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Systematic
List for February 2008
The
following list contains records that have not been corrected or
corroborated.
The
following list contains records that have not been corrected or
corroborated. Compiled by Colin Richardson & Nigel Cottle.
Little
Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Agia Napa Sewage Works: 31 29-Feb. Akhna Dam: four 3-Feb, seven
16-Feb and two 29-Feb. Athalassa Park: eight 9-Feb and two 24-Feb. Fresh
Water Lake (South): numbers remained stable during the month with 17 on
10-Feb and 28-Feb and 21 20-Feb. Kioneli Dam: four 6-Feb. Kythrea Dam:
four 6-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: counts increased as the month
progressed with: 56 5-Feb, c75 10-Feb and 87 23-Feb. Oroklini Marsh:
present all month with a max. of five on many dates. Ovgoros Dam: six
20-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: five 15-Feb and two 17-Feb. Potamos Liopetri:
two 9-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: c10 3-Feb and five 17-Feb.
Great
Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Akhna Dam: present all month with a max. of six 3-Feb; only one
remained 29-Feb. Asprokremmos Dam: present all month, with max. four
25-Feb and nine 28-Feb. Evretou Dam: one 10-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: four
2-Feb. Potamos Liopetri: two present all month.
Black-necked
Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
Agia Napa Sewage Works: one 6-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: 27 5-Feb,
24 10-Feb, 21 20-Feb, 29 23-Feb and 19 24-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant:
singles 3-Feb and 4-Feb. Potamos Liopetri: one 6-Feb and 9-Feb.
Great
Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Akhna Dam: eight 3-Feb, 46 9-Feb, 33 16-Feb and three 29-Feb.
Asprokremmos Dam/Pools: four 7-Feb, 18 on 17-Feb, three 25-Feb and 17
28-Feb. Athalassa Park: eight 9-Feb and seven 24-Feb. Bishop's Pool: six
2-Feb. Evretou Dam: two 10-Feb. Kermia Beach: two 9-Feb and 29-Feb.
Kythrea Dam: two 6-Feb. Lady's Mile: one offshore 2-Feb. Larnaca Sewage
Works: c40 1-Feb, 16 2-Feb, 21 5-Feb, 23 10-Feb, 21 20-Feb, 33 23-Feb
and c40 25-Feb.
Manglis
Lake
: one 5-Feb and 8-Feb. Meneou Beach: six offshore 23-Feb. Ovgoros Dam:
five 20-Feb. Paphos Harbour: one 27-Feb. Potamos Liopetri: 20+ 16-Feb.
Shag
Phalacrocorax
aristotelis
Dekeleia
Power Station: one 6-Feb. Kensington Cliffs: five 2-Feb.
Cattle
Egret Bubulcus ibis
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): 141
20-Feb and 149 28-Feb. Mia Milia: one 20-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: four
3-Feb, one 4-Feb, three 12-Feb and one 20 & 21-Feb.
Little
Egret
Egretta garzetta
Agia Thekla: two 6-Feb and 9-Feb. Agia Trias: one 9-Feb and 29-Feb.
Athalassa Park: one 24-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South): one 10-Feb. Kermia
Beach: singles 9-Feb and 29-Feb. Manglis Lake: one 5-Feb and 8-Feb.
Phasouri Reed-beds: one 2-Feb. Potamos Liopetri: two 9-Feb and 16-Feb.
Great
Egret
Egretta alba
Larnaca
Salt
Lake
: one 23-Feb.
Grey
Heron
Ardea cinerea
Agios Nikolaos (ESBA): one 12-Feb. Akhna Dam: present all month with a
max. of four on 1-Feb. Asprokremmos Dam: two 7-Feb and three 28-Feb.
Athalassa Park: one 9-Feb and 24-Feb. Evretou Dam: one 10-Feb. Fresh
Water Lake (South): four 10-Feb and one 20-Feb. Kioneli Dam: one 6-Feb.
Larnaca Salt Lake: one 23-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: singles 2-Feb,
20-Feb and 23-Feb. Manglis Lake: one 12-Feb. Meneou Pools: eight 26-Feb.
Oroklini Marsh: one reported on eight dates during the month.
Yeroskipou
Canal
, Kolone: one 10-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: four 2-Feb five 3-Feb and 23 on
17-Feb, 17 on 20-Feb.
Greater
Flamingo Phoenicopterus
rubber
Larnaca
Airport Pools (North): 19 5-Feb, two 20-Feb and 13 23-Feb. Larnaca Salt
Lake: 167 5-Feb, 92 20-Feb with only 15 remaining 23-Feb. Oroklini
Marsh: present all month with a max. count of 62 on many dates. Zakaki
Marsh: 16 2-Feb, five 3-Feb and 14 17-Feb.
White-fronted
Goose Anser albifrons
Asprokremmos
Dam: three 25-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: 37 2-Feb then 43 5-Feb until
month's-end.
