Recent sightings

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.

Cape Greco – 21 Ruff, Audouins Gull, 2 Red footed Falcon, 5 European Turtle Dove, 20+ European Bee eater, Common Hoopoe, Tree Pipit, White Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Common Redstart, Garden Warbler, 20+ Willow Warbler, 10+ Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Red backed Shrike, 2 Masked Shrike & 4 Spotted Flycatcher

Pervolia fields – Lesser Kestrel, 5 Red footed Falcon, 6 Calandra Lark, 2 Tawny Pipit, Red throated Pipit & 40+ Yellow Wagtail.

Cape Greco – 7 Purple heron, 40+ European Bee eater, 11 Greater Short toed Lark, Tree Pipit, Northern Wheatear, 4 Cyprus Wheatear, 6 Whinchat, 15 Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, 20+ Red rumped Swallow, 10+ Sand Martin, 2 Cyprus Warbler, Spectacled Warbler, 10+ Willow Warbler, 5 Lesser Whitethroat & 4 Red backed Shrike.

Agia Triada – Audouins Gull, Common Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper & 2 Wood Warbler.

Larnaca Airport Pools South – 8 Black winged Stilt, 100+ Kentish Plover, 10+ Common Ringed Plover, Sanderling, Knot, Marsh Sandpiper, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 12 Wood Sandpiper, 100+ Ruff, 80+ Little Stint, Common Redshank & Montagu’s Harrier.

Meneou Pool – European Roller.

Kensington Cliffs – 2 Griffon Vulture, 11 European Honey Buzzard, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 20+ Eleonora’s Falcon, Common Hoopoe, Eastern Black eared Wheatear, 2 Isabelline Wheatear, 10+ Northern Wheatear & 2 Ortolan Bunting.

Akrotiri Gravel Pits – Greater Sand Plover, 20+ Kentish Plover, Dunlin, Osprey, 6 Western Marsh Harrier, Montagu’s Harrier, European Turtle Dove, 7 Northern Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, 8 whinchat, 3 Tawny Pipit, Lesser grey Shrike & Red backed Shrike.

Agia Napa Sewage Works – 18 White Wagtail.

Timi Beach – 5 Eurasian Stone curlew, 5 Common Ringed plover, Northern wheatear & Isabelline wheatear.

Aspro Dam – Osprey, Long legged buzzard, European Honey buzzard, 12 European Bee eater & Spotted flycatcher.

Mandria – 3 Red throated Pipit.

Agios Minas – Collared Flycatcher.

Pomos – 8 Black crowned Night Heron, Purple Heron, 10+ Scopoli’s Shearwater, 2 Yelkouan Shearwater, 5 Baltic Gull, European Honey Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, Greater Short toed Lark, Northern Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail & Willow Warbler.

Agios Minas – 2 European Honey Buzzard, Tree Pipit, 3 Cyprus Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, 3 Whinchat, 10+ Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 10+ Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 1+ Collared Flycatcher, 7 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Eurasian Golden Oriole, 2 Red backed Shrike & 2 Masked Shrike.

Androlikou – Long legged Buzzard, Red footed Falcon, 6 Common Raven, 100+ European Bee eater, European Turtle Dove, 14 Greater Short toed Lark, 6 Cyprus Wheatear, Whinchat, 10 Willow Warbler & 3 Spotted Flycatcher.

Mount Olympus – 6 European Honey Buzzard, 2 Marsh harrier, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Hobby, Peregrine, Woodlark, 9 Northern Wheatear, 2 Isabelline Wheatear, 2 Cyprus Wheatear & Common Redstart.

Agia Varvara – Marsh Harrier, Long Legged Buzzard, 20+ European Bee eater, Greater Short toed Lark, 20+ Yellow Wagtail, 4 Sedge Warbler, Lesser grey Shrike & Masked Shrike.

Agios Minas – 2 Common Snipe, 75+ European Bee eater, European Turtle Dove, 3 Cyprus Wheatear, 10 Whinchat, 2 Collared Flycatcher,
6+ Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Red backed Shrike & Masked Shrike.

Oroklini Marsh – 3 Garganey, Western Water Rail, 16 Black winged Stilt, 4 Little ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Common Redshank, 5 Western Marsh Harrier, Alpine Swift, Pallid Swift, Common Swift, Northern Wheatear, Whinchat & Great Reed Warbler.

Akrotiri Water Tower – 354 European Honey Buzzard, 6+ Black Kite, 40+ Marsh Harrier, Bonelli’s Eagle, 3 Eleonora’s Falcon, Red-footed Falcon, 2 Peregrine & Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

Mavrokolympos Dam – Montagu’s Harrier, European Roller, 5 Cyprus Wheatear, 2 Whonchat, 3 Cyprus Warbler, 8 Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Red backed Shrike & Masked Shrike.

