I hope you are not suggesting that I was deliberately attempting to mislead?
No, just pointing out where Mark saw that you had named it. For what its worth, Sedge Warbler for me. Cracking Ruppells picture though.
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I hope you are not suggesting that I was deliberately attempting to mislead?
No, just pointing out where Mark saw that you had named it. For what its worth, Sedge Warbler for me. Cracking Ruppells picture though.
Superb Ruppell's Ken. Probably my favourate warbler-species.
That Subby is also a corker !
Sounds like wonderful migration birding- and some terrific shots Ken.
The Nightingale with the butterfly is tremendous especially with the Great Tit in the same pose
Cheers
Mike
Cracking image of the male Subalpine Ken, better than my efforts. Excellent report sir.
That's a great report and very enjoyable thread Ken! I have been visiting friends in Cyprus for a number of years but friends living in Nicosia so much of my birding there is out of season. My only spring visit to your favourite headland was one day in May when the place was full of good migrants, including Orphean Warbler, Black eared Wheatear, assorted yellow wagtails etc... That said, migrants can turn up anywhere. In the Nicosia back garden of my friends on one spring day I had a singing Barred Warbler, followed by a singing Red-backed Shrike in the same bush 2 hours later, and Masked Shrike in a nearby garden! Keep up the good work Ken!
Hi Ken
On a personal note it brought back many memories of my days on Cyprus.
The last time I was there, access to Paphos headland was really difficult with the fenced off area stopping general roaming - back in the early 1990s you could go anywhere.
What is access like now?
Brian