Monday 15 September 2014

Cyprus

We had an incredible two weeks in Cyprus in September, with a couple of days of fantastic birdwatching! We saw about 20 new species! The best moment was swimming alongside a Green sea turtle (not the one pictured) at a beach for about 15 minutes. It was such a shock and an incredible experience!

Green sea turtle


Bee-eater


Lesser grey shrike













Zitting cisticola
Sardinian warbler
Squacco Heron

Greater flamingo
Glossy ibis
Glossy ibis, Spur-winged lapwing and a (hiding) Collared pratincole.
Glossy ibis
Spoonbill
Spotted flycatcher
Wryneck!!!
Honey buzzard
Swallowtail















Long-eared hedgehog
Roller
Kingfisher

Isabelline wheatear
Cyprus Wheatear


Olive-tree warbler
Cattle egret
Black-winged stilt
Red-backed shrike
Masked shrike












Ortolan bunting and Spotted flycatcher
Spur-winged lapwing and Collared pratincole.
Montagu's harrier

Pallid harrier
Purple heron
Glossy ibis and Grey heron
Hooded crow
Whinchat
Willow warbler
White-winged black tern
Temminck's stint
Kentish plover


Top of the Troodos Mountains