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.

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.

Armou – Red Fronted Serin.

Akrotiri Bay – 22 Greater Flamingo, 7 Northern Pintail, 6 Northern Shoveler, 50+ Common Teal, Mediterranean Gull, 25 Yellow legged Gull & 2 Sandwich Tern.

Mandria – Rook.

Alakati – 3 Rock Sparrow.

Anthoupolis Sewage Works – Eurasian
Bittern.

Achna Dam – Great white Pelican, Red-crested Pochard, 6 Marsh Harrier & 5 Woodlark.

Akrotiri Marsh – 10 Gadwall, 11 Northern Pintail, Black-winged Kite, Ruff, 6 Spotted Redshank, Eastern Yellow Wagtail & 3 Water Pipit.

Akrotiri Bay – 32 Shoveler, 8 Pintail, 50+ Teal, 5 Sandwich Tern.

Alakati – 3 Rock Sparrow.

Paralimni Lake – 667 Greater Flamingo, 82 Grey Heron, 216+ Gadwall, 88+ Eurasian Wigeon, 5 Northern Pintail, 1500+ Northern Shoveler, 945+ Common Teal, Water Rail, 8 Marsh Harrier, 30 Stone Curlew, 76 Spur winged Lapwing, 6 Black-winged Stilt, 2 Wood Sandpiper, Woodlark & Moustached Warbler.

Oroklini Marsh – 17 Northern Pintail, 8 Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Gadwall & 12 Red-crested Pochard.

Cape Greco – Audouins Gull, 4 Woodlark, 2 Isabelline Wheatear, Finschs Wheatear & 8+ Black Redstart.

Mandria – 2 Pallas’s Gull & Rook.

Akrotiri Marsh – 11 Northern Pintail, 10 Gadwall, Greenshank, 5 Spotted Redshank, Little Swift, 5 Common Swift, 30+ House Martin, 40+ Barn Swallow, Bluethroat, Eastern Yellow Wagtail & Reed Bunting.

Akrotiri Gravel Pits – Black necked Grebe.

Germasogeia – 11 Crag Martin.

Thursday 13th February –
Akrotiri Marsh –
11 Northern Pintail, 10 Gadwall, Greenshank, 5 Spotted Redshank, Little Swift, 5 Common Swift, 30+ House Martin, 40+ Barn Swallow, Bluethroat, Eastern Yellow Wagtail & Reed Bunting.

Akrotiri Gravel Pits – Black necked Grebe.


Wednesday 12th February –

Germasogeia –
11 Crag Martin.

Tuesday 11th February –
Akrotiri Marsh –
10 Gadwall, 11 Pintail, Eurasian Spoonbill, 2 Great spotted Cuckoo, 2 Woodlark, 100+ Common Swift, 10+ Pallid Swift, 3 Alpine Swift, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, 2 Red-throated Pipit, Eurasian Reed Warbler, 5 Moustached Warbler & Penduline Tit.

Mandria –
Rook

Cape Drepanon – Isabelline Wheatear.

Paphos Headland – Great Spotted Cuckoo & Tawny Pipit. 

Akrotiri Marsh – Alpine Swift (first report of spring) & Bearded Reedling.

Mandria – Rook.

Mammari – Bonelli’s Eagle, Little Owl, Finschs Wheatear & 5 Woodlark.

Akrotiri Marsh – 10 Northern Pintail, 10 Gadwall & Eastern Yellow Wagtail.

Akrotiri Gravel Pits – 3 Sandwich Tern.

Akrotiri Marsh: 14 Northern Pintail, Eurasian Spoonbill, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Bonelli’s Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, 6+ Common Buzzard, 6+ Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Northern Lapwing, Ruff, 10 Spotted Redshank, 10+ Common Snipe, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, 5 Water Pipit, 4 Little Swift, 2 Pallid Swift, 40+ Common Swift, Eurasian Reed Warbler (first report of spring), 5+ Moustached Warbler & 3 Reed Bunting.

Akrotiri Gravel Pits: Isabelline Wheatear.

Cape Greco: Isabelline Wheatear & 4 Blue rock Thrush.

Mandria – Rook.

Mandria – Isabelline wheatear (first report of spring) & Tawny Pipit.

Asprokrmmos Dam – Great Spotted Cuckoo & Mistle thrush.

Akrotiri Marsh – Little Swift & Pallid Swift (first report of spring).

Akrotiri Marsh – Eurasian Spoonbill, 10 Northern Pintail, 10 Gadwall, 6 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, Ruff, Spotted Redshank, 15+ Barn Swallow, 2 Water Pipit & Blackbird.

Akrotiri Marsh – 2 Eurasian Spoonbill, 8 Northern Pintail, Ferruginous Duck, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, 40+ Barn Swallow, 2 House Martin & Blackbird.

Achna Dam – Great White Pelican

Evretou Dam – 2 Bonelli’s Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Finch’s wheatear & Brambling.

Akrotiri Marsh – 2 Great White Egret & 2 Penduline Tit.

Avdimou – Common Cuckoo (first report of spring).

Germasogeia – 14 Crag Martin, 30+ House Martin & 5 Barn Swallow.

