Bird Records for February 2005

[The following list contains records that have not been corrected or corroborated]

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis  

Phasouri Reed-beds: six 2-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: four 2-Feb . Larnaca Sewage Works: c15 on 10-Feb . Athalassa: six 2-Feb , 11 on 6-Feb , five 11-Feb , eight 21-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: 12, maximum daily count . Agia Napa sewage: 10 on 16-Feb . Aspro Pools  three 18-Feb , four 28-Feb . Akhna Dam: 11 on 23-Feb. Ones and twos Bishop's Pool and Lymbia dam.

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus   

Akhna Dam: nine all month .

Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis  

Larnaca Sewage Works: c40 on 10-Feb . Lymbia dam: one 21-Feb . These were the only records. 

Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo  

Greatest numbers reported: Larnaca Sewage Works: c60 on 10 and 25 Feb . Spiro’s Beach: 140 on 12-Feb . 

Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis  

Mandria: one 18-Feb , oddly was the only report of this normally very-visible coastal resident. 

Bittern Botaurus stellaris  

Phasouri Reed-beds: one 2-Feb . This bird probably present since January. 

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  

Phasouri Reed-beds: up to four 2-18 Feb. Mandria irrigation canal: one 12-Feb . Akhna Dam: one 8-Feb . 

Little Egret Egretta garzetta  

Meneou: one 10-12 Feb. Strovolos: one flying over Presidential Palace 27-Feb . Cape Pyla: one 16-Feb . Paralimni salt lake: five 23-Feb . Agia Thekla beach: one 20-28 Feb .  

Great White Egret Egretta alba  

Phasouri Reed-beds: one 2-Feb . Akhna Dam: one 8-28 Feb . Zakaki pools: one 3-5 Feb. 

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  

Zakaki Marsh: 45 on 2-Feb , 62 on 8-Feb . Lymbia dam: six 21-Feb . Larnaca Sewage Works: three 25-Feb . Ones and twos Aspro Pools, Evretou Dam. 

Purple Heron Ardea purpurea  

Zakaki pools: one 5-Feb. 

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber  Interesting massive movement of birds from Akrotiri to Larnaca Salt Lakes in mid-month. Akrotiri Salt Lake: 2,000+ on 2-Feb , only 10 on 8-Feb, one 15-Feb . Meneou pools: up to c3,500, many more towards airport 10-11 Feb. Larnaca Salt Lake: c8000 on 18-Feb, c100 on 25-Feb . Spiro's Pools: 400 on 18-Feb . 

White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons  

Larnaca sewage works: 33 on 15-Feb. 

Shelduck Tadorna tadorna  

Akrotiri Salt Lake: 280 on 2-Feb . Larnaca Salt Lake: up c.700 on 11-Feb , 500 on 12-Feb , c1000 on 18-Feb , may be over estimate.  

Wigeon Anas penelope  

Evretou Dam: 18 on 9-Feb , 25 on 21-Feb . 

Gadwall Anas strepera  

Phasouri Reed-beds: 10 on 2-Feb . 

Teal Anas crecca  

Akrotiri Salt Lake: 30+ on 2-Feb . Phasouri Reed-beds: c.10 on 2-Feb , 14 on 13-Feb . Athalassa: five 2-Feb , three 6-Feb , two 11-Feb , 19 on 21-Feb . Evretou Dam: two 21-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: 150, maximum daily count . Akhna Dam: four 23-Feb . 

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  

Akrotiri Salt Lake: c.20 on 2-Feb . Larnaca Sewage Works: c30 on 10-Feb . Athalassa: c20 on 2-21 Feb. Evretou Dam: 52 on 21-Feb . Up to five other sites. Akhna Dam: three 23-Feb .  

Pintail Anas acuta  

Akrotiri Salt Lake: 42 on 2-Feb . 

Garganey Anas querquedula  

Phasouri Reed-beds: three 2-Feb , the only report. 

