A day out on Tuesday with many of the sightings reminiscent of a UK birding day out. After popping in quickly to Zakaki I got a quick view of the Red Knot there – a rare and irregular winter visitor and passage migrant to Cyprus – I headed to Paphos where many of the birds were familiar northern European birds wintering here. A Eurasian Griffon Vulture flying over the motorway and Black Francolin, Long-legged Buzzard and Finsch’s Wheatear were the best reminders that I was actually in Cyprus!
Zakaki area
Red Knot 1
Paramali
Eurasian Griffon Vulture 1
Kouklia Soakaways
Long-legged Buzzard 1
Black Francolin 1
Asprokremmos Dam area
Water Pipit 4
Woodlark 2
Long-legged Buzzard 1
Corn Bunting 1h
Mandria
Eurasian Golden Plover 2
Common Linnet c60
Paphos Sewage Works
Cattle Egret 1
Common Buzzard 1
Eurasian Teal 1 in flight
European Serin c80
Red-throated Pipit 3
Anarita Park
Finsch’s Wheatear 1m & 1f
Cyprus Warbler 1m
Woodlark 32
Corn Bunting 1 singing
Common Kestrel, Anarita Mast, 31st January 2017 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours
Common Stonechat, Anarita Mast 31st January 2017 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours
Eurasian Skylark, Mandria, 31st January 2017 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours
Red Knot, Zakaki, 31st January 2017 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours
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