Paphos Headland – Greater Sand Plover, Red footed Falcon, Ruppells Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 4 Spotted Flycatcher & Red backed Shrike.

Cape Greco – Red breasted Flycatcher.

Bishops Pool – 2 Garganey, 3 Ferruginous Duck, 2 Squacco Heron, Spotted Crake, 8 European Honey Buzzard, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 2 Eleonora’s Falcon, Common Snipe, Whiskered Tern & 10+ European Turtle Dove.

Akrotiri Marsh – Little Bittern, 3 Squacco Heron, 5 Marsh Harrier, Common Hoopoe, 40+ European Bee eater, Common Kingfisher, Common Cuckoo, 10+ Alpine Swift, 20+ Pallid Swift, 10 Sand Martin & 10+ Yellow Wagtail.

Paphos Headland – Red breasted Flycatcher.

Lady’s Mile – Osprey, 468 European Honey Buzzard, 20 Marsh Harrier, 2 Black Kite, 15+ Eleonora’s Falcon, 150+ European Bee eater, Greater Short toed Lark, Tree Pipit & 2 Spectacled Warbler.

Meneou Pool – European Roller.

Spiros Beach – 3 Ruddy Turnstone & 3 Dunlin.

Larnaca Sewage Works – Great Crested Grebe, 4 Black necked Grebe, Gull billed Tern, 3 Whiskered Tern & 12  European Bee eater.

Larnaca Airport Pools South – Sanderling

Pervolia fields – European Honey Buzzard & Greater Short toed Lark.

Akrotiri Water Tower – 31 White Stork, Osprey, 478 European Honey Buzzard, 14 Marsh Harrier, 2 Montagu’s Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Black Kite, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 4 Eleonora’s Falcon, 6 Gull billed Tern, 100+ European Bee eater, European Turtle Dove, Northern Wheatear, Greater Short toed Lark & Tawny Pipit.

Spiros Pool – 2 Gull-billed Tern & Whinchat.

Larnaca Sewage Works – Dunlin, White-winged Tern, 110+ Western Yellow Wagtail, 400+ Barn Swallow, 10+ Sand Martin & 6 Red-rumped Swallow.

Akrotiri Shipwreck – 27 Kentish Plover, 9 Common Ringed Plover & Eurasian Whimbrel.

Akrotiri Marsh – 2 Little Bittern, 3 Squacco Heron, Egyptian Vulture, European Honey Buzzard, Ruff, 2 Common Snipe, White throated Kingfisher, Common Kingfisher, 100+ European Bee eater & 40+ Western Yellow Wagtail.

Lady’s Mile – 301 European Honey Buzzard, 4 Marsh Harrier, Black Kite, 20+ Eleonora’s Falcon, 100+ European Bee eater, Greater Short toed Lark, Tawny Pipit, Tree Pipit, 4 Northern Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 42 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Sand Martin & 4 Spectacled Warbler.

Pera Orinis – 50 European Bee-eater, Common Kingfisher, Garden Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Eurasian Golden Oriole & Masked Shrike.

Germasogeia – 18 European Honey Buzzard, Long legged Buzzard, 3 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 200+ European Bee eater, 6 Pallid Swift, 600+ Barn Swallow, 10+ Red rumped Swallow & 5 Sand Martin.

Lady’s Mile – 2 Osprey, 812 European Honey Buzzard, Long legged Buzzard, 10 Black Kite, 15 Marsh Harrier, Montagu’s Harrier, Eurasian Hobby, 15+ Eleonora’s Falcon, Lesser Kestrel, 40+ Kentish Plover, Ringed Plover, Common Greenshank, Dunlin, 6 Little Stint, 250+ European Bee eater, Tree Pipit, 8 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2 Spectacled Warbler, Lesser grey Shrike & Ortolan Bunting.

Spiros Pool – Montagus Harrier.

Larnaca Sewage Works ⁠- 3 Black necked Grebe.

Meneou Beach – 2 Ruddy Turnstone.

Neo Horio/Agios Minas – Bonelli’s Eagle, 4 European Honey Buzzard, Long legged Buzzard, Black Kite, Marsh Harrier, Common Hoopoe, 5 Eurasian Golden Oriole, Ruppell’s Warbler, 2 lesser Whitethroat, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Cyprus Wheatear, Common Redstart, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, Red backed Shrike, Ortolan Bunting & 3 Cretzschmar’s Bunting.

