Quick visit to Agios Sozomenos outside Nicosia this morning. Very quiet apart from some Red-throated Pipits, a Cyprus Wheatear and a group of five Whinchat (one photographed below) and a male European Stonechat together on the edge of a field. The European Stonechat was my first of the winter – soon they will be so common everywhere until late March.
Whinchat , Agios Sozomenos, 7th October 2019 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours
A great half an hour this morning watching a pair of Bonelli’s Eagle being mobbed and generally harassed by a pair of Peregrine Falcon. It was also interesting to see the plumage differences of the two eagles and the size differential between the male and female Peregrine – the female being the larger.
Peregrine Falcon, Agios Sozomenos, 8th November 2018 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours
Bonelli’s Eagle, Agios Sozomenos 8th November 2018 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours
Bonelli’s Eagle, Agios Sozomenos 8th November 2018 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours
Bonelli’s Eagle, Agios Sozomenos 8th November 2018 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours
Bonelli’s Eagle, Agios Sozomenos 8th November 2018 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours
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