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Bird Highlights for 2003

Desert Warbler on 29th January & 3rd March at Mandria - 8th record.                                                                                                                                             

White-tailed Eagle on 17th January, 14th February & 4 March at Asprokremnos Dam - 7th recent record.                                     

Rough-legged Buzzard on 26th & 27th January at Tsadha GC - 7th record.                                                                                                      

Great Black-headed Gull, three on 3rd March at Larnaca SW - 9th record.            

Golden Eagle on 2nd April at Troodos Mountains - 2nd record.                                                                                                          

Lanner, two on 30th April at Baths of Aphrodite - 3rd record.                 

Red-tailed Wheater on 18th April at Paphos Lighthouse - 2nd record.                                                                                                    

Great Black-headed Gull on 24th April at Kato Paphos - 10th record.                                                                                                    

Little Swift on 25th April at Banana Bay, Paphos - 8th record.        

Bar-tailed Godwit, on 26th April at Larnaca SW - 16th record.   

Caspian Plover on 30th April at Mandria - 11th record.                                                                                                              

Rose-coloured Straling on 2nd May at Oroklini Marsh.

Hooded Wheater on 3rd May at Cape Greco - 10th record.                                                                                                      

Caspian Plover on 4th May at Akrotiri Salt Lake - 12th record.                                                                                                            

Rose-coloured Straling on 6th May at Coral Bay.

Isabelline Shrike, two on the 11th May at Cape Greco - 13th record.      

River Warbler on 3rd October at Maroni - 10th record.

Scaup, five on 15th November ar Larnaca SW - 5th record.

Lesser White-fronted Goose (3) on 20th & 21st November, into 2004 at Akhna Dam - 1st record.                                                                            

Pine Bunting (12) on 31st December at Persephone Trail, Troodos, and also in 2004 - 5th record.    

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