Paphos revisited....April 11th-18th 2015 (1 Viewer)

That's better - nice one Ken! (and Delia)

'Well jel' about the Hooded Wheatear, never seen a Quail with a hangover either!

I only see one Masked Shrike each time I go for a week in Spring, so that's about par for the course. I never find them to be prevalent. Nice Pallid Harrier too. Usually passed through by then.

Nice account Ken with some good pictures but no mention of the two endemics, Cyprus Warbler and Cyprus Wheatear? Congrats on the Pallid Harrier.

Good report Ken - can I ask if you had any early morning access to the archeological site at Paphos headland as this was a bit of an issue during my visit at Easter last year?

Special thanks to Delia (I need a High Tech ''IT'' assistant...when can you start, and what ''Ball Park'' salary are we looking at?

Never saw Masked Shrike last year Nick! nor Red-Backed! perhaps the Bird Gods gave me an extra one this year, to average it out. :t:

Cyprus Warbler and Cyprus Wheatear Joanne, both last seen in '87, I could definitely do with a ''refresher course on both. Cheers

malcurtin Hi, I started at the 8.30 am opening time, although I bumped into another birder who knew of and heard of people ''Bunking In'' through some ''known'' gaps in the fence, albeit sometimes when caught, they were summarily ''turfed off''. Although being a totally law abiding individual, I never suffered that humiliation!....I bunked In at night with my trusty torch. :-O

An amalgamated reply to all, I wonder if it will catch on

Special thanks to Delia (I need a High Tech ''IT'' assistant...when can you start, and what ''Ball Park'' salary are we looking at?

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Having been retired for so long, I need to work that out... but I was a high earnerB

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I was a high earnerB

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Delia...I didn't realise that you worked in the ''Ptarmigan Restaurant'' on Cairngorm...head in the clouds or what. :-O

... or what?

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OK I've thought.....

I need a someone to carry my scope.... it's getting heavy for me to carry now!

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delia todd said:

OK I've thought.....

I need a someone to carry my scope.... it's getting heavy for me to carry now!

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Trade your scope in for a ''Bridge Camera'' a fraction of the weight!

Admittedly If the subject is very distant, you can take a shot 60x now, I believe, and If you can't ID it...there's this ''Helpline'' called BF....full of eager Beavers to put you right. :-O