Latest posts tagged with #CyprusBirds on Bluesky
The first Montagu’s Harrier of the spring reported at Akrotiri
The first Collared Pratincole of the spring reported at Paphos Headland
The first Gull billed Tern of the spring reported at Spiros Pool
Gannets (rare in CY) reported past Paphos Headland & Akrotiri
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Nice to see all three black-and-white flycatcher species during the week w/ Semi-collared, Collared and Pied Flycatchers all seen (the latter being surprisingly the least common out of the three!)
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Brown Booby photographed off Cape Andreas (the first record for Cyprus)
Caspian Plover reported at Spiros Pool + 2 Red necked Phalarope still & Citrine Wagtail
Desert & Trumpeter Finch reported again from Paphos
Increase in Lesser Kestrels & European Bee eaters
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Back home and reviewing some of my photos from Cyprus. One of the best birding locations I've experienced in Europe/Western Palearctic. Lots of amazing birds, including a wonderful selection of stunning wheatear, with lots of variation too. #cyprusbirds
The first European Bee eater of the spring reported at Paphos Headland
The first Little, Common & White winged Terns of the spring reported at Spiros Beach
Common Rock Thrush reported at Agia Saranta
Increase in Baltic Gulls & Blue cheeked Bee eaters
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Most regular wheatear spp. in Cyprus were Northern, Isabelline and Black-eared, w/ many around Paphos Headland itself. The endemic Cyprus Wheatear was more regular inland and we managed a single encounter with a Desert Wheatear on the first day.
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Nice to finally lay my Cypriot bogey bird to rest - Trumpeter Finch - a rare but regular vagrant (most years). Even better to see it land next to a Bimaculated Lark!
Great to also see the wintering Desert Finch again after a few months
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Black bellied Sandgrouse reported at Spiros Pool
Pied kingfishers reported at Manglis Lake & Larnaca Sewage works
Pallas’s Gull reported past Timi Beach + Bimaculated Lark & Trumpeter Finch
Desert Finch report again at Geroskipou, Paphos
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Sunset point Cyprus over two visits; Desert Finch, Masked Shrike, Greater Spotted Cuckoo, E Subalp, Nightingale, Tawny Pipit, 2 Ortolan, 6 STL, European Bee-eater, Redstart, c10 Lesser Throat #cyprusbirds
Just got back from Cyprus. Witnessed bird migration like I have never seen before w/ 36 lifers, 127 species and birds dropping out the sky wherever we went, incl a many herons, wheatears, flycatchers and a Roller that came in/off the sea!
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Savi's warbler from earlier in holiday. All the birds I heard reeling were from dense scrub. #cyprusbirds
one last jog along the beach, in between bag drop and security, resulted in Bimaculated Lark at Timi beach ('most wanted' for @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social), as well as the bonus male Trumpeter Finch, neatly bookending the trip with pinky-buff finches
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Another pre-breakfast ramble about, first Cyprus Wheatear of the trip, Black Francolin showed well. Red-rumped Swallow passage well underway this morning (130+) a great Spectacle #Cyprusbirds
The first Blue cheeked Bee eater of the spring reported at Chlorakas
The first Lesser Kestrels of the spring reported at Agia Varvara
Desert & Trumpeter Finch reported from Paphos
Herons & Glossy Ibis on the move & an increase in Whinchat & Pied Flycatchers
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Peribatodes correptaria, an East Mediterranean species whose larvae feed on Cupressus and Juniper
Hadena adriana, a pretty convincing bird poo mimic
Gladiolus triphyllus, the ever lovely endemic of the pine forests of western Cyprus
Ophrys fusca subsp cinereophila, Cyprus's very own Sombre Bee Orchid
all three Cypriot endemic birds singing within walking distance of our hotel today, along with 23 orchid taxa, ace #MothBreakfast, at least 20 B&W flycatchers (3+ Semicollared amongst them), another reeling Savi's Warbler, & 10+ Cretzschmar's Buntings
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Paphos Headland/ Arch site- Ruppell's Wblr, 4 Calandra Lark, Ortolan, 2 Cretzschmar's Bunt, Coll Fly, Eastern Subalp, 5+ EBEW, 10+ N Wheatear, Sib Chat, 3+ Whinchat, 2 Nightingale, 3 Hoopoe, 3 Woodchat, 20+ RT Pipit, Water Pip, 100+ Yell Wag, 190 Purp Heron, Ibis, 32 Night Heron #Cyprusbirds
Highlight from yesterday was watching 2 little crake, and as I was leaving a small flock of blue-cheeked bee eater flew over. #cyprusbirds.
Quick hour before breakfast produced Eastern Bonelli's Warb, fem Collared Fly, Eastern Subalpine Warb and great views of Black Francolin #Cyprusbirds
Grey-headed Wagtail, Motacilla flava thunbergi
Blue-headed Wagtail, Motacilla flava flava
Black-headed Wagtail, Motacilla flava feldegg
a proper wagtail pick and mix this afternoon at Mandria beach, with Grey-headed thunbergi, Blue-headed flava and Black-headed feldegg, all busy feeding up before they fan out across Europe
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Paphos headland coastal walk 12:15-14:00; Eastern Orphean Warb, Nightingale, Redstart, c5 Red-throat Pipit, c30 Yellow Wagtail (mainly Feldegg), 2 Red-rump Swallow, Hoopoe, 2 Isabelline Wheatear #Cyprusbirds
The first Little Bittern & Lesser Kestrels of the spring reported at Agia Varvara
The first Whinchat of the spring reported at Karpasia
Baillon’s Crake’s reported at M1 Pools & again from Agia Varvara
Male Desert Finch reported at Paphos (5th CY record)
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the smartest of two Semicollared Flycatchers who have spent the past three days in our hotel gardens.
a stonking Collared Flycatcher, one of three present in and around our hotel gardens
female Little Crake at Agia Varvara
male Little Crake at Agia Varvara
when the garden is home to 2 Semicollared and 3 Collared Flycatchers, Wood Warbler and Great Reed Warbler, Cyprus and Isabelline Wheatear, it's hard to tear yourself away...
but glad we did, to enjoy the Little Crakes and Great Spotted Cuckoos around Agia Varvara today
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Arrived for a family holiday on Cyprus today, quick wander on arrival produced a Isabelline Wheatear not rare but showing nicely #Cyprusbirds
Spectacled Warbler
Female collared flycatcher
Male Semi-collared Flycatcher
Woodchat Shrike
A wonderful selection of Mediterranean birds this morning, at Greco, Cyprus. #cyprusbirds
Some other highlights from yesterday's afternoon arrival, all within a stroll from the holiday digs. #cyprusbirds
Got lucky this afternoon when I found this stunner, during a bit of fall. Turkestan shrike. #cyprusbirds
The first Baillon’s Crake of the spring reported at Agia Varvara + 2 Spotted Crake & 6 Little Crake
Desert Finch reported again from Paphos
Arrival of Semi-collared, Collared & Pied Flycatchers
Increase in European Roller, Savi’s Warbler & Common Whitethroat
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