A steadier day today after yesterday's Twitch!
I had a couple of Hours strolling around the Archaeological Site. The session started well when I added Eastern Orphean and Eastern Sub-alpine Warbler to the Trip List...in the same bush!!!
The Orphean wouldn't play ball but I managed to "grab" the latter...just...
It was another superb clear and fresh morning...
As I was admiring the view...
...and reminiscing on the Male Rock Thrush I saw at this location in 2018...this beauty appeared out of nowhere...
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| Black-eared Wheatear (pale-throated form) |
IMHO one of the best Birds available on the Island...
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| That Tail! |
Imade a concerted effort to find the Tree Sparrow. You can only look at House Sparrows for so long though!
The afternoon was spent checking out a few spots West of Paphos along the Coast. We started off at the Sea Caves. No Birds of note but a spectacular place I think you'd agree...
Next it was Cape Drepanum, another new spot for us both. We had a couple of hours here, which included a rather spectacular Ice Cream. I was hoping for another Cyprus special...and after some time I found one, if only momentarily. It appeared deep in a bush for a few seconds but I didn't see it again despite waiting a further hour...
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| Ruppell's Warbler |
...a Sardinian did make a brief show though...
I'll still be checking out "the Bush" in the morning. Chuffed to find this jewel.
Final stop was Mavrokolympos Dam. Nothing on the Reservoir but c30 Red-rumped Swallows overhead was quite a sight! We then moved back down the road to the Cyprus Scops Owl Site made famous by Dave Gosney. I still have his book printed 14 Years ago! As we waited by the Cliff...
...another car pulled up and 2 Birders got out of their car. I decided to abandon the attempt as I can try another spot next week. My decision was rewarded when I spotted a Cyprus Wheatear in the top of a bush just before Dusk...
Trip Total - 98 Species
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