Ruddy
Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Akhna Dam: female 1-Feb and 2-Feb; then not seen again until 29-Feb.
Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Larnaca Airport Pools (North): 34 on both 1-Feb and 2-Feb. Larnaca
Airport Pools (South): 24 5-Feb and 42 20-Feb. Larnaca Salt Lake: 369
5-Feb, c210 10-Feb and 19 20-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: 10 1-Feb, six
2-Feb, 91 5-Feb, c180 10-Feb, 146 20-Feb, 315 23-Feb and 100+ 25-Feb.
Meneou Pools: 13 10-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: three 11-Feb. Phasouri
Reed-beds: five 15-Feb.
Wigeon
Anas penelope
Asprokremmos Dam: 16 25-Feb and 10 28-Feb. Evretou Dam: 16 10-Feb.
Larnaca Sewage Works: 106 5-Feb and 81 23-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: seven
2-Feb and one 15-Feb.
Gadwall
Anas strepera
Bishop's Pool: eight 2-Feb. Fresh Water
Lake
(South): three 10-Feb, four 20-Feb and five 28-Feb. Larnaca Sewage
Works: four present all month.
Teal
Anas crecca
Agia Napa Sewage Works: 42 on 26-Feb. Akhna Dam: present all month
with a max. count of 13 29-Feb. Athalassa Park: 36 9-Feb and 40 24-Feb.
Evretou Dam: eight 10-Feb. Ezousas Valley, Episkopi: one at weir 23-Feb.
Fresh Water Lake (South): 352 10-Feb, 426 20-Feb and 313 28-Feb. Kioneli
Dam: two 6-Feb. Kythrea Dam: one 6-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: 156 5-Feb,
40 20-Feb and 73 23-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: present all month with a max.
daily count of 200 on 1-Feb, 2-Feb and 3-Feb. Ovgoros Dam: 12 20-Feb.
Paphos Sewage Plant: one 3-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: 36 2-Feb, c75 15-Feb
and c40 17-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: 10 3-Feb, 15 on 20-Feb.
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Akhna Dam: 16 on 16-Feb with 18 21-Feb and two 29-Feb. Athalassa
Park: 29 9-Feb and 11 24-Feb. Evretou Dam: 28 10-Feb. Fresh Water Lake
(South): four 10-Feb, two 20-Feb and six 28-Feb. Kioneli Dam: c20 6-Feb.
Larnaca Sewage Works: 211 5-Feb, 150+ 20-Feb and 154 23-Feb. Oroklini
Marsh: Max. count 20+ 16-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: 6+ 2-Feb, 17 15-Feb
and c20 17-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: three 3-Feb.
Pintail
Anas acuta
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): five 10-Feb, six 20-Feb and three 28-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works:
one 23-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: present all month with a max. count of 11
23-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: one 2-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: three 3-Feb, five
20-Feb.
Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Asprokremmos
Dam: seven 25-Feb. Athalassa Park: 44 9-Feb and 28 24-Feb. Fresh Water
Lake
(South): six 10-Feb, 43 20-Feb and 49 28-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: 353
5-Sep, 300+ 20-Feb, 636 23-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: max. daily count of 50
on 28-Feb and 29-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds:16 2-Feb, 11 5-Feb, c10 17-Feb.
Zakaki Marsh: eight 3-Feb and five 17-Feb, 16 on 20-Feb.
Pochard
Aythya farina
Larnaca Sewage Works: 278 5-Feb, 310 20-Feb and 191 23-Feb.
Ferruginous
Duck
Aythya nyroca
Athalassa
Park
: eight 9-Sep and six 24-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: 32 5-Feb, 37 20-Feb,
32 23-Feb and 31 24-Feb. Ovgoros Dam: one 20-Feb.
Tufted
Duck
Aythya fuligula Larnaca Sewage Works: a female 5-Feb was joined by a
second 23-Feb and 24-Feb.
Red-breasted
Merganser
Mergus serrator
Potamos Liopetri: six 9-Feb with only three remaining 20-Feb and
25-Feb.
Griffon
Vulture
Gyps fulvus
Episkopi Garrison: two overhead 18-Feb. Souni: one 14-Feb were the
only reports received.
Marsh
Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
Kioneli Dam: one 6-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: singles 2-Feb and
23-Feb. Tsada Hills: one 5-28-Feb. Marathounta-Episkopi road: male
6-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: one 29-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: one 2-Feb and
15-Feb with two present 17-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: one 2-Feb and two 3-Feb.
Hen
Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Armou Hills: one 12-Feb. Belapais: two 5-Feb.
Cape
Pyla: one 25-Feb. Voufavento area: female 5-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: one fem.
20-Feb. Pentalia: one fem. 22-Feb.