Shoveler Anas clypeata  

Akrotiri Salt Lake: c.20 on 2-Feb . Phasouri Reed-beds: c.10 on 2-Feb . Larnaca Sewage Works: c1,000 on 10-Feb . Meneou pools: c15 on 10-Feb . Athalassa: c20 on 2-13 Feb, 37 on 21-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: max. 100 all month . 

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina  

Akhna Dam: one 7-Feb . 

Pochard Aythya ferina  

Phasouri Reed-beds: three on 2-Feb , one 13-Feb . Larnaca sewage works: one male 19-Feb . 

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula  

Phasouri Reed-beds: five 2-Feb , two 13-Feb , one male remaining 16-Feb . 

Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus  

Kensington Cliffs: pair, one with nest material 2-Feb , four, highest count of month 7-Feb , two ‘nests’ hatching eggs 27-Feb . Ayios Ioannis feeding station: two 15-Feb, three 24-Feb . Kidasi: three 25-Feb .  

Black Vulture Aegypius monachus  

The single bird tracked as follows: Ayios Ioannis feeding station: present at least 15-Feb and 25-Feb . Kensington Cliffs: present 25-Feb . Kidasi: present 26-Feb . 

Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus  

Akrotiri Salt Lake: three 2-Feb . Phasouri Reed-beds: four 2-Feb , two 13-Feb . Zakaki Marsh: four 2-Feb . Larnaca Sewage Works: one 10-Feb . Akrotiri Peninsula: at least four 18-Feb . Kouklia Plain: one 16-Feb . Akhna Dam: one 23-Feb . 

Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus  

Armou-Tsada track: one ring-tail 1-Feb . Akrotiri Salt Lake: one ad. male 2-Feb . Anarita Park: one ring-tail 5-Feb . Mandria: one ring-tail 5-Feb . Spiro’s Beach: one male 12-Feb . Zakaki Marsh: one adult male 15 & 16 Feb. 

Goshawk Accipiter gentilis  

Skarphos Bridge: two, display noted 21-Feb . 

Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus  

Lakatameia: one Manglis Lake 7-Feb . Vouni Panayia: one 27-Feb . 

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo  

Polis: two, including one dark bird (prob. same as reported 26 Jan) on 6-8 Feb . Akrotiri Salt Lake: one 8-Feb , two on peninsula 18-Feb .  

Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus  

Healthy numbers reported in Paphos District, though some persecution occurring: Tsada: one ad. 1-Feb (AW, SI), possibly same bird on Armou-Tsada track 9-Feb , pair 12 Feb . Stroumbi: one 1-Feb. Ayia Varvara: one 5-Feb . Kamares: one 11-Feb . Vouni Panayia: one 12 & 24 Feb, singles found (shot) dead 26 & 28 Feb . Theletra (abandoned village): one 19-Feb . Limansol (sic): one 23-Feb . Dora: one 24-Feb . Pera-Pedi: a pair attached to a third bird 25-Feb . Archimadrita: one 26-Feb . Koilinia: one 26-Feb 

Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca   

Akrotiri Salt Lake: one 3-Feb. 

Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus  

Sarama: one 13-Feb . Avdimou: one imm. 25-Feb . 

Kestrel Falco tinnunculus  

Vouni Panayia: one found shot 9-Feb . Pera: two 12 & 24-Feb . Paphos headland: two copulating 16-Feb . Tekke Mosque Larnaca: pair mating 18-Feb . Mandria: two 20-Feb . Psathi: two 21-Feb . Koilinia: three 26-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: four, maximum daily count . 

Peregrine Falco peregrinus  

Kensington Cliffs: at least one present all month. Mandria: one 5-Feb . Asprokremnos: two 12-Feb . Petra tou Romiou: one male 13-Feb . Dora: one 23-Feb . Avdimou Bay: two 27-Feb . Agia Napa sewage: one 16-Feb . 

Chukar Alectoris chukar  

Reported widely. Max. numbers: Larnaca Sewage Works: nine 10-Feb . Asprokremnos: c.8 on 20-Feb . Stavros tis Psokas valley: 20 continuously calling 21-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: 15, maximum daily count . 

Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus  

Anarita: two calling 12-Feb . Mandria: one 20-Feb , two 26-Feb . Goudhi: one singing most days in Feb . Achelia: one 25-Feb . Nicosia area: one male by side of Famagusta highway 27-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: six maximum daily count . Athalassa: one heard 27-Feb 

Quail Coturnix coturnix  

Paphos headland: one 17-Feb . 

Moorhen Gallinula chloropus  

Athalassa: up to 36 from 2-27 Feb. Akhna Dam: 11 on 23-Feb . Athalassa  Also reported Episkopi (Paphos), Lymbia dam and Oroklini Marsh in smaller numbers. 

Coot Fulica atra  

Max. numbers: Phasouri Reed-beds: 50+ on 2-Feb . Zakaki Marsh: 70 on 2-Feb . Evretou Dam: 58 on 9-Feb , 64 on 21-Feb . Larnaca Sewage Works: c15 on 10-Feb . Athalassa dam: 62 on 21-Feb . Phasouri marsh: c.50 on 13-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: max. 75 throughout month . Akhna Dam: 870 on 23-Feb . 

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  

Oroklini Marsh: three 27-Feb . 

Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus  

Larnaca Airport Pools North: 56 on 7-Feb . Xeros Potamos: two 12-Feb .  

Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor                 

Larnaca Sewage Works: four from c.5 Feb  

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius  

Larnaca Salt Lake: three 12-Feb . 

Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus  

Larnaca Salt Lake: five 12-Feb . Spiro’s Beach: five 12-Feb . Lady’s Mile: 210 on 15-Feb . 

Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii  

Paphos headland: four wintering, noted 5-Feb . 

Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria  

Paphos headland: up to 52, seen 5 & 14 Feb. 

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 

Paphos headland: one 16 & 17 Feb . 

Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus   

Oroklini Marsh: one 13-15 Feb, with three 18-21 Feb and two to month end . Akhna Dam: two 2-Feb . 

Lapwing Vanellus vanellus  

Phasouri Reed-beds: three 2-Feb , one 13-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: one 4 Feb and 13-17 Feb, with a peak of 50 on 6 Feb, 40 on 7 Feb and 15 on 10 & 23 Feb . Mandria: max. 42 on 6-Feb , seven 14-Feb  and 12 on 15-Feb . Armou-Tsada track: four 9-Feb . Kouklia Plain: six 17-Feb . 

Little Stint Calidris minuta  

Larnaca Sewage Works: three 10-Feb , 11 on 11-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: one 11 Feb, three on 13-Feb . Larnaca Salt Lake: 10 on 12-Feb . Spiro's Beach: seven 25-Feb . 

Dunlin Calidris alpina  

Larnaca Salt Lake: one 12-Feb . Spiro's Beach: 15 on 25 Feb . 

Snipe Gallinago gallinago  

Oroklini Marsh: one 2–13 Feb, up to six to 22 Feb . Phasouri marsh: one 13-Feb . Zakaki marsh: c.25 on 16-Feb . Akhna Dam: six 23-Feb . 

Woodcock Scolopax rusticola  

Sarama: one 9 Feb , was this year’s only winter report. 

Curlew Numenius arquata  

Phasouri Reed bed: one 8-11 Feb , three 26 Feb . Larnaca Sewage Works: two 4 Feb , seven 10-Feb . Akhna Dam: two 28-Feb . 

Redshank Tringa totanus  

Akrotiri Peninsula: three 18-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: max. six all month . Singles Zakaki Marsh, Larnaca Salt Lake. 

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus   

Meneou: two flying over 10-Feb . Lymbia dam: one 21-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: one all month . 

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos  

Agia Thekla beach: one 27-28 Feb .

 

Turnstone Arenaria interpres  

Paphos headland: two 5 & 16 Feb, with up to six 14-17 Feb. 

