Cyprus History

This will be my 6th visit. A family holiday to Paphos in Easter 1995 gave me a taste of what this wonderful Island has to offer. Birding was obviously limited but I still managed a decent List frequenting the local areas (mainly the Headland). Highlights being...

Hooded Wheatear - on the last day

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Little Crake

Baillon's Crake

Greater Sand Plover

Collared Pratincole

Auduoin's Gull

Squacco Heron

Bonelli's Eagle

Eleonora's Falcon

Roller

Masked Shrike

Spectacled Warbler

Black-headed Bunting

Cretzschmar's Bunting

A decent introduction. 

A couple of Winter Trips for a week in December 15 and January 16 further fuelled my interest in this East Mediterranean Island. I saw some excellent Birds including...

White-headed Duck

Ferruginous Duck

Ruddy Shelduck

Wallcreeper (2)...a dream sighting!!!!

PIED KINGFISHER...

March 2017 and 2018 brought two more proper Spring visits of three weeks. These can be viewed in my history but suffice to say the latter of the two Trips was far more productive. Seeing Caspian Plover and Cream-coloured Courser to a few yards in the same picnic area at Mandria, 9 days apart, was truly amazing...

Other gems included...

Bimaculated Lark...

Rock Thrush...

Blue-cheeked Bee-Eater...

Citrine Wagtail...

Views that will take some beating I feel. Easy relaxed Birding in pleasant surroundings. Lovely. Tomorrow, I'll post my final thoughts on my next venture which starts on Thursday...