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.
Larnaca Airport Pools South – Ruddy Shelduck.
Spiros Pool – 410 Eurasian Golden Plover.
Cape Greco – Isabelline Shrike, 100+ Eurasian Skylark, 8 Woodlark, 4 Black Redstart, 5 Cyprus Warbler & 5 Spectacled Warbler.
Achna Dam – Ferruginous Duck, 11 Common Teal, 53 Great Cormorant, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Marsh Harrier, Common Ringed Plover, 2 Spotted Redshank & Common Greenshank.
Cape Greco – Isabelline Shrike.
Mandria – 2 Eurasian Dotterel, 14 Eurasian Golden Plover, 6+ Woodlark, 2 Lesser Short-toed Lark, 20+ Eurasian Skylark
Agia Varvara – Long-legged Buzzard, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 9 Common Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, Bluethroat, Grey Wagtail & Moustached Warbler.
Lady’s Mile – 23 Common Shelduck
Kouris Dam – 100+ European Serin.
Kourium Stadium – Marsh Harrier, Long-legged Buzzard, 8+ Woodlark & 3 Black Redstart.
Akrotiri Marsh – Eurasian Spoonbill, 3 Gadwall, 2 Water Rail, Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, Long-legged Buzzard, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 3 Spotted Redshank, Common Snipe, 10 Woodlark, Putative Eastern Yellow Wagtail, 7+ Water Pipit, 8 Bluethroat, Moustached Warbler, Penduline Tit & Reed Bunting.
Mandria – 2 Eurasian Dotterel, 12 Eurasian Golden Plover & 300+ Eurasian Skylark.
Agia Varvara – 4 Water Rail, Finschs Wheatear, Bluethroat, 3 Water Pipit & 3 Moustached Warbler.
Ayia Eirini Dam – 6 Greater Flamingo, 138 Common Pochard, 2 Ferruginous Duck, 15 Tufted Duck, 6 Black-necked Grebe, Marsh Harrier, 7 Common Snipe & 3 Common Redshank.
Stavros Tis Psokas and surroundings – 2 Goshawk & 17 Goldcrest.
Almyrovado – 4 Yellowhammer.
Platania – Goldcrest & 5 Eurasian Siskin.
Pernera Coast – 8 Grey Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin & Little Stint.
Larnaca Salt Lake (North east corner) – 3 Temminck’s Stint, 4 Common Snipe, 3 Reed Bunting & Penduline Tit.
Larnaca Sewage Works – Red crested Pochard, 7 Common Pochard, Eurasian Wigeon & 900+ Northern Shoveler.
Paphos headland – Short eared Owl.
Mandria – 2 Eurasian Dotterel, 9 Eurasian Stone Curlew & 100+ Eurasian Skylark.
Lysos – Dunnock.
Stavros Tis Psokas – 23 Crag Martin, Woodlark & 10 Goldcrest.
Akrotiri Marsh – Eurasian Spoonbill, Northern Pintail, Bonelli’s Eagle, 4 Marsh Harrier, 3 Water Rail, Wood Sandpiper, 5 Common Snipe, 2 Spotted Redshank, Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, 2 Woodlark, 3 Bluethroat, 15+ Water Pipit, 4 Red throated Pipit, Putative Eastern Yellow Wagtail, 5 Moustached Warbler, Penduline Tit, 6 Eurasian Siskin & 4 Reed Bunting.
Kourion – Northern Wheatear, 14 Woodlark & 2 Black Redstart.
Mandria – 2 Eurasian Dotterel, 30 Eurasian Golden Plover & 40 Eurasian Skylark.
Mandria – Hen Harrier, 2 Eurasian Dotterel, 2 Eurasian Golden Plover & Tawny Pipit.
Paphos Sewage Works – Hen Harrier & Whinchat.
Evretou – 2 Bonelli’s Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, Eurasian Sparrowhawk & 3 Crag Martin.
Lady’s Mile – 5 Dunlin & 4 Armenian Gull.
Akrotiri Marsh – Bonelli’s Eagle, putative Eastern Yellow Wagtail, 22 Water Pipit, Moustached Warbler & 2 Penduline Tit.
Cape Greco – Isabelline shrike.
Mandria – Hen Harrier.
Anarita Park – Hen Harrier.
Avakas Gorge – Long-legged Buzzard, 2 Wallcreeper & 2 Black Redstart.
Akrotiri Marsh – Water Rail, 4 Spotted Redshank, Ruff, 2 Snipe, Bluethroat, 3 Woodlark, 10+ Water Pipit, 3 Red throated Pipit, putative Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Moustached Warbler, Penduline Tit & 4 Reed Bunting.
Akrotiri Gravel Pits – 2 Black-necked Grebe.
Livadi tou Pashia, Troodos – 3 Goldcrest.
Prodromos – 4+ Brambling.
Larnaca Salt Lake – 9 Common Shelduck, Marsh Harrier, Pied Avocet, 2 Common Snipe, 11 Common Redshank, 2 Slender billed Gull, 105 Black headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 15 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Armenian Gull, 4 Water Pipit, 2 Penduline Tit & 4 Reed Bunting.
Larnaca Sewage Works – 1000+ Northern Shoveler, 22 Ferruginous Duck, 2 Common Pochard, 4 Northern Pintail, 19 Black-necked Grebe, 5 Common Redshank, 2 Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 3 Barn Swallow, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 10+ Red throated Pipit & Reed Bunting.
Spiros Pool – 126 Golden plover & 9 Common Redshank.
Livadi Tou Pashia – Goldcrest.
Platania – 2 Eurasian Siskin.
Ayia Triada – 2 Grey Plover, Greater Sand plover & Common Sandpiper.
Cape Greco – Isabelline Shrike.
Larnaca Sewage Works -Ruddy Shelduck, 1225+ Shoveler, Gadwall, 3 Pintail, 343 Common Teal, Common Pochard, 5 Ferruginous Duck, 16 Black-necked Grebe, 21 Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, 2 Barn Swallow, Bluethroat & Yellow Wagtail.
Cape Greco – Isabelline shrike.
Akrotiri Marsh – Putative Eastern Yellow Wagtail.
Lady’s Mile – Common Crane.
Avagas gorge – Long-legged Buzzard, Peregrine, 2 Wallcreeper & 2 Blue rock thrush.
Akrotiri Marsh – Putative Eastern Yellow Wagtail.
Cape Greco – Isabelline shrike.
Anthoupolis – Common Hoopoe.
Agia Varvara – Water Rail, 2 Common Snipe, 5+ Water Pipit & 2 Moustached Warbler.
Mandria – 10+ Stone Curlew & Woodlark.
Cape Greco – Isabelline Shrike.
Akrotiri Marsh – 2 Common Crane, 3 Water Rail, 2 Long-legged Buzzard, 6 Spotted Redshank, Ruff, 3 Common Snipe, Curlew, Bluethroat, probable Eastern Yellow Wagtail, 15+ Water Pipit, 2 Red throated Pipit, Barn Swallow, Moustached Warbler, 3 Penduline Tit & Reed bunting.
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