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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mick Sway" data-source="post: 1439047" data-attributes="member: 15566">Kala-Chorio Mon 23rd Tues 24It rained Monday until about 15.00 when it abated a little, but was still cold and extremely overcast.Having ventured out in the morning and getting soaked I saw nothing except a single masked shrike. I went out again late afternoon in the light rain, taking in the local foothills and the village.The temperature reading on the village clock was reading 9C, however in the wind it felt much colder.Further sightings included:Lesser WhitethroatGarden WarblerWoodlarkCrag MartinSand MartinLinnetA cuckoo was calling in the hills and a scops owl in the village church.I have tried to locate the latter, however the pines surrounding the church are so tightly packed that I had to give up.It set raining again at night and this morning we wole up to see a scattering of snow on the peaks of the Troodos hills.As we set off for a walk at about 10.00am a cold wind continued to blow and the sky kept threatening rain.However as the day wore on the sun broke though but the wind continued to blow cold.Walking the surrounding hills strewn with sun bleached shotgun shells, Tina and I saw:HoopoeX1Black redstart x 6Masked Shrikex2KestrelWrenx1Winchatx6Red legged partridgex2Linnet(small flock)Meadow pipitChiff ChaffWhitethroat:t:Com'n now please contribute, it would be nice to get a regular thread up and running.Thanks for reading.Mick</blockquote>