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 shard through our Twitter feed here and through our WhatsApp group. Please click here to request to join the group.
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.
Polis Chrysochous Bay – 726 Garganey, 105 Demoiselle Crane, 42 Pied Avocet, Grey Plover, 3 Whimbrel, Caspian Tern, Common Tern & Citrine Wagtail.
Bishop’s Pool – Osprey & 100+ Black Kite.
Achna Dam – Black winged Kite.
Oroklini Marsh – 16 Pied Avocet.
Polis Chrysochous Bay – 1000+ Garganey, 23 Purple Heron, 20 Ringed Plover, 6 Black winged Stilt, 40 Common Sandpiper, 21 Yellow Wagtail & 20+ Red rumped Swallow.
Larnaca Sewage Works – Pied Avocet, Sanderling, Gull billed Tern & White winged Tern
Akrotiri Marsh – 2 Little Bittern, 3 Water Rail, Bonelli’s Eagle & White throated Kingfisher.
Polis Chrysochous Bay – 67+ Garganey, 26 Purple Heron, 5 Grey Heron, 141 Glossy Ibis, 2 Eleonora’s Falcon, 22 Ringed Plover, 10 Baltic Gull, Caspian Gull, 9 White winged Tern, 30 Gull billed Tern & 3 Common Kingfisher.
Agia Varvara – Glossy Ibis, Common Buzzard, 3 Stone Curlew, Common Kingfisher, 5 Yellow Wagtail & 3 Masked Shrike.
Stavrovouni – Bonelli’s Eagle & 4 Eleonoras Falcon.
Polis Chrysochous Bay – 62 Garganey, 126 Glossy Ibis, 7 Little Bittern, 37 Little Egret, 267 Purple Heron, 5 Scopolis Shearwater & Common Kingfisher.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – 2 Garganey, 2 Greater Sandplover, 23 Kentish Plover, 2 Sanderling, Common Greenshank & Little Stint.
Polis Chrysochous Bay – 62 Garganey, 126 Glossy Ibis, 7 Little Bittern, 37 Little Egret, 267 Purple Heron, 5 Scopolis Shearwater & Common Kingfisher.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – 2 Garganey, 2 Greater Sandplover, 23 Kentish Plover, 2 Sanderling, Common Greenshank & Little Stint.
Akamas- 94 Demoiselle Crane.
Cape Greco – 21 Cyprus Wheatear, 7 Isabelline Wheatear, Citrine Wagtail, Eastern Orphean Warbler, 5 Cyprus Warbler, 8 Spectacled Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher & 2 Red backed Shrike.
Oroklini Marsh – Garganey, Red crested Pochard, Ferruginous Duck, 60 Greater Flamingo, 3 Little Bittern, 5 Black winged Stilt, 8 Little Stint, Ruff, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Redshank & 2 Wood Sandpiper.
Achna Dam – 20+ Little Ringed Plover,
Ruff, Temmincks Stint, 15 Little Stint, 6 Collared Pratincole, 7 Gull-billed Tern, White-winged Tern, 3 Common Kingfisher, 25+ Yellow Wagtail, 1+ Citrine Wagtail, Masked Shrike, Woodchat Shrike & 2 Red backed Shrike.
Giolou – Demoiselle Crane (flock heard after dark).
Oroklini Marsh – 2 Little Bittern, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Temminck’s Stint, 7 Little Stint, 2 Marsh Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, Gull-billed Tern & Common Kingfisher.
Pomos – 60+ Scopoli’s Shearwater, 11 Yelkouan Shearwater, 19 Grey Heron, 63 Purple Heron, 4 Squacco Heron, 58 Glossy Ibis, Sanderling, 42 Baltic Gull, Caspian Gull & 5 Gull billed Tern.
Agia Varvara – 5 Green Sandpiper, Little Owl, Willow Warbler, Lesser Grey Shrike & 2 Masked Shrike.
Germasogeia – 2 Little Swift & 25 Pallid Swift.
Agia Parakevi – Garganey, 8 Ferruginous Duck, Eurasian Hobby & 2 Common Kingfisher
Pomos – 40+ Scopoli’s Shearwater, 47 Purple Heron, 19 Grey Heron, 3 Glossy Ibis, Little ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail & Willow Warbler.
Polis Chrysochous Bay – 2 Purple Heron, 2 Garganey, Caspian Gull, 2 Gull billed tern, 5 European Bee eater & 3 Alpine Swift.
Pomos – 17 Scopoli’s Shearwater, Yelkouan Shearwater, 146 Purple heron, 15 Grey Heron, 15 Squacco Heron, 12 Little Egret, 210 Glossy Ibis, 374 Garganey, 5 Little ringed Plover, 2 Baltic Gull, Caspain Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern & 2 Common Hoopoe.
Agia Varvara – 2 Citrine Wagtail, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Grey Shrike & Masked Shrike.
Kritou Tera – Northern Goshawk, 70 European Bee eater, 2 Common Hoopoe, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Eastern Orphean Warbler, 2 Lesser Grey Shrike & 3 Masked Shrike.
Bishop’s Pool – 8 Ferruginous Duck, 5 Purple Heron, 9 Black winged Stilt, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4 European Turtle Dove, Common Kingfisher & 5 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler.
Achna Dam – Black winged Kite & 2 Long legged Buzzard.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – Greater Sand plover, 57 Kentish Plover, 10 Black winged Stilt, Ruff, Dunlin, Common Cuckoo & 2 Eastern Orphean Warbler.
Akrotiri Marsh – 4 Squacco Heron, Marsh Harrier, Green Sandpiper, Common Hoopoe, 5 European Turtle Dove, 5 Red rumped Swallow & Yellow Wagtail.
Pomos – 515 Glossy Ibis.
Germasogeia – 250+ Glossy Ibis, 49 European Bee eater, 3 Little Swift & 15 Pallid Swift.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – 18 Kentish plover, Greater Sandplover & Lesser Grey Shrike.
Agia Napa Sewage Works – 4 Eastern Orphean Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 5 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler & Red backed Shrike.
Pomos – 100+ Glossy Ibis & 2 Common Kingfisher.
Macronissos Beach – 4 Greater Sandplover
Cape Greco – 4+ Isabelline wheatear & Yellow Wagtail.
Agia Napa Sewage Works – Barred Warbler & 4 Eastern Orphean Warbler.
Polis Chrysochous Bay – 300+ Glossy Ibis.
Germasogeia – Eurasian Hobby, 89 European Bee eater, 2 Little Swift & 2 Yellow Wagtail.
Agia Varvara – 2 Long legged Buzzard, 5 European Bee eater, 4 European Turtle Dove, 2 Red rumped Swallow, Sedge Warbler, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler & 3 Yellow Wagtail.
Achna Dam – 10+ Little ringed Plover, 2 Common Greenshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Collared Pratincole & White-winged Tern.
Larnaca Sewage Works – 2 Black-crowned Night Heron, Eleonora’s Falcon, Eurasian Curlew, Ruddy Turnstone & 8 Collared Pratincole.
Germasogeia – 2 Little Swift & 10 Pallid Swift
Larnaca Sewage Works – 3 Garganey, 22 Ferruginous Duck, 19 Little ringed Plover, 3 Ruddy Turnstone, 10 Ruff, 9 White-winged Tern & Common Swift.
Larnaca Salt Lake – Lesser Grey Shrike
Achna Dam – 2 Squacco Heron, 20+ Little ringed Plover, 7 Green Sandpiper, 20+ Little Stint & 2 Eurasian Hoopoe.
Achna Dam – 22 Glossy Ibis, Black-crowned Night Heron & 13 Collard Pratincole
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