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Armou Hills: one 21-Feb. Belapais area: one 5-Feb. Episkopi area:
one 2-Feb. Ezousas Valley, Episkopi: one 23-Feb. Kidasi: one 28-Feb.
Common
Buzzard
Buteo buteo
Agia Napa Sewage Works: two 11-Feb. Agios Nikolaos (ESBA): one
present all month. Akhna Dam: one 3-Feb with three present 16-Feb.
Aphrodite Hills: one 12-Feb. Aspro Dam Pools: two 2-Feb, one 14-Feb and
two 21-Feb. Athalassa Park: one 24-Feb. Boghazi: one 20-Feb. Cape Greco:
one 15-Feb. Evretou Dam: one 10-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South): two
10-Feb, one 20-Feb and two 28-Feb. Kermia Beach: one 16-Feb. Kouklia:
one 7-Feb. Kourion: three 20-Feb (Ken Noble per Eddie John). Larnaca
Airport Pools (North): one 20-Feb. Larnaca Desalination Plant area: one
23-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: two 1-Feb with singles seen 5-Feb and
24-Feb. Mandria Canal: one dark morph 25-Feb. Oroklini area: one 23-Feb.
Oroklini Marsh: singles on 2-Feb, 3-Feb, 4-Feb, 20-Feb and 26-Feb.
Paphos Sewage Plant: two 3-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: two 2-Feb and 15-Feb
with one present 17-Feb and 20-Feb. Timi: one 12-Feb. Xylofagou area:
four 16-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: one 2-Feb and 3-Feb.
Long-legged
Buzzard
Buteo rufinus
Armou Hills: singles 10-Feb, 12-Feb and 24-Feb with two present 21-Feb.
Aspro Pools: two 27-Feb. Ezousas Valley, Episkopi: five including four
soaring together 23-Feb. Tsada Hills: one 4-10-Feb with pair seen
25-Feb. Xrisorogiatissa: two 22-Feb.
Bonelli’s
Eagle
Hieraaetus fasciatus
Choirokoitia: one 30-Jan. Marathounta
Chapel Hill
: a pair were seen 22-Feb and 29-Feb with a single bird present 28-Feb.
Vretsia: one ad. 26-Feb.
COMMON
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
Widespread and under-recorded resident. Reported from 27 sites this
month.
Peregrine
Falco peregrinus
Aspro Dam Pools: one 21-Feb. Ezousas Valley, Episkopi: one 23-Feb. Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): one very pale individual 20-Feb was probably F.
p. calidus. Larnaca Sewage Works: one 5-Feb. Mandria Village: one
27-Feb. Marathounta area: two on road towards Episkopi 14-Feb.
Chukar
Alectoris Chukar
Widespread and under-recorded. Reported from only 16 sites this month.
The largest covey was of 12 birds in the field adjacent to the Larnaca
Sewage Works hide on 5-Feb.
Black
Francolin
Francolinus francolinus
Akhna Dam: a female and two calling males 29-Feb. Fasoula: one calling
28-Feb. Fresh Water
Lake
(South): one calling 10-Feb and two calling 28-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: two
recorded on many dates throughout the month. Platanisos: one 20-Feb.
Quail
Coturnix coturnix
Agios Nikolaos (ESBA): one calling from lucerne crop 25-Feb.
Water
Rail
Rallus aquaticus
Kioneli Dam: one calling 6-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: one 2-Feb.
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Athalassa
Park
: six 9-Feb and four 24-Feb. Bishop's Pool: six 2-Feb. Fresh Water
Lake
(South): numbers stable throughout the month with 29 10-Feb, 33 20-Feb
and 37 28-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: present all month with a max. count of
six 16-Feb. Ovgoros Dam: three 20-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: four 3-Feb.
Coot
Fulica atra
Agia Napa Sewage Works: four 12-Feb. Akhna Dam: 193 9-Feb, 141
16-Feb and 126 on both 21-Feb and 29-Feb. Asprokremmos Dam/Pools: one
2-Feb, 25 7-Feb, 14 2-Feb and five 28-Feb. Athalassa Park: 31 9-Feb and
44 24-Feb. Evretou Dam: 39 10-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South): numbers
increased during the month with 57 10-Feb, 81 20-Feb and 91 28-Feb.
Kioneli Dam: c40 6-Feb. Kythrea Dam: 11 6-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: 126
5-Feb and 169 23-Feb. Manglis Lake: present all month with a max. of
five 15-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: max. daily count was 60 on 26-Feb and
28-Feb. Ovgoros Dam: 60 20-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: c30 3-Feb.
Black-winged
Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): three 10-Feb and one 28-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: one 15-Feb and
17-Feb.
Stone
Curlew
Burhinus oedicnemus
Agia Varvara: six 20-Feb. Agios Nikolaos (ESBA): five 4-Feb, 25
18-Feb and up to three regularly heard calling at night from 22-Feb
until month's-end. Dekeleia: four 5-Feb and six 23-Feb. Larnaca Airport
Pools (North): 16 20-Feb.
