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Cyprus August 2019
Thanks John- I hope that your health holds up- and you are sure to get a longer Cyprus list than me as you will be with the local experts. Hugh -
H
Cyprus August 2019
Thanks again- re the Cuprus Warbler- I did try and find and scrutinise every possible warbler that I found or heard- but apart from the noisy Sardinians and obvious Willows it was very hard going in the heat with everything keeping out of sight- still, it leaves something to find if I ever visit... -
H
Cyprus August 2019
Thanks gents- now back in windy Northampton but at least the humidity is down. A brief overview of the trip and a few thoughts- 52 species seen and I was basically only in the Paphos area with a couple of trips into the mountains. I know I would have done better to just have managed to get to... -
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Cyprus August 2019
Last full day here, and as hot and humid as ever. Up at 0630 and took the car to Asprokremmos Dam again- still hundreds of Spanish Sparrows and the Masked Shrike, joined today by a juvenile Red-Backed, but not really much about. Down to the Ezousas soakaway and very little to add- but that it is... -
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Cyprus August 2019
No birding until late in the day today- and I went back to the Asprokremmos Dam first- still nothing on the water but at the amenities area the Spanish Sparrows and the Masked Shrike were still around but nothing else, until I heard what sounded like a Redwing. Surely not this early- and so it... -
H
Cyprus August 2019
Hi again- today got up early to go to Paphos headland and into the archaeological site. I first went to the shore to say hello again to the 3 Greater Sand Plovers which stay in exactly the same area all the time. I also met another birder- a guy from Bristol- for the first time this holiday and... -
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Cyprus August 2019
Up to Troodos today, via the minor but very scenic road that starts just past Aspro Dam- and early on a nice surprise with 3 Bee-eaters on wires by the road at Mamonia. As we neared Troodos a Small bird with a white rump flew up into a tree by the roadside- of this more later. At Troodos we went... -
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Cyprus August 2019
Thanks again Lee- today I got up early at 0600 again, and went to the Asprokremmos Dam area. As has been reported on the updates on the Easy birder site, the Aspro pools are no longer, having been destroyed by heavy rains and landslips. However, it was nice to get to the site with no need for... -
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Cyprus August 2019
Not much time for birding today, but managed to get out at 1715 to drive to Mandria fields as directed by Dave Gosney. The village directions are OK but the Zephyros apartments have grown rapidly to now be the Zephyros Village and extending down to the greenhouse road. I went via the beach first... -
H
Cyprus August 2019
Up early today and drove quickly to the Paphos sewage works again. First new bird was a great tit, but after this things grew much more exotic. As I need the sewage works huge flock of yellow wagtails was in the waterfields probably at least 300 with many black-headed subspecies. As I rounded... -
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Cyprus August 2019
Thanks wolfbirder- your directions are great but a visit to the area will have to wait until I may possibly get the car on my own for a day. Today we went right up into the mountains- but not to Troodos village but another one nearby called Promodos where my autistic son had located a 1920s... -
H
Cyprus August 2019
Thanks to both of you for your advice. Today I did manage to get out with one of my son's to the sewage works but we only got there at about 11 a.m. and there was not much around to be honest although loads of yellow wagtails were enjoying a field which was being watered and the local Jackdaws... -
H
Cyprus August 2019
Thanks Lee. Birding can be a frustrating business. Having got up early this morning to get to the Paphos headland I anticipated the goodies mentioned in Gosney, only to find the path round the headland full of joggers, exercise fanatics and fishermen. No chance of finding anything in the short... -
H
Cyprus August 2019
Thanks Lee today I hired a car but the guy had failed to tell me yesterday that it was an automatic and he had no manuals left so I was given a driving lesson again after 49 years driving. Eventually off to Agios Gheorgios on Cape Drepano, but we only got there at 1300 and it was very very hot... -
H
Cyprus August 2019
Thanks Lee- I have done some basic research and have Dave Gosney's book and am looking at the Birdlife Cyprus site as well. My wife was unwell for most of today so I had to stay local in the burning heat but after 1700 I was able to take the walk to the Headland having seen nothing new from the... -
H
Cyprus August 2019
Hello- just arrived in Cyprus for an unexpected last minute holiday. Have never been here before so very much a novice on this island unlike Mallorca where I have been 17 times in spring.Staying at the Aloe hotel in Paphos and today was very much adjusting to the heat and a brief local walk...