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Systematic
List for April 2007 The
following list contains records that have not been corrected or
corroborated. SCOPOLI’S
Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea diomedea Paphos
YELKOUAN Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Paphos
Headland: four 19-Apr.
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo A
few lingering birds, probably non-breeders were reported. Arminou
Dam: one 4-Apr. Cape Greco Sea Caves: one last seen 28-Apr. Larnaca
Sewage Works: 11 on 8-Apr, four heading north 9-Apr. Mandria Beach:
one 17-Apr. Manglis Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis Up
to seven each were seen at Ayios
Filonas, Blue Sea Hotel, Boghaz, Mandria and White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Agia
Napa: 12 flying west at sea 21-Apr. GREAT Bittern Botaurus stellaris Akrotiri
Reed-beds: one flying over 18-Apr. Zakaki Marsh: one 27 & 28-Apr. Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Agia
Varvara: one 25-Apr, two 28-Apr. Aspro Dam Pools: one most days
7-26-Apr, with two 18 & 25-Apr. Asprokremmos Weir: one 26-Apr.
Dhiarizos nr. Kouklia: one 26-Apr. Evretou Dam: one 13 & 25-Apr.
Kouklia Bridge: one 26-27-Apr. Oroklini Marsh: one 20 & 29-Apr.
Paphos Sewage Plant: one 25-30-Apr. Phasouri Reed-beds: one 4-27-Apr.
Polis Reed-beds: one 9-12-Apr, two netted 24-Apr. Sotira Pools: two
25-Apr, one 30-Apr. Upper Xeros Potamos: one 25-Apr. Zakaki Marsh: one
6-27-Apr, two 21 & 2-Apr. Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Passage
noted all month, with max. numbers: Aspro
Dam Pools: 12, including 10 flying over 7-Apr. Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Reported
widely all month, up to three common, with large counts listed:
Agia Varvara: four 19-Apr. Coral Bay: 24 on 23-Apr, 39 on 28-Apr.
Evretou Dam: eight 29-Apr. Fresh Water Lake (South): seven roosting in
Cattle Egret colony 19-Apr. Mandria: six flying west 10-Apr. Paphos
Airport beach: five on rocks 17-Apr. Paphos Sewage Plant: four 29-Apr.
Phasouri Reed-beds: six 1-Apr, with up to five from 2-Apr to month
end. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Singles
numbers also reported at these sites and Evretou
Dam. Aspro Dam Pools: six arriving to roost at dusk 11-Apr. Coral Bay:
four 28-Apr. Fresh Water Lake (South): 90, including 38 active nests
6-Apr, 94 with 49 nests of which maybe 10 contained young 19-Apr.
Meneou Pools: three 28-Apr. Oroklini Marsh: up to three 6-18-Apr.
Paphos Headland: two 1-7-Apr. Paphos Sewage Plant: three 25-Apr, six
27-Apr, seven 29-Apr. Phasouri Reed-beds: up to six all month, 15
Including four flying north 14-Apr , eight 15-Apr. Zakaki Marsh: two
21-Apr. Little Egret Egretta garzetta Common
and widespread on passage all month. Largest groups:
Great Egret Egretta alba All
records listed: Akhna
Dam: three 11-Apr. Akrotiri Gravel Pits: one 4-Apr. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Not
the most common migrating heron! Largest groups listed:
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Most
common heron on passage all month. Largest groups, though smaller
numbers were also reported, follow: Agia
Varvara: 14 on 17-Apr, 28 on 20-Apr. Aspro Dam Pools: 32 on 7-Apr.
Blue Sea Hotel: 13 on 15-Apr. Cape Drepanum: 26 on 3-Apr,
27 on 17-Apr.
Coral Bay: 31 on 23-Apr. Fresh Water Lake (South): 14 on 19-Apr.
Larnaca Salt Lake: 32 circling overhead 1-Apr. Mandria: 12 on 2-Apr,
nine 6-Apr, 19 flying over 7-Apr, 13 on 12-Apr. Oroklini Marsh: max.
19 on 2-Apr, 11 on 8-Apr, seven 24-Apr. Paphos Sewage Plant: seven
28-Apr. Petra tou Romiou: 27 roosted in eucalypts 8-Apr. Phasouri
Reed-beds: 18 on 4-Apr, 23 on 6-Apr, 49 on 7-Apr, seven 15-Apr. Secret
Valley, Chapotami: 10 on 17-Apr. Universal area: 16 on 17-Apr.
