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.
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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 – Pallid Harrier.
Alaminos – Common Buzzard, 3 Sandwich Tern, 3 Red fronted Serin & 40 European Serin.
Akrotiri Marsh 3 Little Swift & Barn Swallow.
Paphos Sewage Plant – Pallid Harrier.
Paralimni Lake – 1,675 Greater Flamingo, 1,097 Northern Shoveler, 1,244 Common Teal, 117 Gadwall, 21 Eurasian Wigeon, 5 Marsh Harrier, 2 Black winged Stilt & 2 Pied Avocet.
Episkopi – 5 Griffon Vulture.
Asprokremmos Dam – 3 Greater white fronted Geese, 3 Gadwall, Common Pochard & Great crested Grebe.
Mia Milia Water Treatment Plant – 35 Gadwall, 5 Eurasian Wigeon, 10 Ferruginous Duck, 3 Common Pochard, Black necked Grebe, 2 Glossy Ibis, 552 Northern Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, 9 Water Pipit, 6 Bluethroat & Eastern Yellow Wagtail.
Larnaca Salt Lake – 15 Black-winged Stilt, 13 Ringed Plover, 82+ Kentish Plover, 37 Common Redshank, 4 Temminck’s Stint, 42+ Dunlin, 67+ Little Stint, Audouin’s Gull,
180+ Caspian Gull, 30+ Armenian Gull, 3 Baltic Gull, 3 Heuglin’s Gull & Reed Bunting.
Oroklini Marsh – 3 Northern Pintail, 8 Gadwall, 27 Northern Lapwing, 9 Black-winged Stilt, 5 Water Pipit, 5 Barn Swallow, Bluethroat & Moustached Warbler.
Cape Greco – Masked Shrike.
Agia Paraskevi pond – 2 Gadwall, Western Water Rail, Western Marsh Harrier & Common Buzzard.
Germasogeia – 2 Bonelli’s Eagle, 3 Long legged Buzzard, Common Buzzard, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Peregrine & 3 Eurasian Crag Martin.
Evretou Dam – 2 Great crested Grebe & 2 Eurasian Crag Martin.
Paphos Headland – 100 Eurasian Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Greater Sandplover, 2 Little Gull & Desert Finch.
Alaminos – Bluethroat & 15+ Red fronted Serin.
Akrotiri Marsh – Eurasian Wigeon, 11 Gadwall, 5 Northern Pintail, 12+ Water Pipit, 2+ Siberian Pipit, Citrine Wagtail, 10 Little Swift & 2 Barn Swallow.
Petounda – Pallid Harrier.
Alaminos – Red fronted Serin.
Paphos Headland – Desert Finch.
Alaminos – 7+ Red fronted Serin.
Akrotiri Marsh – Siberian Pipit.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – Merlin.
Agia Triada – 12 Grey Plover.
Germasogeia – Long-legged Buzzard, 25 Common Kestrel, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk & 17 Eurasian Crag Martin.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – Hen Harrier.
Alaminos – Peregrine, Bluethroat & 5+ Red fronted Serin.
Spiros Pool – Ruddy Shelduck, 15 Kentish plover, 100+ European Golden Plover, 4 Pied Avocet & Greenshank.
Oroklini Marsh – Eurasian spoonbill.
Alaminos – Hen Harrier, Hawfinch & 3+ Red fronted Serin.
Paphos Headland – 48 European Golden Plover, 2 Red throated Pipit, 35 Common Starling & Desert Finch.
Kolossi – Barn Swallow.
Akrotiri Bay – Hen Harrier & 2 Little Gull.
Petounta – 5 Sandwich Tern.
Agios Sozomenos – 2 Hen Harrier.
Cape Drepanum- Oriental Turtle Dove.
Alaminos – 2 Red fronted Serin.
Asprokremmos Dam – 4 Greater White fronted Geese.
Akrotiri Marsh – Eurasian Wigeon, Gadwall, Red-crested Pochard & 7 Spotted Redshank.
Kouklia, Famagusta – 15 White-fronted Geese, 8 Common Shelduck, 9 Gadwall, 63 Eurasian Wigeon, 14 Northrrn Pintail, 23 Common Pochard, 22 Ferruginous Duck, 23 Black-winged Stilt, 35 Northern Lapwing & Common Greenshank.
Akrotiri Marsh – Wigeon, 6 Pintail, 9 Gadwall, 2 Red crested Pochard, Bonelli’s Eagle, 3 Black winged Stilt, 13 Snipe, Spotted Redshank, White throated Kingfisher, 8 Woodlark, 8+ Water Pipit, 3 Bluethroat, 2 Moustached Warbler & 2 Penduline Tit.
Paphos Headland – Isabelline Shrike & Desert Finch.
Paphos Headland – Red breasted Merganser, 100+ Eurasian Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Greater Sandplover, 2 Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Great spotted Cuckoo, Isabelline Shrike, Desert Finch & Tree Sparrow.
Asprokremmos Dam – 4 Greater White fronted Geese, 2 Gadwall, 4 Great crested Grebe & Northern Goshhawk.
Paphos Sewage Works – Great spotted Cuckoo & Siberian Pipit.
Paphos Headland – Isabelline Shrike, Desert Finch & Tree Sparrow.
Larnaca Sewage Works – Ruddy Shelduck, 12 Eurasian Wigeon, 60+ Common Pochard, 60+ Ferruginous Duck, 45 Black necked Grebe, Merlin, Peregrine & 4 Little Gull.
Paphos Headland – 2 Little Gull, Isabelline Shrike & Tree Sparrow.
Mitsero – 3+ Cyprus Warbler.
Timi Beach – Pied Kingfisher.
Evretou Dam – 5 Crag Martin & Blue rock Thrush
Paphos Headland – 125 Eurasian Golden Plover, Little Gull & Desert Finch.
Akrotiri Marsh – 7 Little Swift & Citrine Wagtail.
Clapsides – 2 Pied Kingfisher.
Kouklia, Famagusta – 15 Greater White fronted Geese, 30+ Gadwall, 60 Eurasian Wigeon, 10 Northern Pintail, Black Kite, 5 Black winged Stilt & 45 Northern Lapwing.
Larnaca Sewage Works – Common Crane.
Akrotiri Marsh – 2 Great spotted Cuckoo.
Agia Triada – 9 Grey Plover.
Agia Triada – Red breasted Merganser.
Paphos Headland – Desert Finch.
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