The travel doesn't get any easier with age (no sympathy expected). However...it's worth it!!!
Understandable slow start this morning. We headed for Karlina for a "Full English". A place we've passed countless times but never been too. Highly recommended!
Louise then decided to have a walk to the Mall while I headed for Mandria. No surprises on either count! My target was NAMAQUA DOVE. I'd seen my Lifer in the UAE but it would be a Cyprus Tick! On arrival at the PIN I couldn't see any Birders BUT there was a lone Bird in the wire...and that was it!!! I snatched an image through the windscreen before it flew off towards the nearby Villas...
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| Not the best! |
Flushed with success I did a loop of the front, seeing my hoped for Isabelline Wheatear...
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| Subtly stunning |
I also had a brief glimpse of a Common Redstart which was a nice surprise. 4 Alpine Swifts zoomed inland low over the fields and a few Spanish Sparrows twittered away in the nearby palm...
One of 8 Greater Short-toed Larks in the area...
Then a message informing me that the DOVE was showing again. I returned to the Site and this time managed some better pics...
After a late lunch we returned to Mandria to meet Ian and Kate Bloomer. We've known them for many years now. It was great to see them again. After a good chat they departed and we headed for the Beach Bar. . It was a tad fresh but we enjoyed a drink before heading back. Nothing else of note was seen.
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