Kouklia Reed-beds: 13 on 13-Apr. Lara: 11 on 18-Apr. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Most
common at Phasouri Reed-beds, Mandria, Paphos Headland and Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Larnaca
Airport Pools South: one 5-Apr. Meneou Pools: five 23-Apr. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Some
migration noted, Agia
Thekla: 24 in flight over sea 21-Apr. Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Wigeon Anas penelope Most
winter visitors departed, with few remaining to April. Teal Anas crecca Some
migration in first few days, with ones and twos lingering to month
end.
Pintail Anas acuta Only
at two sites: Garganey Anas querquedula Healthy
passage all month. Largest numbers listed: Shoveler Anas clypeata Larnaca
Sewage Works: 273 on 2-Apr, 33 on 9-Apr one 18-Apr. Akrotiri Salt Pochard Aythya ferina Bishop's
Pool: one still present 3-Apr. Phasouri Reed-beds: one present most
days to 21-Apr. Ferruginous
Duck
Aythya nyroca
Manglis
Honey
Buzzard
Pernis apivorus Salamis
:
one 8-Apr, was interesting. Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus Above
Salamiou: five 4-Apr. Arminou dam: one 19-Apr. Kensington Cliffs: at
least one seen from 1-Apr, apparently on nest, seemingly incubating
6-Apr, seven 16-Apr, five 21-Apr. Black Vulture Aegypius monachus The
single bird was seen at Souni
soaring over valley 18-Apr and at Trachypedoula/Salamiou: one 29-Apr. Cape
Greco: one immature seen soaring 21-Apr, the first record for Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Singles
seen all month at many locations, with two at Akrotiri Salt Lake
7-Apr, Cape Andreas 15-Apr, Cape Greco area 7-Apr, Fresh Water Lake
(North) 6-Apr, over Terra 2-Apr, Phasouri Reed-beds 5-Apr. Smyies:
three 3-Apr.
Four were at Phasouri
Reed-beds 10-Apr. Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Singles
reported to mid-month at Akrotiri
Salt Lake 4-Apr, Anarita Park 7 & 10-Apr, Lady's Mile 10-Apr,
Mandria 2-Apr, Oroklini Marsh 15 & 18-Apr, Phasouri Reed-beds
2-Apr and ad.male 3-Apr, ad.male Souni 4-11-Apr, Spiros Pool 2-Apr and
Aspro
Dam Pools 8-Apr. Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 42
birds reported, mostly to mid-month, a few to month end. Adult males
seen Akrotiri
1-Apr, Anarita Park 5-7-Apr, Armou Hills 10-Apr, Aspro Dam Pools
7-Apr, Aspro Mast 8 & 16-Apr, Ayia Napa Sewage Works area 7-Apr,
Famagusta area (two males) 21-Apr, Ineia 2-Apr, Kiti Dam 5-Apr,
Mandria 1-2-Apr, Meneou Pools 5-Apr, Paphos Headland 11-13-Apr, Spiros
Pool 5-Apr and Tsada track: 14-Apr. Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus Relatively
scarce. All reports: Agia
Varvara: one male 17-Apr. Armou Hills: one male 14-Apr. Ayia Circus. sp. At
least five unidentified ring-tails reported. Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Smyies:
one imm. drifted north 3-Apr. Tripylos: one adult male seen twice in
afternoon 9-Apr. Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus A
few late migrants reported, all listed. Singles Akrotiri
Salt Lake 6-Apr, Anarita Park 7-Apr, Aspro Dam Pools 7-Apr, Ayios
Minas 1-Apr, Giolou 1-Apr, Karpas Peninsula 22-Apr, Smyies (two)
3-Apr, Souni 12 & 16-Apr and a male there 18 & 19-Apr and one
in Kokkina Enclave hills 27-Apr. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo All
records – may include Steppe Buzzard: Akhna
Dam: one 3 & 7-Apr. Anarita Park: one 7-Apr. Aspro Dam Pools: one
from 2-9-Apr, four 7-Apr. Baths
of Aphrodite: one 8-Apr. Steppe Buzzard B.b. vulpinus Phasouri
Reed-beds: one 3-Apr. Akrotiri: two 10-Apr. Kritou Terra: one 7-Apr.
Smygies: two drifted north 3-Apr Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Akhna
Dam: one Immature in heavy wing moult 11 & 25-Apr. Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina Souni:
one reported over valley with Black Vulture 18-Apr. Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus Rarely
sighted this month. Asprokremmos
Dam: one imm. 7-Apr. Evretou Dam: one adult 2-Apr. Choletria to Nata:
two 19-Apr. South of Smyies: one 3-Apr. Osprey Pandion haliaetus Akhna
Dam: one 11-13-Apr. Over road between Coral Bay & Ag. Georgios:
one 23-Apr. Timi
coast: one 20-Apr. Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Agia
Varvara: two 8-Apr. Anarita park: one 5-Apr, up to four 21-27-Apr,
with six 24-Apr. Choletria ostrich farm: four 20-Apr. Anarita Village:
eight on adjacent hills 16-Apr. Kivisili Fields: c4 on 29-Apr.
