Tuesday, 25 July 2017

Akrotiri Area

A recent trip to the Akrotiri area, Limassol. At Zakaki Marsh it was lovely to see Water Rail chicks feeding themselves and being helped by both male and female adults, there were also adult and juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron, both of which is great news for breeding birds at this site. It was a bonus to see both a Pied and Common Kingfisher, there were also a number of Little Egret and a Little Bittern was seen. At Ladies Mile it was again good to see the successful breeding of Black-winged Stilt and Kentish Plover with juveniles running about feeding, a Common Redshank was also seen. On the Salt Lake there were around 1000 Greater Flamingo.


Juvenile Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus), Zakaki Marsh, July 2017

Adult Water Rail helping feed Juveniles (Rallus aquaticus), Zakaki Marsh, July 2017







Juvenile Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Ladies Mile, July 2017











Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Zakaki Marsh, July 2107






Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), Akrotiri Salt Lake, July 2017

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