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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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Karpasia – 2 Purple Heron, Black crowned Night Heron, 6 European Honey Buzzard, 3 Black Kite, Lesser Kestrel, 3 Eurasian Hobby, 6 Eleonora’s Falcon, 4 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Tawny Pipit, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, 26 Rose coloured Starling & 6 Black headed Bunting.
Karpasia south coast – Marsh Harrier, 11 European Roller, 2 European Turtle Dove, 40 European Bee Eater, 5 Cyprus Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Red backed Shrike & Woodchat Shrike.
Cape Andreas – 3 Grey Heron, Purple Heron, 40+ European Shag, 4+ Scopoli’s Shearwater, Wood Sandpiper, European Honey Buzzard, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Black Kite, 7 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 2 Eurasian Hobby, Eleonora’s Falcon, 2 Lesser Kestrel, 4 Peregrine, 32 Audouins Gull, 100+ European Bee eater, 2 European Turtle Dove, 2 Cyprus Wheatear, Pallid Swift, Sand Martin, 6 Red rumped Swallow, Red throated Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Marsh Warbler, Willow Warbler, 7 Blackcap & Lesser Whitethroat.
Kouklia Dam (Famagusta) – 5 Gadwall, 35 Ferruginous Duck, 6 Common Pochard, 12 Red crested Pochard, Garganey, 3 Common Teal, 10 Purple Heron, Eurasian Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis, 2 Little Bittern, 14 Great crested Grebe, 12 Black necked Grebe, 2 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 2 Stone Curlew, 35+ Black winged Stilt, 12 Common Ringed Plover, 15 Curlew Sandpiper, 50+ Ruff, 50+ Little Stint, 4 Temmincks Stint, 4+ Wood Sandpiper, 3 Little Gull, Gull billed Tern, 48 Whiskered Tern, 9 White winged Tern, 2 Black Tern, 15+ Calandra lark, White Wagtail & 50+ Sand Martin.
Silversands Beach – Collared Pratincole, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Common Ringed Plover, Common Greenshank, 6 Ruff, 48 Little Stint, 23 Little Tern, 4 Common Tern & Gull billed Tern.
Karaolos Lake – 7 Ferruginous Duck, 2 Red crested Pochard, 2 Gadwall, 4 White winged Tern & 18 Whiskered Tern.
Spiros Pool – 2 Red crested Pochard, 6 Glossy Ibis, 2 Purple Heron, 25 Ruff, Temmincks Stint, 3 Little Gull, 9 Slender billed Gull, 25+ Little Tern, 3 White winged Tern, European Turtle Dove, 2 Whinchat, Willow Warbler, 5 Spotted Flycatcher & Woodchat Shrike.
Airport Pools South – 3 Eurasian Spoonbill & 20+ Little Tern.
Pervolia – 5 Stone Curlew & 7 Calandra Lark.
Kensington Cliffs – 12 Griffon Vulture, 20+ Eleonora’s Falcon & 40+ Alpine Swift.
Vavatsina – 4 Cyprus Wheatear, 3 Cyprus Warbler, 2 Masked Shrike, 10+ Cretzschmar’s Bunting & 6+ Black headed Bunting.
Paralimni Lake – 65 Ferruginous Duck, 23 Red crested Pochard, Greater Flamingo, 6 Glossy Ibis, Little Bittern, 80+ Black winged Stilt, 28 Spur winged Lapwing, 16 Ruff, Whiskered Tern, 10 Little Tern, 40+ Sand Martin & Sedge Warbler
Larnaca Sewage Works – 3 Ferruginous Duck 3 & European Bee eater.
Spiros Pool – 210 Greater Flamingo, Squacco Heron, 9 Collared Pratincole, 11 Slender billed Gull, 3 Little Gull, 6 White winged Tern, 25+ Little Tern, 4 European Turtle Dove & Whinchat.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – 2 Ruddy Turnstone, European Nightjar, 3 Tawny Pipit, 4 Greater Short-toed Lark, Common Redstart, Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Red backed Shrike, Woodchat Shrike & Black headed Bunting.
Androlikou – Little Owl, Red footed Falcon, 15+ European Roller, Willow Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 4+ Blackcap, 4+ Eurasian Golden Oriole, Common Rosefinch & 3 Black headed Bunting.
Lady’s Mile – Broad billed Sandpiper & 9 Curlew Sandpiper.
Spiros Pool – 18 Purple Heron, 2 Squacco Heron, 10+ Little Tern, 2 Whiskered Tern, 15 White-winged Tern 15, 4 Little Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Pallas’s Gull.
Lady’s Mile – 31 Greater Flamingo, Purple Heron, 3 Black crowned Night Heron, 10 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Ruddy Turnstone, 2 Marsh Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Red footed Falcon, 2 Pallid Swift, Common Cuckoo, Masked Shrike & 2 Red backed Shrike.
Bishops Pool – Little Bittern, 4 Ferruginos Duck, 6+ Eleonora’s Falcon, 8 European Turtle Dove, European Roller, Eurasian Golden Oriole & 5 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler.
M1 Pools – 25 Glossy Ibis, Little Bittern, 12+ Squacco Heron, Purple Heron, Black crowned Night Heron, 6 Wood Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, 8+ European Roller, 7 European Bee eater, Common Hoopoe & Red backed Shrike.
