Spent the morning strolling around Paphos headland with the Birdgroup. Nice to meet and chat with some familiar and not so familiar faces. It turned out to be rather quiet but I did manage a trip tic...
Black-eared Wheatear...
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| Distant but still a stunning bird! |
Someone also found a chameleon...
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| Amazing thing! |
After the walk Louise joined me and we went for lunch with some of the group. It was good of them to invite us. We ended up in Mandria. After grabbing some chips we headed for the beach picnic area. Plenty of wine flowed (I was on Pepsi zero) and a good time was had by all. We even managed a decent bird in the form of a Sandwich Tern! After saying our goodbyes we headed back through the village. I'd noticed a promising looking dove earlier on a post by the chippy. It was still there...
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| Spotted Dove |
A recent import from Africa.
Late afternoon we went for a walk around Paphos headland. I noticed a small flock of Yellow Wagtails...they had black heads! Yellow and black is a stunning combination, especially in bright sunlight...
Got lucky...
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| Stunner |
Then I noticed something...different...
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| Sub species 'superciliaris' |
This bird breeds breeds in SE Russia...apparently! They occur annually in Spring in small numbers so I was chuffed to find one...
BIG day out East tomorrow, so there won't be a post until Monday...
Trip Total 92
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