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 and shared through our Twitter feed.

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.

Eurasian Hobby – (first of the spring) Cape Greco

Red necked phalarope – Larnaca Sewage works

Red necked phalarope – Lady’s Mile

2x Citrine wagtails – Mandria

Baillon’s crake – Ayia Paraskevi pond

Red backed shrike – Cape Greco

Lesser kestrel – Kivisili

Black headed bunting – (first of the spring) Protaras

Barred warbler – (first of the spring) Cape Greco

Corncrake – Cape Greco

Red necked phalarope – Larnaca sewage works

Little bittern – Ayia Varvara

Common cuckoo – Troodos village

23 (!) Collared flycatcher – Cape Greco

Red backed shrike – (first of the spring) Larnaca sewage works

Yelkouan Shearwater – Cape Greco

Little swift – M1 pools, Akrotiri

Great snipe – Ayia Paraskevi pond

Gull billed tern – Oroklini lake

Blue cheeked bee eaters – Ayia Paraskevi pond

4 Little swift – Cape Greco

Little swift – Mandria

Citrine wagtail – Mandria

Semi collard flycatcher – Paphos headland

Hooded wheatear – Pegeia

Terek Sandpiper – Akrotiri Gravel pits

3 Little swifts reported – Asprokremmnos Dam 

Great snipe – Ayia Varvara

Great snipe -Akrotiri Marsh

1500+ Glossy Ibis – Paphos headland

1000+ Larnaca airport coast

European Roller – (first of the spring) Anarita park

Eleanora’s Falcon – (first of the spring) Asprokremmnos Dam

Great snipe – Ayia Varvara

9 Blue cheeked bee eater – Akrotiri Marsh

Blue cheeked bee eater – Paphos Headland

Blue cheeked bee eater – Cape Greco

x6 Little crake  -Agia paraskevi lake

x5 Griffon vulture – Upper Dhiarizos valley

Osprey – Asprokremmnos Dam.

Wood warbler – Cape Greco

Eurasian Golden oriole – (first of the spring) Paphos headland

x4 Blue cheeked bee eater – Akrotiri Marsh

Baillon’s crake – Ayia Varvara

European Bee eater – Cape Greco

Semi coloured flycatcher – Paphos headland 

Caspian plover – Larnaca airport

Cream coloured courser – Mandria

X2 Collard Pratincole – (first of the spring) Mandria

Blue checked bee eater – Paralimni Lake

Baillon’s crake – Ayia Varvara

A Lesser Sandplover –  Paphos headland (first record for Cyprus if accepted)

Hooded wheatear – Cape Greco

Hooded wheatear – Paphos Headland

Baillons crake – Ayia Varvara

Humes warbler – Paphos headland

Yellow Browed warbler – Baths of Aphrodites

Hooded wheatears – Paphos Headland

Hooded Wheatear – Cape Greco

Arctic skua – Cape Greco

Citrine wagtail – Paralimni Lake

x2 Spotted crake – Paralimni Lake

x11 Little crake –  Ayia Napa

X2 Spotted Crake – Paralimni Lake

X2 Jack Snipe – Paralimni Lake

Arctic Skua – Cape Greco

Yellow browed warbler – Baths of Aphrodite

European bee eater – (first of the spring) Pera Orinis (Nicosia)

Eurasian Bittern – Akrotiri Marsh

Citrine Wagtail – Akrotiri Marsh

Rufous tailed Rock thrush – Paphos Headland

Citrine Wagtail – Paralimni Lake

Our Featured Product

Birdwatching in Cyprus: Where to go and what to look out for | English edition

Price: €18.00

Cyprus is an important place for birds on a regional and international level. Over 400 species of bird have been recorded here, most of which occur as regular passage migrants. This book features ten birdwatching locations across the island and the species one might see there, along with detailed maps and instructions on how to get there. It also presents in brief six additional birdwatching locations and includes a comprehensive checklist of the birds of Cyprus.

cover-scaled-1-1.jpg
1-scaled-1-1.jpg
2-scaled-1-1.jpg
3-scaled-1-1.jpg
5-scaled-1-1.jpg
DSF2021-1.jpeg
cover-scaled-1-1.jpg
1-scaled-1-1.jpg
2-scaled-1-1.jpg
3-scaled-1-1.jpg
5-scaled-1-1.jpg
DSF2021-1.jpeg
en_GBEnglish
Scroll to Top