Little
Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
Akhna Dam: one 16-Feb. Fresh Water
Lake
(South): singles 10-Feb, 20-Feb and 28-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: one 23-Feb
and 27-Feb.
Ringed
Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Agia Trias: three 11-Feb. Akhna Dam: three 16-Feb, one 24-Feb and
four 29-Feb. Kermia Beach: two 22-Feb.
Kentish
Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Akhna Dam: two 16-Feb. Kermia Beach: one 29-Feb. Lady's Mile: three
3-Feb. Larnaca Airport Pools (North): two 23-Feb. Larnaca Salt
Lake
: 16 5-Feb and eight 23-Feb.
Greater
Sand Plover
Charadrius leschenaultia
Agia Trias: two 9-Feb and one 29-Feb. Kermia Beach: one 29-Feb.
Mandria: two 25-Feb.
European
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
Agios Nikolaos (ESBA): 19 2-Feb. Mandria: 46 on both 25-Feb and
27-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: 12 12-Feb.
Grey
Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Agia Trias: one on 9-Feb and 11-Feb.
Cape
Pyla: one 26-Feb. Larnaca Airport Coast: two 5-Feb. Spiros Beach: one
3-Feb and 13-Feb.
Spur-winged
Plover
Vanellus spinosus
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): five 10-Feb, 20 20-Feb and 16 28-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: two
5-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: reported from 22-Feb to month's-end with a max.
of four on 24-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: one present on five dates during
the month.
Paralimni
Lake
: 15 21-Feb. Partenitis Dam: two 21-Feb.
Northern
Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus Agios Nikolaos (ESBA): 26 2-Feb and 19 13-Feb.
Akhna Dam & Akhna area: singles 1-Feb and 23-Feb, 22 16-Feb.
Dekeleia: eight 5-Feb and one 23-Feb. Fort Bravo: three 29-Feb. Meneou
Pools: two 10-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: eight 16-Feb and seven 26-Feb
(fieldtrip, ). Paphos Sewage Plant: five 3-Feb, 32 8-Feb, 12 12-Feb, 16
15-Feb and two 25-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: two 25-Feb. Phasouri
Reed-beds: three 15-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: eight 2-Feb.
Little
Stint Calidris minuta
Akhna
Dam: present throughout the month with a max. count of 20 on 21-Feb ( et
al).
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): one 10-Feb. Lady's Mile: two 2-Feb. Larnaca Salt
Lake
: 13 23-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: four 25-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: one
15-Feb.
Temminck’s
Stint
Calidris temminckii
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): four 10-Feb, two 20-Feb and four 28-Feb.
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Akhna Dam: regularly reported throughout the month with a max. count of
14 9-Feb ( et al).
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): 12 10-Feb. Lady's Mile: five 3-Feb. Larnaca Salt
Lake
: 105 23-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: four 17-Feb and one 22-Feb and 23-Feb.
Ruff
Philomachus pugnax
Oroklini Marsh: one 23-Feb and 29-Feb.
Jack
Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
Evretou Dam: one 10-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: one 16-Feb.
Common
Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Akhna Dam: two 16-Feb and four 21-Feb.
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): five 10-Feb, four 20-Feb and eight 28-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: one
4-Feb and 11-Feb with three 23-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: present all
month with a max. of 11 on 4-Feb.
Black-tailed
Godwit
Limosa limosa
Akhna Dam: one 29-Feb.
Curlew
Numenius arquata
Larnaca Desalination Plant area: three 23-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works:
five 1-Feb, two 2-Feb and singles 3-Feb, 5-Feb and 23-Feb. Phasouri
Reed-beds: singles 2-Feb and 17-Feb.
Spotted
Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): one 20-Feb.
common
Redshank
Tringa tetanus
Akhna Dam: present all month with a max. of two on various dates.
Fresh Water Lake (South): three 10-Feb, four 20-Feb and eight 28-Feb.
Kioneli Dam: one 6-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: singles on 5-Feb, 23-Feb
and 25-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: present all month; max. count of seven on
24-Feb and 25-Feb ( et al).
Partenitis Dam: one 21-Feb.
Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Zakaki Marsh: one 2-Feb.
Green
Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Agia Varvara: two 28-Feb. Akhna Dam: singles 16-Feb, 21-Feb and
29-Feb. Athalassa Park: one 24-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South): one
28-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: one 23-Feb. Manglis
Lake
: two 5-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: two 23-Feb and one 29-Feb.
Common
Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Cape Pyla: one 2-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South): two 10-Feb with
singles 20-Feb and 28-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: one 20-Feb. Oroklini
Marsh: one 7-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: one 15-Feb. Potamos Liopetri:
singles 9-Feb, 16-Feb and 29-Feb.
Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Paphos
Harbour
: one 23-Feb. Paphos Headland: six 27-Feb.
Great
Black-headed Gull
Larus ichthyaetus
Oroklini Marsh: two 2-Feb, awaits detail.
Mediterranean
Gull Larus
melanocephalus
Larnaca
Salt
Lake
: seven adults
23-Feb. Larnaca Sea Front: eight 24-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: a second-winter
bird 16-Feb and an adult 23-Feb.
Little
Gull Larus minutus
Akhna
Dam: one 9-Feb. Fresh Water
Lake
(South): first-winter bird 1-Feb. Larnaca Fishing Harbour: one
first-winter 24-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: a first-winter bird was present
from 16-Feb until month's-end. Zakaki Marsh: one first-winter 2-Feb.
Black-headed
Gull Larus ridibundus
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): 565 10-Feb, 237 20-Feb and 241 28-Feb. Lady's Mile c600 2-Feb.
Larnaca Salt
Lake
: 473 5-Feb, 79 23-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: 67 23-Feb. Oroklini Marsh:
max. counts 551 2-Feb and 577 23-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: 50+ 2-Feb and c70
3-Feb.
Slender-billed
Gull Larus genei Oroklini
Marsh: two 6-Feb and four 10-Feb. Potamos Liopetri: one 29-Feb.
Audouin’s
Gull Larus audouinii
Agia
Trias: one 9-Feb.
Cape
Pyla: one 24-Feb. Kermia Beach: regularly reported throughout the month
with a max. of eight on 6-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: one 23-Feb. Potamos
Liopetri: two 20-Feb and one 29-Feb.
Common
Gull Larus canus
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): a
first-winter bird 10-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: one first-winter 23-Feb.
Zakaki Marsh: one 2-Feb.
Lesser
Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus/heuglini
Larnaca
Sewage Works: singles 10-Feb and 23-Feb. Timi Beach area: adult 12-Feb.
BALTIC
GULL Larus
fuscus
Larnaca
Salt
Lake
: one 5-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: two 23-Feb and one 24-Feb.
YELLOW-LEGGED
GULL Larus
michahellis
Agia
Trias: four 9-Feb were following a shoal of flying fish well offshore.
Agios Nikolaos (ESBA): 23 on 24-Feb. Asprokremmos Dam: c400 7-Feb and
c160 25-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South): 61 10-Feb, 14 20-Feb and six
28-Feb. Larnaca Salt
Lake
: 86 5-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: a single bird of five dates during the
month. Ovgoros Dam: one 20-Feb. Paphos Headland: three 27-Feb. Timi
Beach area: 15 12-Feb.
CASPIAN
GULL Larus
cachinnans
Lady's Mile 12 2-Feb. Larnaca Airport Pools (South): 81 5-Feb. Larnaca
Sewage Works: 39 5-Feb, 120+ 20-Feb, 133 23-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: one
16-Feb and two 23-Feb.
Armenian
Gull Larus armenicus
Lady's Mile: four 2-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: three 20-Feb and singles
23-Feb and 24-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: one 2-Feb.
Sandwich
Tern Sterna
sandvicensis
Agia
Trias: adult 9-Feb and a first-winter bird 29-Feb. Larnaca Airport
Coast: three 5-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: one 20-Feb. Larnaca Sea Front:
7+ 24-Feb.
Rock
Dove
Columba livia
Ovgoros
dam (northern
Cyprus
): 300 on 20-Feb, was the only report.
Stock
Dove
Columba oenas
Phasouri Reed-beds (Livadhi):
max. c2000 max. at roost in Eucalyptus, present for several days approx.
14-Feb.
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbus
Noteworthy reports include:
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): 345 on 10-Feb, 61on 20-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: c80 on 20-Feb.
Collared
Dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Common and under-reported. Noteworthy numbers at
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): 31 on 10-Feb, 41 on 28-Feb.
Great
Spotted Cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
Agios
Nikolaos (ESBA): one 12-Feb. Akhna Dam: two 29-Feb. Asprokremmos Dam car
park: two 26-Feb. Mandria Beach: one first year bird 5-Feb. Marathounta:
one near bottom of village 15-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: one 15-25-Feb.
Barn
Owl
Tyto alba
Kakopetria:
two flying over together 2-Feb.
Tsada Golf: one 28-Feb.
Scops
Owl
Otus scops cyprius
Kakopetria:
two calling at night/ seen foraging and 28-Feb 11-Feb. Kidasi: one heard
at foot of valley 28-Feb. Souni: two 29-Feb.
Little
Owl
Athene noctua
Agios
Nikolaos (ESBA): one 10-Feb.
Long-eared
Owl
Asio otus
Paphos
Bird
Park
: one hit by car, brought to
Paphos
Bird
Park
18-Jan.
