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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 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
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