A good day’s general bird watching in the Paphos area with Nicke where we managed to pick up some good sightings including the vagrant male Caspian Plover that has been at Mandria for the last two days.

Highlights per location:

Anarita Park: Lesser Kestrel c15, Chukar 2, Great Spotted Cuckoo 3, European Roller 1, Eurasian Hoopoe 2, Eurasian Wryneck 3, Tawny Pipit 12, Common Nightingale 3 heard singing, Common Redstart 1m, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 6, Cyprus Warbler pair, Woodchat Shrike 2, Ortolan Bunting 2+

Asprokremmos Dam area – Baltic Gull 3, Little Owl 1, Alpine Swift 8+, Tree Pipit 2, Red-throated Pipit 4+, Whinchat 4, Spectacled Warbler 2, Cyprus Warbler 1

Petra tou Romiou – Cyprus Wheatear 1, Cyprus Warbler 1

Lower Ezousas River – Black-crowned Night Heron, Squacco Heron, Little Crake 1m, Yellow Wagtail

Paphos Sewage Works – Eurasian Stone Curlew, Spur-winged Lapwing, Collared Pratincole

Mandria – Caspian Plover 1m, Black Francolin 1

Total – 62 species

European Shag, Black-crowned Night Heron, Squacco Heron, Lesser Kestrel, Common Kestrel, Chukar, Black Francolin, Little Crake, Eurasian Stone Curlew, Collared Pratincole, Spur-winged Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Caspian Plover, Dunlin, Baltic Gull (Lesser Black-backed Gull), Yellow-legged Gull, Common Woodpigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, Eurasian Turtle Dove, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Little Owl, Common Swift, Alpine Swift, European Roller, Eurasian Hoopoe, Eurasian Wryneck, Crested Lark, Barn Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, Common House Martin, Tawny Pipit, Tree Pipit, Red-throated Pipit, Blue-headed Wagtail (flava), Black-headed Wagtail (feldegg), Common Nightingale, Common Redstart, Whinchat, Northern Wheatear, Cyprus Wheatear, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Cetti’s Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Spectacled Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Cyprus Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Eurasian Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Great Tit, Woodchat Shrike, Eurasian Magpie, Western Jackdaw, Hooded Crow, House Sparrow, Spanish Sparrow, European Greenfinch, European Goldfinch, Common Linnet, Ortolan Bunting, Corn Bunting