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Birding in Cyprus this spring? (1 Viewer)

Arrived in cyprus yesterday for a two week holiday. First day out today for a quick walk around gave us

Hooded crow
Magpie
Northern wheater
Swallow
Red rumped swallow
Kestrel
Linnet
Great tit
Cyprus wheater
Black eared wheater
Redstart
White wagtail
House sparrow
Swift
Sardinian warbler
Black cap
Greenfinch
Gold finch
Zitting cisticola
Cettis warbler
Black francolin
Crested lark
Collared dove
Yellow wagtail
Lesser whitethroat
Wood chat shrike.

We have heard one bird that sounds like a man whistling. A short note going up or down and a longer one wit flucuating notes. Any ideas what this could be?

Will keep this up to date each day as we find the birds during our stay. At the moment we have been around the argaka area.

Rich, rob and alex
 
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We visited polis and latchi this afternoon...

Adding in

House martin*
Common sandpiper*
Wheatear
Isabelline wheatear*
Shag*
Ylgull
Wood warbler*
Yellow wag (2 varieties)
Woodchat shrike
Black fracolin
Swallow
White wag

* new this holiday.

Most were at latchi along the beach back toward polis.

Rich, rob and alex.
 
Try driving up to the mast at Anarita from Aspro Dam there were a couple of pairs just inside the perimeter fence last year that showed very well last year-also good area for Spectacled Warbler and Great Spotted Cuckoo.
 
A walk around the hills at argaka and from around the villa today have given us

Willow warbler*
Coal tit*
Marsh harrier*
Cyprus wheatear
Cettis warbler
White wagtail
Black francolin
House sparrow
Green finch
Gold finch
Kestrel(so many it daft)
Cretzsmar bunting*
Swallow
Red rumped swallow
Alpine swift*
Swift
Lesser whitethroat
Woodchat shrike
Hooded crow
Sardinian warbler
Wood pigeon
Crested lark
Sedge warbler*

Will post more when i remember them...

* new for holiday
 
Rob Williams said:
Second trip to Cyprus and still no Cyprus Warbler
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Hi Rob

You may struggle for CW in the far North West of the Island so if you have transport then a move further South and East may prove more fruitful. As malcurtin has suggested Anarita Park or Asprokremnos Dam could be a good bet.


Shane
 
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From the villa in argaka this morning we had two wonderful visitors...

Hoopoe*
And
Hawfinch*

A life tick each for myself and rob. Top morning.

Off to akamas penisula for the rest of the day..

* new for us this trip
 
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Right a lovely walk from aphrodite baths to the end and back. Here what we saw...

Blackcap
Northern wheatear
Isabelline wheatear
Winchat*
Yellow legged gull
Linnet
Collared dove
Sardinian warbler
Crested lark
Woodchat shrike(at least 3 if not 4)
Corn bunting
Hoopoe(poss 2)
Marsh harrier
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Yellow wag(black head, grey head)
Cyprus wheatear
Black eared wheater
Willow warbler
Wryneck*
Ruppells warbler*
Tawny pipit
Kestrel
Common whitethroat*
Lesserwhitethroat
Swallow
Swift
House martin
Red rumped swallow

What a great days birding. Many new ticks for me.

Rich, Rob and Alex

* new for us this trip.
 
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You want to visit the coppice at the the end of Asprokremnos Dam for cyprus Warbler, and also either end of the dam wall itself.

Should also be Bee-eaters around and keep eyes peeled for Pallid Harriers passing through.
 
Quiet around the villa this morning , although we have just had great views of 2 great spotted cuckoo's.

Much better than the one in the dark the other night.

Rich,Rob and Alex
 
A two hour walk through the hill behind our villa yesterday afternoon gave us....

Cretzmar bunting
Coal tit(was nesting with young in a hole in rock face)
Wood warbler
Woodlark*
Serin
Kestrel
Wood pigeon
Chaffinch

A nice addition to the list *

Rich, Rob and Alex
 
A quiet day birding wise today. We do have one investigation to carry out tomorrow morning. We think we have an idea but want to put bins on it first. We will keep you posted.....

A lovely view of the great spotted cuckoo again this afternoon from our villa(argaka area) about 3.20pm. He is becoming quite a regular visitor8-P

Rich, Rob and Alex
 
We are off to Paphos on Monday ....is there anywhere i can find up to date sightings records so we can get an idea of what to expect?

Thanks

Rich, Rob and Alex
 
richarddavis30 said:
We are off to Paphos on Monday ....is there anywhere i can find up to date sightings records so we can get an idea of what to expect?

Thanks

Rich, Rob and Alex
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The latest sightings are posted on the BirdlifeCyprus website but these are general and island wide. If you are doing a day trip then start off at the Paphos Lighthouse & Arch site. Then move on to Mandria and finish off at Aspro Dam and Anarita. You should catch up with most of the migrants and have a chance of seeing a CW.


Shane
 
Well our morning walk today around argaka was quite quiet. We were hoping to find what we believe to be an Eastern Orphean Warbler. The one we saw a quick glimpse of but think we recognise it by its song.....is is likely around here?

Whilst out looking for this we did however come across a lovely masked shrike*. So nice to see one of these. Got to love cyprus ;)

Rich and Rob
 
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