A good day out with Peter and Jeanette around some of the Limassol and Larnaca sites didn’t quite go according to plan but we still picked up some good species including their targets of Black Francolin and Spur-winged Lapwing. We started at Germasogeia Dam and had intended to go around the Akrotiri peninsula after that but on hearing the news that a Bar-tailed Lark had been found near Larnaca Sewage Works we decided to try our luck and headed that way to see if we could find it.

Unfortunately we couldn’t find the lark but Peter and Jeanette weren’t phased as they were able to get good view of other species they had hoped to see on our day out and we took the opportunity to visit some other Larnaca locations before finishing the day at Prastio Kellekiou outside Limassol as originally planned.

Highlights per location:

Germasogeia Dam – Glossy Ibis, Long-legged Buzzard, Little Owl, Laughing Dove, Greater Short-toed Lark, Red-rumped Swallow, Cyprus Wheatear, Great Reed Warbler, Cyprus Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Kofinou – European Roller

Larnaca Sewage Works area – Spur-winged Lapwing, Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, Eurasian Stone Curlew, Little Tern, White-winged Tern, Black Francolin, Black-headed Wagtail (feldegg), Common Whitethroat, Common Nightingale, Collared Flycatcher 1f

Pervolia – Common Quail h, Calandra Lark, Red-throated Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Whinchat

Kiti Dam – Black Francolin h, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Common Cuckoo, Wood Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, European Pied Flycatcher 1f, European Golden Oriole 1m

Prastio Kellakiou – European Turtle Dove 1h, Red-rumped Swallow, Cyprus Wheatear, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Cyprus Warbler, Garden Warbler h, Coal Tit, Masked Shrike, Spanish Sparrow, Cretzschmar’s Bunting, Black-headed Bunting

Full species list – 71

Little Grebe, Glossy Ibis, Eurasian Teal, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Long-legged Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Chukar, Black Francolin, Common Quail, Eurasian Coot, Spur-winged Lapwing, Little Stint, Eurasian Stone Curlew, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, Little Tern, White-winged Tern, Common Woodpigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, European Turtle Dove, Laughing Dove, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Common Cuckoo, Little Owl, Common Swift, European Roller, Greater Short-toed Lark, Calandra Lark, Crested Lark, Barn Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, Common House Martin, Red-throated Pipit, Yellow Wagtail spp, Black-headed Wagtail (feldegg), Common Nightingale, Whinchat, Cyprus Wheatear, Cetti’s Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Cyprus Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Eurasian Blackcap, Wood Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Collared Flycatcher, European Pied Flycatcher, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Masked Shrike, Eurasian Magpie, Hooded Crow, Western Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Spanish Sparrow, European Serin, European Greenfinch, European Goldfinch, Cretzschmar’s Bunting, Black-headed Bunting, Corn Bunting

Glossy Ibis, Germasogeia Dam 24th April 2017 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Greater Short-toed Lark, Germasogeia Dam 24th April 217 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours