For the first time in many years I was unable to get out birding during the first days of the year so my 2016 Cyprus year list started a week into the new year. I went around several sites on the east of the island and finished at Oroklini. No sign of the White-headed Ducks this evening but watching around 1000 White Wagtails come into roost as it got dark made up for it.
Highlights of the day were:
Agia Trias
Audouin’s Gull 2
Sandwich Tern 1
Greater Sand Plover 3
Grey Plover 5
Kentish Plover 2
Common Sandpiper 1
Cape Greco
Blue Rock Thrush 1m
Cyprus Warbler 1h
Long-legged Buzzard 1
Macronissos Beach
Eurasian Skylark 120+
Potamos Liopetriou
Common Kingfisher 1
Oroklini Beach
Armenian Gull 5
Oroklini Marsh
White Wagtail c1000 coming into roost in reeds at sunset
Black-winged Stilt 5
Northern Lapwing 6+
Cattle Egret c120
Northern Pintail 10
Common Starling 11
Grey Plover, Agia Trias 8th January 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours
Greater Sand Plover, Agia Trias 8th January 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours
Common Stonechat, Cape Greco, 8th January 2016 (C) Cyprus Birding Tours
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