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Troodos 31st May 2016

Had a great day around Troodos today – relaxing birding! Found two Red-rumped Swallow collecting mud from near the stream in the Platania picnic site. They would fly in together and one would sit on a nearby stem or bush while the other collected the mud and then they flew off together – presumably to make a nest or repair one they have already used. Spent some time watching a male Masked Shrike feeding a downy recently fledged youngster at Livadi tou Pashia and was pleased to see a Grey Wagtail at the Troodos end of the Caledonia Trail. Lots of Coal Tit, Short-toed Tree-creeper, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler and Common Chaffinch around.
 
Main sightings:
 
Platania Picnic Site
 
Red-rumped Swallow 2 coming down to take mud
Masked Shrike 2m and 1f
European Serin 6+
Eurasian Blackbird 1m and 1f
Eurasian Hoopoe 2
Winter Wren 1
Eurasian Jay 1
 
Livadi tou Pashia
Spotte Flycatcher 3
Eurasian Hoopoe 2
Eurasian Blackbird 2m, 1f and one juvenile
Eurasian Jay h
Masked Shrike 2m – one feeding a downy fledgling
European Serin 4+
Winter Wren 2 plus family party of 6+
Cyprus Wheatear 2m
 
Start of Artemis trail
Common Swift c70
Pallid Swift 3+
Eurasian Hoopoe 1h
Cyprus Wheatear 3m
European Serin h
Eurasian Blackbird 1 singing male
Eurasian Jay 1
 
Platania Old Road
European Turtle Dove 2
Cyprus Wheatear 1
 
Caledonia Trail (Troodos end)
Grey Wagtail 1 ad
Winter Wren 10+ and young in family parties
Eurasian Blackbird 3m and 2f
Common Nightingale 1h singing
Spotted Flycatcher 1
 
Troodos Environment Centre area
Eurasian Blackbird 1m
Common House Martin c30
Common Swift c200 with at least 30 probable Pallids
 
Kampos tou Livadiou
Winter Wren 1
 
Troodos Botanical Gardens – Amiandos
Cyprus Wheatear 1m, 1f and 1 fledgling
Masked Shrike 1m
Eurasian Jay 2
European Serin 2+
Eurasian Blackbird 2+m
Red-rumped Swallow 30+
Common House Martin c40
European Turtle Dove 1

Red-rumped Swallow, Platania, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Red-rumped Swallow, Platania, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Cyprus Wheatear fledgling, Amiandos, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Cyprus Wheatear fledgling, Amiandos, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Cyprus Wheatear, Amiandos, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Cyprus Wheatear, Amiandos, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Winter Wren, Caledonia Trail, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Winter Wren, Caledonia Trail, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Common Chaffinch, Livadi tou Pashia, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Common Chaffinch, Livadi tou Pashia, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Eurasian Blackbird, Caledonia Trail, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

Eurasian Blackbird, Caledonia Trail, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

European Greenfinch Platania, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours

European Greenfinch Platania, 31st May 2016 (c) Cyprus Birding Tours


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Grey Wagtail juvenile at Kalopanagiotis and other birds in the Troodos area, 2nd August 2014

Spent yesterday and today around Kalopanagiotis and Troodos. Plenty of European Serin and Winter Wren heard around the river bed at Kalopanagiotis as well as a couple of male Blackbirds, a Cyprus Wheatear and plenty of Chaffinch. After sunset there were at least fifty House Martin flying over the village.

This morning near the Venetian Bridge at Kalopanagiotis I found a juvenile Grey Wagtail and was pleased to find evidence of breeding again this year. Plenty of Eurasian Jay around the Mount Olympos and Troodos cafes picking up scraps and stale bread. Several male Masked Shrike and adult Cyprus Wheatear were still in the area as well as  two Common Swift  flying over. Plenty of Coal Tit and Short-toed Treecreeper were heard but only a few were seen. At Moutoullas there were around six Red-rumped Swallow and a Eurasian Crag Martin as well as more House Martin and plenty of Barn Swallow.