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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.
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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.
Pomos – 89 Garganey, 46 Purple Heron, 17 Glossy Ibis, 3 Little Egret, 4 Scopoli’s Shearwater, Yelkouan Shearwater, 40+ Ruff, 21 Black tailed Godwit, Common Greenshank, Heuglin’s Gull, 2 Caspian Tern, 2 Common Hoopoe & Common Kingfisher.
Polis Chrysochou – 50 Alpine Swift.
Akrotiri Marsh – 2 Little Bittern & Booted Eagle.
Pomos – 94 Garganey, 36 Purple Heron, 82 Glossy Ibis, 17 Little Egret, 5 Cattle Egret, 2 Yelkouan Shearwater, Common Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Slender-billed Gull, European Honey Buzzard, 2 Western Marsh Harrier, Eurasian Hobby, European Turtle Dove, Pallid Swift & 6 Red rumped Swallow.
Mammari – Ortolan Bunting, Lesser Grey Shrike, Red-backed Shrike & Masked Shrike.
Akrotiri Marsh – 4 Little Bittern, 2 Western Water Rail, European Honey Buzzard, Montagu’s Harrier, 2 White Throated Kingfisher, 30+ European Bee eater, 14 European Turtle Dove, 10+ Red rumped Swallow & 2 Great Reed Warbler.
Akrotiri Water Tower – 43 Demoiselle Crane.
Pomos – 121 Garganey, 62 Purple Heron, 35 Glossy Ibis, 4 Yelkouan Shearwater, Scopoli’s Shearwater, 11 European Honey Buzzard, 6 Western Marsh Harrier, Common Hoopoe, 3 Pallid Swift, 8 Red rumped Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail, Western Yellow Wagtail & Common Chaffinch.
Oroklini Marsh – 4 Red crested Pochard, 7 Ferruginous Duck, 133 Cattle Egret, 28 Glossy Ibis, Squacco Heron, 2 Little ringed Plover & Common Swift.
Paphos – 40+ Demoiselle Crane.
Tala – Demoiselle Crane (heard).
Pomos – 718+ Garganey, Ferruginous Duck, Northern Shoveler, 27 Demoiselle
Crane, 263 Purple Heron, Grey Heron, 8 Squacco Heron, 268 Glossy Ibis, 21 Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Scopoli’s Shearwater, 3 Little ringed Plover, Red Knot, Ruddy Turnstone, Baltic Gull, 13 Gull billed Tern, Western Marsh Harrier, Western Yellow Wagtail & 2 Willow Warbler.
Cape Greco – 13 Glossy Ibis, 10 European Honey Buzzard, Whinchat, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Barred Warbler, 4 Lesser Grey Shrike & Masked Shrike.
Akrotiri Water Tower – 500 European Honey Buzzard & Pallid Harrier.
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