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  1. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Thanks, Nick, and enjoy it if you go back.
  2. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Thanks, Chris, glad you enjoyed the read.
  3. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Apologies for the delay - real life always intervenes! Tuesday 23rd April: The House Martins were still in occupation this morning. Bit of an odd day today as I had to leave the accommodation this morning but did not need to return the car until this evening. I had seen my main targets and...
  4. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Monday 22nd April: The nest was occupied by a well tucked down House Martin when I first checked. I loved it at a cooler altitude in the forest a couple of days ago so set off back to Troodos this morning. I had previously noticed another trail starting from the village so parked and set off...
  5. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Thanks for the comments Nick. Hope you get back out there soon.
  6. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Thanks again Chris for the information and yes it had been a very productive trip with some fortuitous sightings / timings.
  7. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Thanks. Glad you're enjoying the read, Pat.
  8. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Sunday 21st April: Nest empty again this morning - who knows what is happening! Another early start in case it got weekend busy later in the day and I headed to Oroklini. A bit of an incongruous location, with busy roads, petrol station, etc., but a great birding site. From the raised hide...
  9. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Can't believe I missed it off from yesterday's post but half way around the Artemis Trail I heard a Scops calling mid-morning. There was no chance of seeing it from the path and if I'd tried to track it down I would have disturbed it. So heard and possibly seen but not at the same time...
  10. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Yes, I only found the Wren by tracking down singers and the Treecreeper was quite numerous but elusive. The Crossbills were really quite tricky.
  11. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Friday 19th April: Whilst it had not been too hot (25-28 mid-afternoon) the forecast was for today to be in the low 30's so I sought out cooler conditions at altitude and headed for Troodos. A nice drive up through the foothills, seeing the usual suspects, and up the mountain and I continued...
  12. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Thursday 18th April: No avian alarm today as the nest was empty but the rising sun did the trick. Set off east this morning, seeing the common species on the road, starting at Zakaki Pool but it was very overgrown with reeds and nothing to be seen so I carried on toward Ladies Mile Beach...
  13. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Thanks Chris, yes, one lifer a day was a fine start for me on this trip.
  14. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Wednesday 17th April: This morning's alarm call was a male House Sparrow sitting chirping in the Martin's nest! So out westward again, starting by trying and failing to find access to the Aspro Pools and then heading to the car park by the facilities area and a walk across Asprokremnos Dam...
  15. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Thanks Frank and have a good trip David. Tuesday 16th April: Up early again this morning as I was woken by the Barn Swallows and House Martins squabbling over the partly built nest. So decided on a longish drive about about as far west as you can to the Akamas Peninsula, seeing the usual...
  16. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Yes, Chris, very impressed by the mosaics, the first I have seen in the flesh. And thanks, always good to get a lifer on the first morning of a trip :)
  17. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    Monday 15th April: Woke earlyish this morning, despite the late finish yesterday, to see a pair of House Martin building a nest above the stairwell outside my window and a number of Barn Swallow feeding above the patio/balcony plus House Sparrow and Collared Dove in the nearby trees. I set off...
  18. foresttwitcher

    Cyprus - April 2024

    With no prospect of travelling to see my chosen artists performing live this year and as 2023 was, for me, a very expensive travel year, this year would be birding only and on a budget so therefore staying in Europe. As winter tends to be the busiest time for me work-wise, a spring tip sounded a...
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