New Years Day Birding in Paphos

01/01/18 New Years Day was bright and sunny so could not resist to get out and blow a few cobwebs away. We were surprised to see two Hawfinch in Marathounta and a distant Griffon Vulture towards Dora. At Episkopi with limited water running in the Ezousas river another find was a Common Snipe. We moved onto the abandoned village of Phinikas at the distant end of Asprokremnos Dam where there were two Finsch's Wheatear, a male Blue Rock Thrush and plenty of Meadow Pipit feeding.

Abandoned village of Phinikas at the northern end of Asprokremnos Dam.

Hawfinch (C. coccothraustes), Marathounta

Hawfinch (C. coccothraustes), Marathounta

Finsch's Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii), hiding at Phinikas