Choletria to Nata: five 19-Apr. Also reported Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus A
rather thin, scattered spread of reports, apart from an apparent
passage over the Merlin Falco columbarius Ayia
Napa Sewage Works area: one 21-Apr. Larnaca Salt Hobby Falco subbuteo Alaminos/Mazotos:
one caught swallow flying over sea 22-Apr. Ayia Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae Paphos:
one 15-Apr, was the first report. Anarita
Park: one 21-Apr. Kensington Cliffs: one, increasing to three
16-22-Apr, six, at least
with several on ledges 27-Apr. Mandria Beach: one migrating north
16-Apr. Peregrine Falco peregrinus Reported
all month, with singles Agios
Georgios 5-Apr, Cape Arnaouti probably breeding on cliffs 30-Apr,
Akrotiri Gravel Pits 3-Apr, Akrotiri Salt Lake 6-Apr, Aspro Dam Pools
9-Apr, Cape Greco 9-21-Apr, Kermia Beach 24-Apr, Mandria 1-Apr,
Theletra Gorge 1-Apr and Zakaki Marsh 3-27-Apr. Ayia Napa Sewage Works
area: two 4-Apr. Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus 56
records, widely seen or heard calling from a number of locations,
including Akhna
Dam, Aspro Dam Pools, Ayios Nikolaos, Baths of Aphrodite, Cape
Andreas, Cape Greco, Fresh Water Lakes, Kantara area, Kolossi, Kritou
Terra, Manglis Lake, Oroklini Marsh, Paphos Lighthouse, Phasouri
Reed-beds, Strovolos, and Tekke Mosque area. Quail Coturnix coturnix Ones
and twos seen and heard during major influx 1-9-Apr, fewer mid-month
with resurgence late month. 100+ were reported in several parties at
Paphos Lighthouse 23-Apr. Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Phasouri
Reed-beds: at least one heard most days 3-16-Apr. Zakaki Marsh: one
most days 3-8-Apr, with two 4-Apr. Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Quite
a few interesting sightings. Little Crake Porzana parva Up
to two were seen at the well-watched Phasouri
Reed-beds all month, with four seen 12-Apr. Aspro Dam Pools: up to two
14-25-Apr. Sotira Pools: one male 1-Apr, c10 on 7-Apr and c5 on
15-Apr, with up to four to 25-Apr. Zakaki Marsh: up to three 3-10-Apr.
Fresh Water Lake (North): up to two 6-19-Apr. Acheleia Dam: one
21-Apr. Agia Varvara: up to two 19-28-Apr. Oroklini Marsh: one most
visits 6-25-Apr. Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla Phasouri
Reed-beds: one male reported 14-15-Apr. Corncrake Crex crex Akrotiri
Gravel Pits: one near church abandoned garden 23-Apr, was an
interesting find. Common Crane Grus grus Oroklini
Marsh: one 2-14-Apr. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Common
at Larnaca and Akrotiri wetlands, with very few records in west,
including at Mandria, with 25 passing 3-Apr
and 16 on 6-Apr. Max.
numbers: Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta Akrotiri
Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Acheleia:
one 14-Apr, two heard 8-Apr. Armou Hills: one 10-Apr. Ayia Napa Sea
Caves and sewage works area: two 17-Apr. Ayios Nikolaos (ESBA): one
calling Antenna Farm 11 & 30-Apr, four 15-Apr. Cape Andreas: three
tip 15-Apr. Cape Greco: one 21 & 28-Apr. Chelones: heard calling
in evening 23-Apr. Fresh Water Lake (North): one 6-22-Apr. Kiti Dam:
one calling 18-Apr. Kivisili Fields: three 14-Apr, two 29-Apr. Mandria:
up to two 2-6-Apr, one 23-Apr. Manglis Lake, Lakatameia: one 12-Apr.
Paphos Headland: singles several days 7-26-Apr, with four 17-Apr.
