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Limassol area today 25th January 2017

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Visited some of the Limassol sites today and although it was quite quiet (unless you like Common Black-headed Gulls!) I still saw some interesting birds, including a pair of Bonelli’s Eagle, and finished the afternoon watching seven Eurasian Griffon Vultures circling over Kensington Cliffs.

Germasogeia Dam
Bonelli’s Eagle 2ad over dam wall
Grey Wagtail 2
Water Rail 1h
Cyprus Warbler 1h in song

Akrounta Creek
Fox
Cyprus Warbler 1h

Zakaki Marsh
Little Egret 1
Western Marsh Harrier 1
Long-legged Buzzard 1

Lady’s Mile
Siberian Stonechat 1 poss
Common Black-headed Gull c700
Common Gull 3
Sandwich Tern 1

Kensington Cliffs
Eurasian Blackbird 1
Eurasian Griffon Vulture 7+ (seven seen in air at same time and then others flying in ones and twos which could have been same birds)
Yellow-legged Gull c20
Peregrine Falcon 2

Kourion Stadium
Cyprus Warbler 2m seen

Armenian Gull, Lady's Mile 25th January 2017 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Armenian Gull, Lady’s Mile 25th January 2017 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Yellow-legged Gull, Lady's Mile 25th January 2017 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Yellow-legged Gull, Lady’s Mile 25th January 2017 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Little Egret, Zakaki Marsh, 25th January 2017 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Little Egret, Zakaki Marsh, 25th January 2017 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

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