Spring Alive

BirdLife Cyprus is taking part in BirdLife International’s Spring Alive project again this year.

We are hoping to encourage adults and children from all over the island to participate in Europe ’s biggest spring bird watch. Of course we are sure that you, our members, will lead by example and be amongst the first to register their sightings!

Taking part is really easy. The first time that you see Barn Swallows and Swifts this spring please register your sightings on line at the special Spring Alive website www.springalive.net  There you can also check the sightings from other European countries and check the progress of these spring messengers throughout Europe. Records for both the White Stork and European Cuckoo are also collected by the project so if you see one of these less frequent visitors to our island, please enter that sighting as well. The website will be live from the start of February. If you have seen either of the birds before that date you should still enter them.

Those who prefer, or who are without access to the internet, can post in their sightings using one of the forms enclosed with January’s newsletter to the BirdLife Cyprus office and we will enter your sightings for you. Or give the form to one of your friends and let them know about Spring Alive. You can even phone in your sightings on 99059541.

Remember it does not matter if you are not the first to register a sighting for your area. Spring Alive is not a race! We need everyone’s first sightings to show the build up to and arrival of spring.

For further details please contact Jane Stylianou on 22455072 or 99059541 or jane.stylianou@birdlifecyprus.org.cy The Spring Alive website is at www.springalive.net