Spiros Pool: one 1 & 20-Apr. Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Akhna
Dam: 31 circled overhead, then moved north 25-Apr. Lady's Mile: c25
hawking before sunset 25-Apr, 11 on 27-Apr. Larnaca Sewage Works:
three 23-Apr. Mandria: one flew in off sea and roosted in field 7-Apr,
21 on 17-Apr one 23-Apr. Phasouri Reed Beds one 23-27-Apr, 15 on
28-Apr. Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Up
to four reported at many suitable sites. Larnaca
Sewage Works: nine 8-Apr. Phasouri Reed-beds: up to 10 to 10-Apr, 12
on 23-Apr. Spiros Pool: 14 on 8-Apr, 12+ on 9-Apr. Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Akhna
Dam: two 11-Apr. Akrotiri Salt Lake: one 8-Apr. Lady's Mile: one 6
& 28-Apr. Larnaca Salt Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Common
whole month in Akrotiri area with max. 41 at Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Lady's
Mile: one adult male 10-Apr. Mavrokolymbos Dam: one reported 28-Ap.
Paphos Headland: one 5-Apr. Spiros Pool: three 9-Apr, one 12-Apr. Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus Reported
locally, where opportunistically breeding.
Akhna
Dam: six 8-Apr, max. eight 11-Apr, fewer at other times. Cape
Drepanum: one 22-Apr, reported late. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Paphos
Headland: one 17-Apr, was unusual. Sanderling Calidris alba Lady's
Mile: one 18-Apr. Little Stint Calidris minuta Very
common migrant, with max. numbers at top sites listed: Akhna
Dam: 21 on 25-Apr. Akrotiri Salt Lake: 60 on 3-Apr. Lady's Mile: 50+
on 21-Apr, 38 on 27-Apr. Larnaca Sewage Works: nine 18-Apr. Larnaca
Salt Lake: 582 on 23-Apr. Meneou Pools: c60 on 30-Apr. Oroklini Marsh:
39 on 17-Apr. Phasouri Reed-beds: 28 on 23-Apr. Spiros Pool: 145 on
18-Apr, 115 on 23-Apr. Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii Lady's
Mile: one 18-Apr Oroklini Marsh: one 2 & 15-Apr. Paphos Sewage
Plant: one 19-Apr. Phasouri Reed-beds: four 8-Apr, three 27-Apr. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Not
many large numbers reported – most passed through from mid-month. Phasouri
Reed-beds: one 7-11-Apr, four 16-Apr. Lady's Mile: one 10-Apr, nine
19-Apr, 26
on 19-Apr. Larnaca
Sewage Works: one 15-18-Apr, two 16-Apr, 15 on 24-Apr. Larnaca Salt
Lake: 27 on 23-Apr. Oroklini Marsh: three from 14-Apr, up to six
16-22-Apr. Paphos Sewage Plant: one 28-29-Apr. Dunlin Calidris alpina Surprisingly
scarce. Spiros
Pool: three 18-Apr, four 23-Apr. Ruff Philomachus pugnax Fairly
common all month with flocks of up to 30 birds not unusual. Max.
numbers listed: Fresh Water Lake (South): 28 on 19-Apr. Lady's Mile:
up to 31 from 3-Apr, c37 on 19-Apr, 67 on 27 & 28-Apr. Larnaca
Sewage Works: 63 on 15-Apr, 94 on 18-Apr, 70 on 20-Apr, 38 on 23-Apr.
Larnaca Salt Lake: 63 on 23-Apr. Meneou Pools: 110 on 5-Apr, 70 on
30-Apr. Oroklini Marsh: 60 on 4-Apr. Paphos Sewage Plant: c35
showering under field sprinklers 27-Apr. Paralimni Lake/Sotira Pools:
61 on 30-Apr. Phasouri Reed-beds: c30 on 28-Apr. Sotira Pools: 175 on
25-Apr. Spiros Pool: 44 on 23-Apr. A report of up to 280 at Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Singles
reported all month at suitable sites. Oroklini
Marsh: up to five from 3-Apr, 15 on 6-Apr, declining to two by month
end. Phasouri Reed-beds: at least two all month from 2-Apr, eight
4-Apr, seven 11-Apr, nine 15-Apr and four 28-Apr. Great Snipe Gallinago media Agia
Varvara: one came off dry pebbles near stream 17-Apr, one possibly a
different bird 27-28-Apr. Evretou Dam: one 13-Apr. Water splash East
of Nata: one with 'giant' white patches on tail 18-Apr. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Akrotiri:
34 flying west over salt lake 6-Apr Akrotiri
Gravel Pits: two 14-Apr, later at Phasouri Reed-beds to month end,
with two 27-Apr . Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus Kissos
Curlew Numenius arquata Lady's
Mile: one 10-Apr. Phasouri Reed-beds: one 16-Apr. Bishop's Pool: one
27-Apr. Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus All
records listed: Larnaca
Airport Pools South: one 2-Apr. Larnaca Sewage Works: one 23-Apr.
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