Common
Swift
Apus apus
All records listed, being early migrant arrivals. Akhna
Dam: three 16-Feb, 120 on 29-Feb. Athalassa Park: one 9-Feb. Fresh Water
Lake (South): five 20-Feb, 35 on 28-Feb. Kakopetria: three 29-Feb.
Kiados (northern
Cyprus
): one 25-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: three 8-Feb, increasing to max. 20 on
26-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: three 20-Feb.
Alpine
Swift
Apus melba
Boghazi:
one 20-Feb. Kourion: one archaeological site 20-Feb.
Common
Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
Aspro
Dam Pools: one 7-Feb. Athalassa Park: one 24-Feb. Fresh Water
Lake
(South): two 10-Feb. Paphos Harbour: one on rocks opposite Avanti Hotel
18 & 23-Feb. Potamos Liopetri: one 20-Feb.
Pied
Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
Akhna
Dam: one 9-21-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: one 4-20-Feb. Zakaki Marsh: one
from19-Feb.
Hoopoe
Upupa epops
Asprokremmos
Dam car park: one 20-Feb, was the first of spring.
Calandra
Lark
Melanocorypha calandra
Agios
Nikolaos (ESBA): 28 Including five singing 13-Feb, with10 on 26-Feb.
Crested
Lark
Galerida cristata
Loose groups of up to 10 widely reported.
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): three One carrying nesting material 28-Feb. Marathounta
Chapel Hill
: 18 on 15-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: max
20 on 27-Feb.
Woodlark
Lullula arborea
Agia
Varvara: five 20-Feb. Agios Nikolaos (ESBA): four 2-Feb. Agios Nikolaos
(ESBA): up to 12 from 10-28-Feb. Anarita Park: 21 on 8-Feb. Armou Hills:
23 on 12-Feb, five remaining 27-Feb. Avgorou area: three 4-Feb. Belapais:
four in hills 5-Feb. Dekeleia: five 23-Feb. Konia: one 8-Feb.
Marathounta Chapel Hill: ar least four all visits with 21 on 18-Feb and
23 on 29-Feb.
Skylark
Alauda arvensis
Fairly widely reported with max. numbers as follows:
Agios Nikolaos (ESBA): 330 on 13-Feb, plus 50 on 24-Feb.
Galatia
Lake: 45 on 20-Feb. Larnaca Desalination Plant area: 45 on 23-Feb.
Marathounta
Chapel Hill
: seen all month with max. 45 on 19-Feb. Timi Beach area: 41 on 12-Feb.
Sand
Martin
Riparia riparia
Zakaki
Marsh: two 15-Feb, was the first of spring.
Barn
Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Main influx from 10-Feb. Zakaki
Marsh: two 2-Feb, were present from January. Frenaros: two seen
regularly from 6-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: one 8-Feb, present to month end
with max. 20 from 14-18-Feb and 50 on 25-Feb. Agios Nikolaos (ESBA): one
10-Feb, was the earliest. Akhna Dam: 65 on 16-Feb, 45 on 29-Feb. Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): nine 10-Feb, max. 33 on 28-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: one
15-Feb, was the earliest there.
Manglis
Lake
, Lakatameia: four 12-Feb, the first there. Phasouri Reed-beds: one
15-Feb, was the first here.
House
Martin
Delichon urbicum
Arrival a few days after first swallows, with first from 9-Feb. Oroklini
Marsh: two 9-Feb, max, 35 on 24-Feb. Athalassa Park: 29 on 9-Feb, 35 on
24-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South): 12 on 10 & 16-Feb. Kakopetria:
nine 9-Feb, with 100-120 nesting by month end!.
Manglis
Lake
, Lakatameia: six 12-Feb, were the first. Ovgoros dam: 12 on 20-Feb.
Phasouri Reed-beds: 12 on 15-Feb, were the first. Zakaki Marsh: three
17-Feb, the first here.
Tawny
Pipit
Anthus campestris
Frenaros:
one immature. In neighbour's garden, observed over two days from 1-Feb.
Meadow
Pipit
Anthus pratensis
Very common and widely reported. Noteworthy reports follow:
Agios Nikolaos (ESBA): 38 foraging in lucerne crop 2-Feb, 55 on 25-Feb.
Galatia
Lake
: 50 on 20-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: c600 seen in huge moving flocks
over lucerne on 3-Feb, c50 on 8-Feb.
Red-throated
Pipit
Anthus cervinus
Anarita
Park
: 11 on 8-Feb. Marathounta
Chapel Hill
: one heard 15-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: heard 20-Feb, two 28-Feb.
Phasouri Reed-beds: one 20-Feb.
Water
Pipit Anthus spinoletta
Oroklini
Marsh: up to two 2-11-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: one 3-12-Feb. Phasouri
Reed-beds: at least one 2-15- Feb.
