2005 major highlights. For news contact - Birdline Cyprus tel:* (357) 26323927*

                                                                                  
Caucasian' Stonechat on 15th February at Mandria. 
'Siberian' Stonechat on 20th March at Akrotiri SL. 
Isabelline Shrike on 27th March at Agios Georgios.
Hooded Wheatear on 29th March at Amathous Hill.
'Siberian' Stonechat on 30th March at Cape Greco.        
Asian Desert Warbler on 7th April at Mazotos. 
'Steppe' Grey Shrike on 9th April at Paralimni Lake.     
Isabelline Shrike on 12th April at Mandria.                          
Caspian Plover on 17th April at Ladies Mile.                           
Terek Sandpiper from 14th until 20th April at Larnaca Sewage Works.     
Hooded Wheatear on 15th April at Baths of Aphrodite.    
'Siberian' Stonechat on 17th April at Paphos Lighthouse.        
Hooded Wheatear on 19th & 20th April at Cape Greco.        
Little Swift (2) on 22nd April at Cape Andreas.                
Temminck's Horned Lark on 22nd April at Paphos (Tomb of the Kings).  
Bar-tailed Godwit on 5th September at Larnaca SW.                                                             
Isabelline Shrike from 23rd until 25th September at Aspro Pools                                          
Knot (2) on 24th September at Larnaca SW.     
Pacific Golden Plover on 21st October at Paphos headland.
Greater Black-backed Gull on 29th December into 2006 at Larnaca SW. 

 Other 2005 sightings.   For news contact - Birdline Cyprus tel: * (357) 26323927*

                                                                                                                         
Imperial Eagle on 3rd February at Akrotiri Salkt Lake.                                                    
Cream-coloured Courser (4) on c 5th February at Larnaca Sewage Works.                   
Cinereous Bunting on 28th March at Paphos Headland, first since 2000.                              
Cream-coloured Courser on 31st March at Mandria.                                                           
Cinereous Bunting on 3rd April at Cape Greco.
Cream-coloured Courser from 5th until 11th April at Paphos Headland.                          
Trumpeter Finch on 7th April at Kouklia.                                                                              
Broad-billed Sandpiper on 18th April at Ladies Mile.                                                                  
Broad-billed Sandpiper on 21st April at Ladies Mile.                                                              
Pygmy Cormorant  on 11th September at Akrotiri SL.
Dead Sea Sparrow (5) on 19th September at Akrotiri SL.                      
Lesser Spotted Eagle on 22nd September at Phassouri RB.                                                    
Lesser Spotted Eagle on 27th September at RAF Akrotiri.                                                    
Saker on 29th September at Akrotiri SL.                                                                                   
Lesser Spotted Eagle on 30th September at Akrotiri SL.                                              
Dotterel on 3rd October at Mandria.                                                                                
Richard's Pipit from 6th until 9th October at Paphos SW.                                       Imperial Eagle on 25th October at Phasouri RB.
Marsh Warbler on 25th October at Cape Greco.