Neo Horio – Androlikou road – Bonelli Eagle, European Honey Buzzard, 2 Cyprus Wheatear, 2 Masked Shrike & Red backed Shrike.

Androlikou – Little Owl, 3 European Turtle Dove, Eastern Black eared Wheatear, 2 Cyprus Wheatear & 2 Whinchat.

Fasli – 3 Common Raven.

 

Neo Horio/Agios Minas – 5 Eurasian Golden Oriole, 2 Eastern Black eared Wheatear, Cyprus Wheatear & Spotted Flycatcher.

Delikipos – European Honey Buzzard, Common Hoopoe, 5 European Bee eater, Grey Wagtail, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher & 2 Cretzschmar’s Bunting.

Neo Horio/Agios Minas – 5 Eurasian Golden Oriole, 2 Eastern Black eared Wheatear, Cyprus Wheatear & Spotted Flycatcher.

Delikipos – European Honey Buzzard, Common Hoopoe, 5 European Bee eater, Grey Wagtail, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher & 2 Cretzschmar’s Bunting.

Akrotiri Water Tower – 8 Grey Heron, Glossy Ibis, Osprey, 38 European Honey Buzzard, Long legged Buzzard, 6 Black Kite, 12 Marsh Harrier, 3 Montagu’s Harrier, 7+ Eleonora’s Falcan, Ringed Plover, 20+ European Bee eater, Citrine Wagtail & Yellow Wagtail.

Larnaca Sewage Works – 16 Garganey, 2 Ferruginous Duck, Black-necked Grebe, 5 Black-winged Stilt, 2 Grey Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 7 Common Sandpiper, 36 Ruff, 6 Little Stint, 8 Red rumped Swallow & Red-backed Shrike.

Akrotiri Water Tower – 101 European Honey Buzzard, 7 Marsh Harrier, 7 Black Kite, Montagu’s Harrier, 9 Eleonora’s Falcon, Peregrine, European Turtle Dove, Common Hoopoe, Pallid Swift, 15+ Red rumped Swallow, 14+ House Martin, 3 Yellow Wagtail & Lesser Whitethroat.

Phasouri Bee-hives – 35 European Honey Buzzard.

Germasogeia – Little Swift & 13 Pallid Swift.

Cape Greco – European Honey Buzzard, 3 Lesser Kestrel, 18 Red rumped Swallow, 2 Isabelline Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, a Cyprus Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, Red backed Shrike, 2 Masked Shrike & 2 Spotted Flycatcher.

Protaras – 8 Black-crowned Night Heron.

Akrotiri Gravel Pits coast – Greater Sandplover & Eurasian Whimbrel.

Lady’s Mile – 4 Pallas’s Gull.

Mandria – 88 Eurasian Stone Curlew.

Akrotiri Marsh – Black-crowned Night Heron, 3 Little Bittern, European Roller, White throated Kingfisher & 2 Savi’s Warbler.

Paphos Sewage Plant – Richard’s Pipit.

Kensington Cliffs – 14 Griffon Vulture.

Larnaca Sewage Works – 13 Garganey, 3 Northern Shoveler, 3 Ferruginous Duck, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Greenshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Curlew Sandpiper, 50+ Ruff, Sanderling, 2 Collared Pratincole, 6 White winged Tern, 2 Pallid Swift, 4 Sand Martin, 60+ Western Yellow Wagtail, Whinchat & Savi’s Warbler.

Paphos Headland – Pallas’s Gull.

Mandria – 3+ Bimaculated Lark & 3 Calandra Lark.

Phasouri Bee-hives – Bonelli’s Eagle, 4 Western Marsh Harrier, 3+ Eleonora’s Falcon, 120+ European Bee eater, 250+ Alpine Swift, 2 Common Swift & 10 Pallid Swift.

Pissouri – 11 Demoiselle Crane.

Akrotiri Salt Lake – 31 Demoiselle Crane & Crested Honey Buzzard.

Akrotiri Marsh – 4 Little Bittern, Bonelli’s Eagle, 200+ European Bee eater, 14 Common Hoopoe, 7 European Turtle Dove, 2 Little Swift, 40+ Pallid Swift, 5+ Alpine Swift, 8 Sand Martin, Citrine Wagtail, 30+ Western Yellow Wagtail, Sedge Warbler & 3 Red backed Shrike.

Akrotiri Shipwreck – 70+ Kentish Plover, Sanderling & Dunlin.

Marathounta – 50 Demoiselle Crane.

Larnaca Sewage Works – 3 Savi’s Warbler.

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