Grey
Wagtail Motacilla
cinerea
Episkopi,
Ezousas Valley: one 23-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South): up to four
10-20-Feb, six 28-Feb. Kakopetria: two 10-Feb. Mandria Canal: one
25-Feb. Marathounta: one around home pool for a few minutes 7-Feb.
Paphos: two beside road at seafront near Avanti Hotel 19-Feb.
White
Wagtail Motacilla alba
A
pretty common winter visitor, seen nearly everywhere. Max. numbers
follow:
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): 11 on 10-Feb. Paphos Harbour car park: 100+ roosting in trees
at 17.30h on 27-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: 45 on 3-Feb, 20+ on 4-Feb.
Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes
Kakopetria:
three males singing 15-Feb.
Robin
Erithacus rubecula
Fairly common, although numbers appear to have declined over the
winter. Noteworthy reports:
Agia Varvara: three 8 & 20-Feb. Athalassa Park: three 9-Feb.
Belapais, Kyrenia: three 5-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South): six 20-Feb,
seven 28-Feb. Lakatameia,
Nicosia
: three 18-Feb. Strovolos,
Nicosia
: 10+ within one kilometre 6-Feb.
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
Kioneli
Dam, northern
Nicosia
: one, possibly two 6-Feb.
Black
Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
Well reported, with single birds seen in built-up areas, around
houses, buildings and even in open hilly areas. Noteworthy reports: Agia
Varvara: five 8-Feb, four 20-Feb. Armou Hills: six 24-Feb. Eftakomi:
four 20-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South): four 10-Feb, five 28-Feb.
Marathounta
Chapel Hill
: four 23-Feb. Paphos Headland: 10+ at 'Intro to Birds' meeting 27-Feb.
RAF Akrotiri: eight 7-Feb.
Stonechat Saxicola
torquatus
Another
very common and widely reported winter visitor, usually in pairs. Max.
numbers:
Agia
Varvara & Anarita
Park
: 15 on 8-Feb. Cape Greco: 11 on 22-Feb. Evretou: six 10-Feb. Lefkoniko:
six 20-Feb. Marathounta
Chapel Hill
: six 23-Feb. Paphos Headland: 12+ on 27-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: six
8-Feb.
Isabelline
Wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
Agios
Minas: two 20-Feb, were very early.
Finsch’s
Wheatear
Oenanthe finschii
Anarita
Park
: one male 8-Feb. Cape Greco: one 11-27-Feb. Kidasi: four males 28-Feb.
Marathounta
Chapel Hill
: two (1m, 1f), 14-29-Feb. Foinikas: 2m 17-Feb. Koilinia: one 26-Feb.
Blue
Rock Thrush
Monticola solitarius
Asprokremmos
Dam car park: one 26-Feb.
Cape
Greco
: one 27-29-Feb. Coral Bay, Paphos: one male 11-Feb. Eftakomi: one
20-Feb.
Blackbird
Turdus merula.
Aspro Dam Pools: two 2-Feb. Athalassa Park: three 9-Feb. Belapais: three
5-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South): three 10-Feb, two 20 & 28-Feb.
Manglis Lake, Lakatameia: two males 5-Feb. St. Hilarion Castle: two
5-Feb. Stavros tis Psokas: two 10-Feb. Singles
also reported
Athalassa
Park
,
Ay. Neophytos Monastery, Agia Varvara, Akhna Dam, Armou Hills,
Kakopetria, Dhiarizos Valley, Episkopi (Ezousas Valley), RAF Akrotiri,
Strovolos and Larnaca Sewage Works.
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South): five 10-Feb, six 28-Feb, were the month's only records.
Song
Thrush
Turdus philomelos
Very common all month, due to the annual influx at this time of year as
birds arrive to feed. Noteworthy reports: Agia
Varvara: six 20-Feb. Armou Hills: nine 9-Feb, 20 on 12-Feb. Athalassa
Park: 16 on 9-Feb. Athalassa Park: six 24-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South):
six 10-Feb. Kakopetria: 10 around home yard 12-Feb. Lakatameia, Nicosia:
6+ on 25-Feb. Manglis Lake, Lakatameia: 8+ on 8-Feb. Marathounta Chapel
Hill: up to 10 all visits 15-23-Feb. Strovolos, Nicosia: 6+ on 6-Feb.
Cetti’s
Warbler
Cettia cetti
Heard in song, and occasionally seen, widely. Noteworthy reports: Akhna
Dam: three 29-Feb. Athalassa Park: three heard 9-Feb, six heard 24-Feb.
Fresh Water Lake (South): three Including two singing 28-Feb. Lakatameia,
Nicosia
: three heard 18-25-Feb.
Fan-tailed
Warbler
Cisticola juncidis
Fairly well reported and many in song, as follows: Armou
Hills: one singing 24-Feb. Fasoula,
Dhiarizos
Valley
: one singing 28-Feb.Fresh Water
Lake
(South): one singing 28-Feb.
