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Paphos Headland and Anarita Park today 5th February 2014

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Visited Anarita Park this afternoon to see if could relocate the Red-fronted Serin that had been found there on Friday.  Went with the local birders who found it but we had no luck. There were several small flocks of finches around  –  mainly European Serin and Goldfinch with a few Chaffinch and Greenfinch as well as at least thirty Corn Bunting. We had good views of a male Finsch’s Wheatear, one of the area’s resident Little Owls and a male Hen Harrier so they made up for it. Two Long-legged Buzzard were soaring in the distance over Anarita village.

In the morning I had visited the Paphos Headland. There were forty nine Golden Plover, four Greater Sand Plover and a Dunlin on the coast and in the archaeological site I found at least eleven Woodlark, a couple of Common Starling and the usual winter visitors – Eurasian Skylark, Common Stonechat, Black Redstart, Meadow Pipit, Common Chaffinch, Song Thrush and resident Common Linnet, Sardinian Warbler and Spanish Sparrow.

Sardinian Warbler Paphos Headland 5th February 2014 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Sardinian Warbler Paphos Headland 5th February 2014 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

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