Mammari – 3 Common Raven.

Cape Greco – Isabelline Shrike

Akrotiri Marsh – Bonelli’s Eagle, 5 Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Ruff, Spotted Redshank, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, 2 Barn Swallow & 5 House Martin.

Larnaca Salt Lake – 2 Common Crane.

Germasogeia Dam – Long-legged Buzzard, Water Pipit, 2 Red throated Pipit, 400+ European Serin, 200+ Common Linnet & 100 European Goldfinch.

Cape Greco – Isabelline Shrike.

Achna Dam – Great White Pelican & 10+ Common Swift.

Larnaca Sewage Works – 10 Gadwall, 230 Ferruginous Duck, 16+ Red Crested Pochard, 10 Common Pochard, Slavonian Grebe, 35+ Black necked Grebe, Northern Lapwing, 2 Caspian Gull & Armenian Gull.

Spiros Pool – 208 European Golden Plover, 9 Armenian Gull, 4 Caspian Gull & 5 Barn Swallow.

Larnaca Sewage Works – 10 Gadwall, 145 Ferruginous Duck, 5 Common Pochard, 21 Red crested Pochard, Slavonian Grebe, 32 Black necked Grebe, Common sandpiper, 2 Common Redshank, 15 Caspian Gull, Barn Swallow & Bluethroat.

Avakas gorge – Peregrine, 2 Wallcreeper & Blue rock thrush.

Ayia Paraskevi – Squacco Heron, Ferruginous Duck, 2 Water Rail, Common Kingfisher & Blackbird.

Paphos Headland – Eurasian Tree Sparrow.

Achna Dam – Great White Pelican

Akrotiri Marsh – Great white Egret, Eurasian Spoonbill, Ruff, Great spotted Cuckoo & Eastern Yellow Wagtail.

Kourion – Finschs Wheatear.

Cape Greco – Finschs Wheatear.

Mandria – Rook.

Germasogeia – Long-legged Buzzard & 6 House Martin.

Evretou Dam – 2 Bonellis Eagle, Finsch Wheatear & 2 Water Pipit.

Paphos Headland – Kentish Plover, 3 Greater Sand Plover, Grey Plover, 100+ European Golden Plover & 2 Common Sandpiper.

Foinikas – Finsch’s Wheatear, Tawny Pipit & Eastern Black Redstart.

Agios Sozomenos – Brambling.

Foinikas – Finsch’s Wheatear & Blue rock Thrush.

Paphos Headland – 70+ Eurasian Golden Plover, 2 Greater Sand plover & 4 Red-throated Pipit.

Ayia Triada – Red-breasted Merganser.

Germasogeia – 12 Little Swift.

Mandria – 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Northern Lapwing, 32 Eurasian Golden Plover, Rook & 200+ Skylark.

Akrotiri Marsh – 8 Great White Egret, Eurasian Spoonbill, 8 Barn Swallow & 29 House Martin.

Akrotiri Marsh – 8 Great White Egret, Eurasian Spoonbill, 8 Northern Pintail, 5 Marsh Harrier, 10 Spotted Redshank, 8+ Common Snipe, 7+ Barn Swallow, 3 House Martin, 5 Water Pipit, Red-throated Pipit, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, 2 Moustached Warbler & 6 Reed Bunting.

Lady’s Mile – 2 White Stork, 18 Common Shelduck & Heuglins Gull.

Paphos Headland – 2 Greater Sand plover & 188 Eurasian Golden Plover.

Larnaca Sewage Works – 5 Red crested Pochard, 5 Gadwall, 3+ Common Pochard, 50+ Ferruginous Duck, Slavonian Grebe, 30+ Black necked Grebe, Merlin, 66 Northern Lapwing & 4 Common Greenshank.

Mandria – Rook.

Oroklini Marsh – 7 Red-crested Pochard, 18 Northern Pintail, 2 Gadwall, 5 Eurasian Wigeon, 19 Ferruginous Duck, 5 Common Swift, 7 House Martin, 10+ Barn Swallow & Moustached Warbler.

Paralimni Lake – 40+ Common Crane & 6 Marsh Harrier.

Mandria – Rook (12th record since 1993).

Almirovilado – 2 Yellowhammer.

Akrotiri Gravel Pits – 40+ European Golden Plover.

Akrotiri Marsh – 5 Northern Pintail, Eurasian Spoonbill, Great white Egret, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 12 Woodlark, 7 Red-throated Pipit, 10+ Barn Swallow, 3 House Martin, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, 2 Moustached Warbler & Reed Bunting.

Germasogeia – Peregrine Falcon & 4 House Martin.

Tseri – 300+ European Golden Plover.

Cape Aspro, Pissouri – Great Spotted Cuckoo & 30 Woodlark

Larnaca Sewage Works – Slavonian Grebe, 30+ Black necked Grebe, 11 Gadwall, 96 Ferruginous Duck, 10 Common Pochard & 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Marsh Harrier & Common Sandpiper.

Troodos – 5 Redwing, 5+ Mistle Thrush, Hawfinch.

Almirolivado, Troodos – 2 Yellowhammer

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