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 

Larnaca sewage works: three 19-Feb . 

Little Gull Larus minutes 

Zakaki Marsh: 12 on 2-Feb , then up to seven to 26 Feb. Oroklini Marsh: four 3 Feb, three 5-6 Feb, one to 25 Feb . Akhna Dam: 23 on 2-8 Feb , two 23-28 Feb . 

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus  

Lady's Mile: 350 on 2-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: max. 200 all month . 

Slender-billed Gull Larus genei  

Larnaca sewage works: six 19-Feb . 

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Baltic Gull) Larus fuscus fuscus  

Oroklini Marsh: one 8-10 Feb . Larnaca Sewage Works: two 18-Feb . 

Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans michahellis  

Max. numbers: Lady's Mile: six 2 Feb . Asprokremnos Dam: 30 on 6 Feb , 79 on 20 Feb . Paphos town: 20 on 15 Feb . Cape Pyla: two 16-Feb . Larnaca Sewage Works: four 18-Feb . 

Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis  

Lady's Mile: two 16 Feb . Paphos headland: one 16 Feb . 

Rock Dove Columba livia  

Koilinia: c.40 on 26 Feb . 

Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 

Mandria: 60 on 6 Feb . Neokhorio: 40 on 6 Feb . Ezousa river mouth: c60 on 12 Feb . Koilinia: 32 on 13 Feb . Anarita: 60 on 17 Feb . 

Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto   

Under-reported…Only ones and twos reported Simou, Pera, Oroklini Marsh and Yeroskipou beach! 

Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius   

Still very few reported as birds arrive. Asprokremos Dam: one being mobbed by Magpies 5 Feb . Mazotos: one 17-Feb (DB). Akhna Dam: one 23-Feb . Lythrodondas: one heard 26-Feb (PS).

 

Barn Owl Tyto alba  

Pera: one 10 Feb . Paphos Plain: one 15 Feb . Goudhi: one adult on road  21 Feb . 

Scops Owl Otus scops cyprius  

Breeding activity started as calls widely noted. Marathounta: one heard calling 15 Feb. Marathounta: two heard calling  from 17 Feb . Lasa: one 20 Feb . Koilinia: three heard 26 Feb . Pera: one or two first heard on night of 11th and then every night  to month end . Lythrodondas: one all month. 

Little Owl Athene noctua  

Koilinia: one heard 16 Feb . Athalassa: one 13-Feb . 

Swift Apus apus  

Oroklini Marsh: two 16 & 28 Feb, then up to 25 from 18-20 Feb . 

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  

Asprokremnos Dam pools: one 5 Feb . Phasouri Reed beds: one 16 Feb . 

Hoopoe Upupa epops  

Pera: one, heard only, 21 Feb . 

Wryneck Jynx torquilla  

Armou: one in ravine 12 Feb , may have wintered. 

Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra  

Mandria: one 15 Feb . 

Crested Lark Galerida cristata  

Widely reported resident with up to 20 at some sites. 

Woodlark Lullula arborea   

Agia Varvara hills: four 4 Feb . Tunnel Beach, Episkopi: 12, highest count,  present all month here and at Kensington cliff top 7 Feb . Kritou Terra: 10 on 8 Feb . Athalassa: two 11 Feb . Armou: four 12 Feb . Pera: six 12 Feb . Anarita Park: 10 on 14 Feb . Paphos headland: nine 17 Feb . Akamas: one 20 Feb . Akhna Dam: two 28-Feb . 

Skylark Alauda arvensis   

Oroklini Marsh: up to 200 to 20 Feb, declining to 75 on 28 Feb . Mandria: 90 on 6 Feb . Marathounta: 30 on 7 Feb . Armou-Tsada track: 30 on 8 Feb . Mandria: c.250 on 13 Feb , 120 on 14 Feb  and c50 on 20 Feb . Larnaca Sewage Works: max. c40 on 25 Feb . Up to 12 Lakatameia and Evretou Dam. 

Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris  

Evretou Dam: 22 on 9-Feb , 15 on 21-Feb . Sarama: two 9-Feb . Skarphos Bridge: four on forest edge 21-Feb . 

Swallow Hirundo rustica   

First spring arrivals: Zakaki Marsh: four 2-Feb . Lakatameia: two Manglis Lake 7-Feb . Otherwise noteworthy numbers: Zakaki Marsh: 10 on 8-Feb . Phasouri marsh: 11 on 13-Feb . Athalassa dam: c50 on 21-Feb . Evretou Dam: 30 on 21-Feb . Larnaca Sewage Works: 16 on 25-Feb . Lakatameia: 16 on 28-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: 75 maximum daily count, but date not provided . 

House Martin Delichon urbicum  

Season’s first reports: Oroklini Marsh: 10 on 6 Feb, 12 on 8 Feb, up to 25 on 9-18 Feb and four 19 Feb . Zakaki Marsh: first noted, five 8-Feb . Larnaca sewage works: two 19-Feb . Evretou Dam: 10 on 21-Feb . Goudhi: six 22-Feb . Athalassa: c.20 on 20-Feb . 

Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis  

Widely reported all month. Max. numbers: Armou-Tsada track: 20 on 8-Feb . Evretou Dam: 20 on 9-Feb . Phasouri marsh: six 13-Feb . Paphos headland: 16 on 14-Feb . 

Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 

Phasouri Reed-beds: one 2-Feb . Mandria irrigation canal: one 6-Feb . Evretou Dam: two 21-Feb . 

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea  

Mandria canal: one 6-Feb . Aspro pools: one 6-Feb . Kouris Dam: two 18-Feb . Athalassa dam: one 21-Feb . 

White Wagtail Motacilla alba  

Noteworthy numbers: Phasouri Reed-beds: 30 on 2-Feb . Athalassa dam: c20 on 21-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: up to 30 all month . 

Wren Troglodytes troglodytes  

Skarphos Bridge: one 21-Feb . 

Dunnock Prunella modularis  

Lasa: one 20-Feb , was the only record of this scarce and localised winter visitor. 

Robin Erithacus rubecula   

Very common and widespread with up to two regularly reported. Max. numbers: Sarama: three 9-Feb . Lymbia dam: four 21-Feb . Skarphos Bridge: three 21-Feb . Nicosia: four heard in riverbed 28-Feb . 

Bluethroat Luscinia svecica   

Larnaca Salt Lake: one 18-Feb , was the only report of this rather elusive winter visitor. 

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros  

Ones and twos reported Armou-Tsada track, Aglandja, Lakatameia, Marathounta, Sarama, Kato Paphos, Koilinia, Lythrodondas, Kritou Terra, Evretou Dam and Oroklini Marsh. 

Stonechat Saxicola torquatus  

A widespread winter visitor. The common wintering sub-species reported may be one of the eastern forms. Armou-Tsada track: six 8-Feb . Evretou Dam: four 9-Feb . Larnaca Sewage Works: five 10-Feb . Phasouri marsh: eight 13-Feb . Mandria: six males 14-Feb . Anarita: four 17-Feb . Paphos headland: 21, max. all week 17-Feb . Tekke Mosque: four 18-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: six maximum daily count .

'Caucasian' Stonechat Saxicola t. veriegatus  

One reported: Mandria one 13-Feb . 

Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 

Curium: one 26-Feb . Avdimou Bay: one 27-Feb . 

Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe   

Akrotiri Peninsula: one 18-Feb . Evretou Dam: one 21-Feb . Avdimou Bay: one female 24-Feb . Cape Grecko: one 27-Feb . 

Finsch’s Wheatear Oenanthe finschii  

Anarita Park: 1m, 1f on 5-Feb , one male 12-Feb , one fem. 14-Feb . SE Akamas: one at site W of Anroulikou 8-Feb .  

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius   

Kensington Cliffs: 1m, 2f on 16-Feb . Kouris Dam: one male 18-Feb . Kensington cliffs: one present all month . 

