Androlikou

29/04/17 A large influx of Eurasian Golden Oriole in and around the village of Androlikou, situated in the Akamas National Park. There were also European Roller, most of them already paired up. Male Black-headed Buntings were singing from the tops of bushes and trees.

Eurasion Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus), Akamas

European Roller (Coracias garrulus), Akamas

Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala), Akamas

Wetland Counts

Having spent a few days completing the wetland counts for BirdLife Cyprus, a few photo's from the sites visited which included Evretou, Kannaviou, Asprokremnos and Mavrokolympos dams.

Evretou Dam, Paphos Area

Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides), Evretou

Little Owl (Athene noctua), Asprokremmos Dam

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), Asprokremmos

Cape Greco

10/04/17 Cape Greco. Despite a very windy day we had a good day out with Ian and Kate with around 40 species seen. Both Grey and Purple Herons were migrating around the coast. A migrating Common Cuckoo arrived near by, also newly arrived were a number of Whinchat, Common Redstart, Northern, Black-eared and Cyprus Wheatears. Warblers included Common Whitethroat, Eurasian Blackcap, Wood, Subalpine, Spectacled, Willow and Eastern Bonelli's Warbler. Both Collared and Pied Flycatchers along with Eurasian Wryneck and Blue Rock Thrush were also in the area.

Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Female Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), a passage migrant in both spring and autumn in Cyprus

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca), it comes in both a light and dark throated forms, this one being a light throated male. A common passage migrant being more common in spring

Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis), a common spring migrant

Eurasian Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca), a common spring passage migrant