny pipit.
Lady’s mile - 6 Slender billed gull, Baltic gull, Isabelline wheatear.
Run off - 3 LRP, 15 Kentish, 7 Dunlin, 20+ Little stint, Jack snipe, Citrine wagtail & 3 Water pipit.
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Some nice birds on offer around Akrotiri, highlights include;
Black Kite, Bonelli’s eagle, Hen harrier, 3 Water rail, 9+ Little stint, Greenshank, 12+ Water pipit, Spectacled warblers, Moustached warblers, Penduline tit & 3 Reed bunting (a scarce bird here)
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My 1st Cyprus wheatear, Ruppells warbler and Cretzchmars bunting of the spring + 3 Hoopoe, 2 Tawny pipit, Short toed lark, 8 Red rumped swallow and 282 House martins south in an hour.
Nearby: Greater sand plover, Isabelline and Black eared wheatear on the beach.
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Drive by iPhone shot of a Great spotted cuckoo @ Akrotiri today, a pair that were showing very well.
@wickedauntjane
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Brief look @ Akrotiri marsh late PM produced some nice birds.
12 Blue cheeked bee eaters showed well as did 2 Baillons and 2 Little Crakes and 2 Great snipe gave a brief fly around.
My first White winged tern and lesser grey shrike of 2022 nearby.
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Brief, “non birding” trip to Poland:
Grey headed woodpecker was a welcome lifer
+ Goosander (50+), White tailed eagle, Rough legged buzzard, Black, Middle spotted, Great spotted, Green and Syrian woodpeckers, Dipper (3), Great grey shrike (8) and Hawfinch (6)… not bad!
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Sometimes putting in the effort pays off 💥
An hour spent scrutinising a large mixed flock of finches came up trumps in the form of a Red fronted Serin, a welcome lifer!
+ 200+ Serin, 150+ Linnet, 100+ Goldfinch, 20 Spanish sparrow and 10+ Corn bunting
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Akrotiri Marsh early AM -
Highlight was a surprise Goshawk hunting ducks.
+ 3 Marsh harrier, Peregrine, Ruff, Snipe, Green sand, Great spotted cuckoo, 3 Water pipit, 2 Red throated pipit, 2 Moustached warbler, 3 Reed warbler, 2 Penduline tit & 2 Siskin.
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Great day guiding
@trapsite
Mass exit of bee eaters and hurrindines @ Cape Greco.
1000’s upon 1000’s out to sea + good numbers of common migrants, an incredible sight! +
Gt white pelican, 12 Monty’s, 14 Marsh, 8 B Kite, Honey Buz, Bonelli’s eagle and 3 hobby
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Some winter visitors from the Troodos mountains, showing nicely from the balcony on a frosty morning 😮💨
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A showy Wryneck and my first Wood warbler of the spring at Cape Apostolos Andreas first thing, fuelling up on the last piece of land
+ Marsh harrier, Tree pipits, Brambling and Spanish sparrows out to sea and 2 Raven, Peregrine and sparrowhawk overhead.
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Some phone video of the Blue cheeked bee eaters, you can hear the lovely distinct call, quite different from European!
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Male Desert wheatear still in the Gravel pits after disappearing for a week + Tawny pipit and Woodlark.
Akrotiri marsh - 20+ Spur wings, 6 Spotshank, Temmincks stint, 3 Snipe, Great spotted cuckoo, Kingfisher, 2 Barn swallow, 6 Red throated pipit and 3 Water pipit
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A male Mènètries warbler today @ Cape Greco was a nice surprise! 🔥
Nearby; Red C Pochard, Fudge ducks, Red footed and Eleanora’s falcons, Lesser kestrels, Cuckoo, 5 Golden Oriole, 5 Roller, 11 Turtle dove, 5 Cy wheatear, Pallid swift and more!
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4 Blue cheeked Bee eaters Akrotiri Gravel pits + 8 Hoopoe, 9 Tawny pipit and plenty of Northern, Isabelline and Black eared Wheatears.
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Akrotiri Marsh - Purple & Squacco heron, 12 Garganey, 2 LRP, 20 Black winged stilt, 3 Marsh & 12 Wood sands, 30+ Ruff, Dunlin, 3 l Spotshank, Greenshank, 40+ Yellow wag, Citrine wag, Siberian stonechat & 2 Great reed warbler
Nearby 6 Purple heron & 6 Fudge duck
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