Blackbird Turdus merula  

All reports: Armou-Tsada track: one male 8-Feb . Sarama: two 9-Feb .  Akrotiri Salt Lake: 15 flew from nearby orchard 11-Feb . Pera: one 12-Feb . Phasouri marsh: one 13-Feb . Nata valley: one 17-Feb . Papoutsa: three 19-Feb . Athalassa dam: one 21-Feb . Lymbia dam: five 21-Feb . Stavros tis Psokas valley: 20, including one singing 21-Feb .

Fieldfare Turdus pilaris  

A localised winter visitor. Armou-Tsada track: 21 on 1-Feb . Sarama: two 9-Feb . Koilinia: c.100 on 26-Feb . 

Song Thrush Turdus philomelos  

Armou-Tsada track: up to three 1-9 Feb . Kensington Cliffs: 12, highest count 7 Feb, present all month . Sarama: two 9-Feb . Pera: seven 12-Feb . Nata valley: two 17-Feb . Lymbia dam: four  21-Feb . Stavros tis Psokas valley: five, some singing 21-Feb . Pera: three 24-Feb . Lythrodondas: 6+ all month. 

Redwing Turdus iliacus   

Akamas SE: 10 on 15-Feb . 

Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti  

Common, heard widely though not always seen! Episkopi, Paphos: three 12-Feb . Ezousa river mouth: five 12-Feb . Lymbia dam: six 21-Feb . Stavros tis Psokas valley: five 21-Feb . Koilinia: nine 26-Feb . Akhna Dam: three 27-Feb . Athalassa: up to four heard 6-27 Feb . 

Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis   

Common. Seen and/or heard Phasouri Reed-beds, Lakatameia, Larnaca Sewage Works, Pera, Mandria, Achelia and Oroklini Marsh. 

Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon   

Aspro pools: up to three present at least until 14 Feb. Zakaki Marsh: one singing 11-Feb . 

Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata  

Asprokremnos aerial: one 12-Feb . Larnaca Salt Lake: one 18-Feb . Larnaca sewage works: 2m, 1f on 19-Feb . Tamassos dam: one 21-Feb . Pera: one 24-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: two maximum daily count . 

Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala  

Armou-Tsada track: two 1-Feb . Kannaviou Dam: one 2-Feb . Neokhorio: 20 seen & heard during 1500m transect, much breeding activity 6-Feb . Lasa: one 20-Feb . Stavros tis Psokas valley: two 21-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: up to two all month . Aspro Pools: one 22-Feb . 

Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax  

Few reports though assumed under-recorded. Akamas SE: one 8-Feb . Lasa: one 20-Feb . Lymbia dam: one 21-Feb . Koilinia: one 26-Feb .

Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla  

Phasouri Reed-beds: two heard 2-Feb . Paphos town centre: one 3-26 Feb . Goudhi: two singing in garden 6-Feb . Evretou Dam: two 9-Feb . Aspro canal bridge: two 12-Feb . Episkopi, Paphos: four 12-Feb . Pera: three 12-Feb . Nata valley: two 17-Feb . Lymbia dam: six 21-Feb . Aspro Pools: one 16-Feb . 

Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita  

Probably the most common winter visitor. Akrotiri area: 10+ on 2-Feb . Aspro Pools: six 6-Feb . Asprokremnos Dam car park: 15 on 6-Feb . Evretou Dam: 10 on 9-Feb . Up to five also reported. 

Coal Tit Parus ater cypriotes  

Ezousa Gorge, Pafos Forest: two 9-Feb . Papoutsa: three 19-Feb . Skarphos Bridge: three 21-Feb . Oroklini: one 12-Feb , was unusual.

Great Tit Parus major aphrodite  

Common and widespread. Pair built nest on the wall near the Forestry Department in Nicosia 16-Feb . 

Magpie Pica pica   

Common. Noteworthy reports: Armou: 12 including one carrying nest material 12-Feb . Pissouri Bay cliffs: 67 on 13-Feb . 

