Recent sightings
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Recent Sightings
Below are all recent, unconfirmed reports of notable bird sightings from all over Cyprus, sent to us from local and visiting birdwatchers.
Recent sightings are also shared through our Twitter feed here and through our WhatsApp groups: please click here to request to join the Cyprus Bird Sightings group, and here to request to join the Cyprus bird socials group, for bird and conservation related discussions beyond sightings.
For a personalized and expertly guided birdwatching experience, explore our bird tours here.
Are you out birdwatching regularly? Then make your sightings count by sending them to the BirdLife Cyprus Recorder. You can see all the ways you can record your sightings here.
Spiros Pool – Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2 Grey Plover, 13 Common Ringed Plover, 11 Spur-winged Lapwing, Kentish Plover, Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, 32 Ruff, 3 Dunlin, 2 Little Stint & 2 Whiskered Tern.
Achna Dam – Eurasian Bittern.
Asprokremmos Dam – Great crested Grebe, Great white Egret, Osprey Bonelli’s Eagle & Eurasian Sparrowhawk.
Akrotiri Marsh – 4 Squacco Heron, Great white Egret, Bonelli’s Eagle, Red footed Falcon, Eleonora’s Falcon, European Roller & White throated Kingfisher.
Mavrokolympos Dam – 2 Cyprus Wheatear & 6 Cyprus Warbler.
Asprokremmos Dam – 2 Great crested Grebe, 2 Great White Egret, Black Kite, 3 Long legged Buzzard & 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Mandria – 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Whinchat, 40+ Red throated Pipit & 3 Western Yellow Wagtail.
Timi Beach – Male Pallid Harrier & Eurasian Sparrowhawk.
Oroklini Marsh – 2 Spotted Crake.
Paphos headland – Menetries Warbler & Desert Finch.
Μandria – 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 5 Eurasian Skylark, 11 Western Yellow Wagtail, 50+ Red throated Pipit, 2 Meadow Pipit & Water Pipit.
Mavrokolympos Dam – Tree Pipit & 4 Cyprus Warbler.
Kensington Cliffs – Stock Dove, 7 Griffon Vulture, 6 Eleonora’s Falcon & Meadow Pipit.
Akrotiri Marsh – Stock Dove, 2 Water Rail, Eurasian Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis, Whiskered Tern, White-throated Kingfisher, Red rumped Swallow, 3 Water Pipit, 2 Red throated Pipit & 2 Western Yellow Wagtail.
Sunset Point, Paphos – Desert Finch.
Akrotiri Marsh – 3 Squacco Heron, Common Quail, 5 Common Snipe, Whiskered Tern, Lesser spotted Eagle, Red footed Falcon, Eurasian Hobby, White throated Kingfisher, Mistle Thrush, 3 Water Pipit, 10 Red throated Pipit, Great Reed Warbler & Penduline Tit.
Prodromos – Yellow browed Warbler.
Kourion Stadium – Bonelli’s Eagle & 7+ Eleonora’s Falcon.
Sunset Point, Paphos – 2 Desert Finch.
Kensington Cliffs – 7 Griffon Vulture & 10+ Eleonora’s Falcon.
Protaras – Red breasted Flycatcher.
Agia Varvara – Little Crake, Purple Heron, 2 Bonelli’s Eagle, Eurasian Sparrowhawk & Sedge Warbler.
Cape Greco – 17 Common Buzzard.
Kalo Khorio Orinis – 2 Cyprus Scops Owl.
Paphos Headland – Greater Sand Plover & Ruddy Turnstone.
Bishops Pool – 5 Ferruginous Duck, Western Water Rail, Osprey, Common Buzzard, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 2 Red footed Falcon, 2 Eleonora’s Falcon & 20+ Common Chiffchaff.
Lady’s Mile – 2 Black Kite.
Akrotiri Marsh – 2 Squacco Heron, 2 Ruff, 3 Bonelli’s Eagle, 3 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 2 Red footed Falcon, Whiskered Tern, 5 European Bee eater, Common Kingfisher, Yellow Wagtail & 2 Red throated Pipit.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits coast – 22 Cattle Egret, Greater Sandplover, 20+ Kentish Plover, 5 Common Ringed Plover, Dunlin & Northern Wheatear.
Paralimni Lake – 4 Spotted Crake.
Akrotiri Marsh – 30+ Spur-winged Lapwing, Whiskered Tern, Western Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Kingfisher & White throated Kingfisher.
Larnaca Airport Pools south – 25 Greater Flamingo, 16 Common Ringed Plover, 80 Kentish Plover, 2 Sanderling, 26 Dunlin & 47 Little Stint.
Larnaca Sewage Works – 33 Garganey, 360 Northern Shoveler, 36 Northern Pintail, 489 Common Teal, Common Pochard, 11 Ferruginous Duck, 23 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Whiskered Tern, 3 Black-headed Gull & 3 Red-throated Pipit.
Larnaca Salt Lake – 92 Greater Flamingo.
Germasogeia – Bonelli’s Eagle, 2 Long legged Buzzard, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk & Red footed Falcon.
Larnaca Salt Lake – 2 Common Crane.
Asprokremmos Dam – 9 Grey Heron, Little Owl, Osprey, Bonelli’s Eagle & Eleonora’s Falcon.
Agios Sozomenos – Finschs Wheatear, Cyprus Wheatear, Northern Wheatear & 3 Willow Warbler.
Cape Greco – 3 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Hobby, 2 European Bee eater, 4 Cyprus Wheatear, Red rumped Swallow, 10+ Red throated pipit, Tawny pipit, 3 Cyprus Warbler, 10+ lesser Whitethroat & Spectacled Warbler.
Larnaca Sewage Works – 2 Common Crane & Black Stork.
Pervolia fields – 2 Red footed Falcon, 2 European Bee eater, 7 Eurasian Skylark, Calandra Lark & 3 Red throated Pipit.
Troodos – Blue rock Thrush, Woodlark, 2 Eurasian Crag Martin & 3 Cyprus Wheatear.
Lazanias – Cyprus Scops Owl.
Germasogeia- 4 Common Swift.
Spiros Pool – Buff breasted Sandpiper.
Kouklia Dam (Famagusta) – Buff breasted Sandpiper.
Paralimni Lake – 3 Spotted Crake, 4 Black winged Stilt, Common Redshank & Common Greenshank.
Akrotiri Marsh – Glossy Ibis, Bonelli’s Eagle, Western Marsh Harrier, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, White winged Tern & Common Kingfisher.
Larnaca Sewage Works – 5 Black necked Grebe, 52 Northern Pintail & Spotted Redshank.
Spiros Pool – Buff breasted Sandpiper.
Spiros Pool – Buff breasted Sandpiper.
Paralimni Lake – 2 Spotted Crake & Bluethroat.
Mavrokolympos Dam – Cyprus Wheatear, 15 European Stonechat, Whinchat, 2 European Robin, 5 Cyprus Warbler & Red backed Shrike.
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