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charged with Falcon slaughter
 BirdLife
Cyprus launches
education campaign to tackle
bird trapping
European
Commission
comes down hard on Cyprus
over spring shooting and
inadequate
protection of bird
habitats
Archived
news
Short news items.
No BirdLine will be operating for the foreseeable future, as sadly,
Brian Willis who has been operating the service for the last year,
passed away on the 5th August.
Website updates
2008
World Wetlands day - get involved
2008
Spring Alive - Birdlife Cyprus seeks your records
'Introducing the birds of Cyprus' field meeting
details - February details
2008 Field trip
details updated
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Cyprus
is the third largest island in the Mediterranean and covers an area of
9250 sq kms. It is situated at the easternmost part of the Mediterranean
basin and right in the middle of the migration routes for millions of
birds which move every year from Europe to Africa and Asia in autumn and
back to Europe in spring.
Cyprus has a bird list of 378 species. This includes two
endemic species, the Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca and
the Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax. In addition there are
four endemic subspecies: Cyprus Scops Owl Otus scops cyprius,
Coal Tit Parus ater cypriotes, Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia
brachydactyla dorotheae and Jay Garrulus glandarius glaszneri. |
BirdLife
Cyprus was formed in 2003 through the amalgamation of the two Cyprus
Ornithological Societies (COS 1957 and COS 1970).
The main aims of BirdLife
Cyprus are:
1.
to promote the study of birds in Cyprus and to publish the
results.
2. to promote
the protection of
birds in Cyprus.
3. to assist in bringing the
birds of Cyprus to the notice of the widest possible audience and to
co-operate with international ornithological societies.
4 to organise field
meetings for the benefit of the members of the Society.
5. to encourage and support the
conservation of natural and man-made habitats for birds in Cyprus.
6. to provide a social forum for
members. |