M1 Pools – 15 Glossy Ibis, 16 Squacco Heron, 14+ Wood Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 European Turtle Dove, European Bee eater & 3 Alpine Swift.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – 22 Ruff, 2 Marsh Harrier, Red footed Falcon, 2 Audouins Gull, 2 European Turtle Dove, Great spotted Cuckoo, Common Whitethroat, 51 Red backed Shrike & Woodchat Shrike.
Cape Greco – Thrush Nightingale.
Lady’s Mile – Broad billed Sandpiper, 5 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Ruddy Turnstone, 2 Lesser Kestrel, 5 Red footed Falcon & 7 Red backed Shrike.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – 3 Pied Avocet, Little Tern, 2 European Roller, 3 Tawny Pipit, 29 Red backed Shrike, 2 Lesser Grey Shrike & 2 Masked Shrike.
M1 Pools – 2 Purple Heron, 20 Squacco Heron, 4 Glossy Ibis, Little Bittern, Black winged Stilt, Common Snipe, 18 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper & Great spotted Cuckoo.
Lady’s Mile – 41 Greater Flamingo, 36 Black winged Stilt, 10 Common Ringed Plover, 6 Kentish Plover, 13 Ruff, 38 Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Ruddy Turnstone, 2 Common Greenshank & Wood Sandpiper.
Zakaki Runoff – 20 Black winged Stilt, 18 Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Ruff, 26 Gull billed Tern, 4+ Lesser Kestrel, 3 Red footed Falcon, 5 Pallid Swift, European Turtle Dove, Tawny Pipit, Red throated Pipit, Barred Warbler, Eurasian Golden Oriole & 2 Red backed Shrike.
M1 Pools – Little Bittern, 4 Squacco Heron, 2 Black crowned Night Heron, 21 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, Alpine Swift & 4 Sand Martin.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – Arctic Skua, 3 Common Greenshank, 2 Tawny Pipit, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Red backed Shrike, 4 Woodchat Shrike & Masked Shrike.
Lady’s Mile – 88 Black winged Stilt, 35+ Common Ringed Plover, 8 Kentish Plover, 52+ Little Stint, 10 Ruff, 3 Ruddy Turnstone, 2 Common Greenshank & 5 Common Sandpiper.
Kouklia Dam (Famagusta) – 46 Greater Flamingo, 74 Squacco Heron, 2 Western Marsh Harrier, Eleonoras Falcon, Ruddy Turnstone, Common Greenshank, 170+ Whiskered Tern, 20+ White winged Tern & 2 Common Cuckoo.
Androlikou – 20+ European Roller, 20+ European Bee eater, Willow Warbler, 4 Eurasian Golden Oriole, 3 Red backed Shrike & Black headed Bunting.
Cape Greco – Barred Warbler.
Mavrokolympos Dam – Eleonora’s Falcon & Red footed Falcon.
Lady’s Mile – 65 Black winged Stint, 3 Common Greenshank & 12 Wood Sandpiper.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – Common Tern, 8 Little Tern, Arctic Skua, European Nightjar, 62 European Bee eater, 2 European Turtle Dove, Tree Pipit, 3 Tawny Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Whinchat, 10+ Blackcap, Barred Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Masked Shrike & 6 Spotted Flycatcher.
M1 Pools – 2 Little Bittern, 12+ Squacco Heron, 28 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Temmincks Stint, 2 European Roller & 40+ Sand Martin.
Bishops Pool – 2 Ferruginous Duck, Red footed Falcon, 4+ Eleonora’s Falcon, 15+ Sand Martin.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – Great Short toed Lark, 3 Tawny Pipit, 2 Common Redstart, 10+ Spotted Flycatcher & Willow Warbler.
Zakaki Run off – 5 Greater Flamingo, 100+ Kentish Plover, 13 Common Ringed Plover, 100+ Little Stint, 5 Ruff, 3 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Gull billed Tern, White winged Tern, Red throated Pipit & Tawny Pipit.
Lady’s Mile – 65 Black winged Stilt, 12 Ruff, 3 Common Greenshank, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 60+ Little Stint.
Agia Varvara – 2 Little Bittern, 6 Squacco Heron, Little Crake, Peregrine, 4 Wood Sandpiper, European Bee eater, 2 Great spotted Cuckoo, 2 Eurasian Turtle Dove, Pallid Swift, 4 Great Reed Warbler, 8 Sedge Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Eurasian Golden Oriole & 2 Woodchat Shrike.
Paphos Sewage Plant – 4 Spur winged Lapwing, 10 European Turtle Dove, 8 Eurasian Golden Oriole & Spotted Flycatcher.
Mandria – European Roller, Northern Wheatear, 3 Tawny Pipit & Yellow Wagtail.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – 15 Collared Pratincole, 6 Black winged Stilt, 8 Common Ringed Plover, 5 Kentish Plover, 2 Common Greenshank, 9 Tawny Pipit, 2 Red throated Pipit & 2 Red backed Shrike.
Spiros Pool/Beach – 107 Glossy Ibis, 26 Common Ringed Plover, Little ringed Plover, Dunlin, 3 Broad billed Sandpiper, 4 Curlew Sandpiper,
180+ Little Stint, Caspian Tern, 55 Little Tern, Whiskered Tern, 4 White winged Tern & Common Tern.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – Rose-coloured Starling.
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