Wednesday 17 April 2013

17th April 2013 Cape Greco, Oroklini & Larnaca

Awoke to a fine calm morning. We walked the Cape, Picnic Site, ploughed field and pines before driving to Oroklini and Larnaca checking the Salt Lakes and Sewage Farm before catching our flight home.

Greater Flamingo 1
Mallard 10
Garganey 5
Shoveler 6
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 6
Hobby 1
Chukar 8
Quail 1
Moorhen 20
Coot 10
Black-winged Stilt 60
Collared Pratincole 1 ex.
Little Ringed Plover 1
Spur-winged Plover 10
Little Stint 6
Ruff 2
Marsh Sandpiper 1
Wood Sandpiper 10
Common Sandpiper 2
Little Gull 1
Black-headed Gull 1
Slender-billed Gull 6
Yellow-legged Gull 12
Collared Dove 2
Cuckoo 1
Swift 6
Short-toed Lark 20
Crested Lark 30
Sand Martin 2
Swallow 100
House Martin 6
Tree Pipit 1
Nightingale 3
Whinchat 1
Cyprus Pied Wheatear 3
Fan-tailed Warbler 1
Spectacled Warbler 20
Cyprus Warbler 3
Whitethroat 10
Blackcap 2
Collared Flycatcher 1
Red-backed Shrike 1
Woodchat Shrike 2
Magpie 2
Hooded Crow 15
House Sparrow 30
Spanish Sparrow 40
Greenfinch 6
Goldfinch 6
Ortolan Bunting 20



 
 

our final dawn at Cape Greco
 
looking along Cape Greco from the army camp
the south-easternmost point of Cyprus so no surprise such a migrant trap
 
 
Male Pied or Cyprus Pied Wheatear at Cape Greco
whilst presumably a Cyprus Pied being so white-crowned, weak suffusion to its underparts and extensive white in its tail pattern not such an easy male to assign!
 
Tree Pipit at Cape Greco
 
Lizard at Cape Greco
 
 
 
 
Garganey at Larnaca Sewage Farm
 
 
Wood Sandpipers at Larnaca Sewage Farm
 
 
 
Collared Pratincole at Larnaca Sewage Farm
 
Tekka Mosque, Larnaca