Moustached
Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogon
Aspro
Dam Pools: one 21 & 25-Feb. Phasouri Reed-beds: one 2-Feb. Zakaki
Marsh: one 2 & 3-Feb, 2+ on 20-Feb.
Spectacled
Warbler
Sylvia conspicillata
All records listed: Agia
Varvara: one 8-Feb. Agios Nikolaos (ESBA): two 26-Feb. Akhna Dam: one
16-Feb. Larnaca Sewage Works: one field trip 2-Feb, two 5-Feb, one
20-Feb. Manglis Lake, Lakatameia: at least three most visits from 5-Feb,
with four 8 & 12-Feb. Marathounta Chapel Hill: one 23-Feb
(fieldtrip, ). Oroklini Marsh: up to two 9-26-Feb.
Sardinian
Warbler
Sylvia melanocephala
Common in west. Other reports presumably winter visitors and passage
migrants, listed: Agios
Nikolaos (ESBA): one 28-Feb. Akhna Dam: one 16-Feb Larnaca Sewage Works:
one 23-Feb. Strovolos,
Nicosia
: one male 6-Feb.
Cyprus
Warbler
Sylvia melanothorax
All records of this rather elusive species listed here: Armou
Hills: two 12-Feb. Athalassa Park: one male 24-Feb. Marathounta
Chapel Hill
: one fem. 22-Feb, two 29-Feb. Pentadactylos mountains: two 6-Feb.
Platanisos: one 20-Feb.
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
More often heard than seen. Ones and twos reported at Agia
Varvara, Agios Nikolaos (ESBA), Archangelos, Armou Hills,
Athalassa
Park
,
Fresh
Water
Lake
(South), Kakopetria, Lakatameia,
Manglis
Lake
, Oroklini Marsh, Paphos Sewage Plant, Platanisos, Strovolos, Tala hills
and
Timi
Beach
area. Stavros tis Psokas: at least 20 heard in sub-song in oriental
alder trees in river valley 10-Feb.
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
Fresh
Water Lake (South): 34, including two or three in song 10-Feb, 19 on
20-Feb, 24 including four or five singing 28-Feb. Episkopi, Ezousas
Valley: six 23-Feb. Avgourou area: five 4-Feb. Athalassa Park: eight
9-Feb, 15 on 24-Feb. Kioneli Dam: nine 6-Feb. Timi Beach area: four
12-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: up to eight 4-28-Feb. Oroklini Marsh: max.
10 on 28-Feb. Otherwise,
ones and twos seen and often heard at Agia
Varvara, Akhna Dam, Archangelos, Agios Nikolaos (ESBA), Armou Hills,
Belapais, Fasoula, Kakopetria, Larnaca Sewage Works, Manglis Lake,
Pentadactylos and Phasouri Reed-beds.
Siberian
Chiffchaff P.
collybita tristis
One
probably this race, seen and heard in small fir tree copse at foot of
Pentadactylos mountain, Kyrenia, 5-Feb.
Goldcrest
Regulus regulus
Aspro
Dam Pools: five amenity car park 2-Feb. Persephone Trail, Troodos: one
9-Feb.
Coal
Tit
Parus ater cypriotes
Troodos:
c10 on 9-Feb, was the month's only record.
Great
Tit
Parus major aphrodite
Common and widespread.
PENDULINE
TIT Remiz pendulinus
Zakaki
Marsh: one fem. 24-Feb, was the month's only record.
Jay
Garrulus glandarius glaszneri
Troodos:
one 9-Feb, was the only report received.
Magpie
Pica pica
Many large groups reported, chasing and courting. Largest groups:
Armou Hills: 13 on 9-Feb. Fresh Water Lake (South): 14 on 10-Feb.
Marathounta
Chapel Hill
: at least 13 all month, with max. 31 on 22-Feb.
Jackdaw
Corvus monedula
Largest counts were 65 at Kythrea
Dam, 6-Feb, c100 at Lefkoniko 20-Feb and c50 Platanisos 20-Feb.
Rook
Corvus frugilegus
One seen with perched group of Hooded Crows on farmland near
Fresh
Water
Lake
28-Feb, was accepted. It was only the first since November 2001 and the
sixth since 1995.
Hooded
Crow
Corvus corone
Largest groups were:
Athalassa
Park
: 34, including 13 mobbing common buzzard 24-Feb. Fresh Water
Lake
(South): 78 Including pair carrying nesting material 28-Feb. Kakopetria:
110 roosting at Makris Hotel all month.
Paphos
Airport
eucalyptus roost: c60 on 27-Feb. Paphos Sewage Plant: c60 on 3-Feb.
Phasouri Reed-beds: c100 on 15-Feb.
Raven
Corvus corax
Belapais:
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