Jackdaw Corvus monedula  

Commonly reported. 

Hooded Crow Corvus corone   

Common & widespread. 

Raven Corvus corax  

Madari: pair nest-building 26-Feb . Kythrea area: two being mobbed by flock of Hooded Crows 27-Feb . 

Starling Sturnus vulgaris  

Phasouri Reed-beds: c.500 on 2-Feb , c50 on 13-Feb , 33 on 16-Feb . Archangelos: six 14-Feb, four 21-Feb ). Akrotiri Peninsula: six 18-Feb .  

House Sparrow Passer domesticus  

Ubiquitous. No exceptional counts. 

Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis  

Up to 30 together Agia Varvara, Aspro Pools, Sarama, Anarita Park and Oroklini. Marathounta: 40 on 7-Feb . Avdimou Bay: max. c200 on 10-Feb . Pissouri: c300 on 10-Feb . Pera: c40 on 12-Feb . Anarita village: 120 on 17-Feb . Nata valley: 40 on 17-Feb . Skarphos Bridge: 30 birds, plus huge colony in oriental alders, maybe 1000 nests 21-Feb . Mandria: 50 on 23-Feb . 

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 

Common winter visitor in mixed finch flocks. Agia Varvara: 20 on 4-Feb . Kritou Terra: 20 on 8-Feb . Stavros tis Potamos valley: c.80 on 9-Feb . Pera: c80 on 12-Feb . Skarphos Bridge: 200 on 21-Feb . Koilinia: c.75 on 26-Feb . 

Serin Serinus serinus  

Groups of up to 10 regular and widespread. Kensington cliff top: max. 45 on 7-Feb . Marathounta: 15 on 7-Feb . Stavros tis Potamos valley: 30 on 9-Feb . Avdimou Bay: max. c80 on 10-Feb . Anarita wood: 45 on 12-Feb . Pera: 44 on 12-Feb . Mandria: 60 on 14-Feb . Paphos headland: 20 on 14-Feb . 

Greenfinch Carduelis chloris  

Fairly localised, usually in small groups. Neokhorio: 40 in flock 8-Feb . Stavros tis Potamos valley: 12 on 9-Feb , five 21-Feb ). Paphos headland: six on 14-Feb . Ones and twos also reported. 

Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis  

Very common and active. Marathounta: 20 on 7-Feb . Paphos headland: 25 on 14-Feb . Lymbia dam: 14 on 21-Feb . Stavros tis Psokas valley: 20 on 21-Feb . Groups of up to 10 regular. 

Siskin Carduelis spinus   

Rather scarce and localised. Evretou – Sarama: seven 9-Feb . Upper Armou: one reported 10-Feb . Armou: three reported 12-Feb . Skarphos Bridge: 30 very tame 21-Feb . 

Linnet Carduelis cannabina   

Flocks of up to 10 common and widespread in winter. Agia Varvara: 40 on 4-Feb . Mandria: 30 on 6-Feb . Marathounta: 80 on 7-Feb . Armou-Tsada Track: 30 on 8-Feb . Stavros tis Potamos valley: 30 on 9-Feb , 40 on 21-Feb . Kannaviou Dam: 16 on 14-Feb . 

Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes   

Armou: one reported 12-Feb  

Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus   

Phasouri Reed bed: six 8-Feb , was the only report. 

Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra  

Armou-Tsada track: 20 on 1-Feb , 20 on 8-Feb . Agia Varvara: 10 on 4-Feb . Mandria irrigation Canal: 12 on 6-Feb . Marathounta: 70 on 7-Feb . Sarama: 10 on 9-Feb . Zakaki Marsh: 30 on 11-Feb . Anarita: 30 on 12-Feb . Cape Kiti (Perivolia): 120, some singing on 12-Feb . Skarphos Bridge: 20 some singing 21-Feb . Koilinia: c.13 on 26-Feb . Oroklini Marsh: max. 15 all month .