Cyprus

Cyprus
25 – 31 March 2002

  25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st
  Paphos Headland Paphos Headland Paphos Headland Paphos Headland Paphos Headland Paphos Headland Aspro’ Pools
  Asprokremenos Dam Akrotiri Trodos Baths of Aphrodite Paphos Forest Asprokremenos Dam Larnaca
      Asprokremenos Dam Everotou Dam Everotou Dam Arminou Kensington
          Polis Reedbeds Mavro Dam Asprokremenos Dam
Little Grebe     2       9
Great Crested Grebe   10          
Black-necked Grebe             2
Cory’s Shearwater       1      
Yelkouan Shearwater       3      
Cormorant       1      
Shag             6
Night Heron       19 17 20  
Cattle Egret   1 5       4
Little Egret             4
Great White Egret 6            
Grey Heron   1   1   1 2
Purple Heron   3 19     8 1
Greater Flamingo   600         500
Mute Swan   2   2 2    
Shelduck   10         1
Wigeon   15          
Teal   8 c10 5   1m x
Mallard   x   x x   x
Pintail c50 200 c50       x
Garganey   1m+1f   250   12 x
Shoveler     250     2m x
Griffon Vulture     4       4&chick
Marsh Harrier 1m 5   1m+1f c6m+1f 2m 1
Hen Harrier 1m+2f 3 1m+1f     1m+1f  
Pallid Harrier     1m        
Sparrowhawk   1f          
Common Buzzard   1+          
Long-legged Buzzard           pr@nest  
Bonelli’s Eagle     1        
Kestrel c15 x x x x x x
Peregrine             1
Chukar 4 2 x x x x x
Black Francolin 3h pr+2h m+3h x 4m+4h 2m+4h x
Quail 4 1h 2h 1 c3h 2h x
Water Rail             1h
Little Crake   1m          
Moorhen 1 x x x x x x
Coot 1   c4 x 1 x x
Common Crane   80          
Black-winged Stilt   40   1 3 9 20+
Avocet             11
Cream-coloured Courser       1      
Little Ringed Plover           5 5
Kentish Plover   1         10
Spur-winged Plover   1          
Sanderling   2+          
Little Stint           4 45
Dunlin             2
Ruff   50+ 1 5 1 8 60+
Snipe   5     4    
Black-tailed Godwit   1          
Marsh Sandpiper         2   2
Greenshank             10
Green Sandpiper   4     9 13 2
Wood Sandpiper   3   2 3 1 1
Common Sandpiper 3 1   2 2 5 1
Turnstone   2          
Mediterranean Gull           1 (2s)  
Little Gull   1         9
Black-headed Gull   6         x
Slender-billed Gull   c60         50+
Audouin’s Gull       4      
Lesser Black-backed Gull       2     2
Yellow-legged Gull x x x x x x x
Armenian Gull             1+
Gull-billed Tern             20
Rock Dove x x x x x x x
Woodpigeon x x x x x x x
Collared Dove x x x x x x x
Great Spotted Cuckoo       3   3 1
Scops Owl       c3h 1h    
Little Owl     1        
Swift 2 x x x x x x
Pallid Swift   1+     1+    
Alpine Swift 2 1 c3 c50     c10
Kingfisher     1     1 1
Hoopoe 2   1 2 2 2 3
Calandra Lark             1+
Short-toed Lark 9 5 2 8 12+ 4 35
Crested Lark x x x x x x x
Skylark     3 4 1+ 1  
Sand Martin c10 x   x      
Crag Martin       20+      
Swallow x x x x x x x
Red-rumped Swallow 2 4 6+ 1+ 1+ 1+ 1+
House Martin x x x x x x x
Richard’s Pipit     1        
Tawny Pipit   1   8   4  
Tree Pipit c15 x c50 x x x x
Meadow Pipit x x x x x x x
Water Pipit 1 3          
Yellow Wagtail x x x x x x x
White Wagtail x x x x x x x
Wren     4+   1    
Robin 1 2   1   1 1
Nightingale 2 4 c10 8 c8 7 5
Bluethroat         1m    
Black Redstart 1f   x 1   3 1
Redstart 1m 1m   3   1  
Isabelline Wheatear       1m      
Northern Wheatear c20 x x x x x x
Cyprus Wheatear 1m 1m x 2+pr 3+ x x
Black-eared Wheatear 3m 1m 2m 2m+1f 2m 2m 1m
Blue Rock Thrush     1m     1m  
Blackbird     1 1      
Song Thrush 2 1 1 1 3 1 1
Cetti’s Warbler x x x x x x x
Fan-tailed Warbler x x x x x x x
Sedge Warbler   1 1   c6    
Reed Warbler   1 1   c4 1 1
Great Reed Warbler         1 1  
Spectacled Warbler 2+ 1m         1m
Subalpine Warbler** 2 1m 1f 2m 2m+1f 2m  
Sardinian Warbler     1m x x    
Cyprus Warbler 1m   x   1m 1  
Ruppell’s Warbler** 2m m+f 2m+1f 1m 4m+1f 3m 2m
Lesser Whitethroat x x x x x x x
Whitethroat     1 1   1m  
Blackcap c4   x x x   x
Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler**       3      
Chiffchaff 1 x x x x x x
Semi-collared Flycatcher**         1m 1m  
Collared Flycatcher**       3m 3m 1m  
Coal Tit     x   1    
Great Tit x x x x x x x
Short-toed Tree Creeper     x        
Penduline Tit     1h        
Woodchat Shrike     1 4   1  
Masked Shrike         m+f    
Jay     4   h    
Magpie x x x x x x x
Jackdaw x x x x x x x
Hooded Crow x x x x x x x
House Sparrow x x x x x x x
Spanish Sparrow   1m 3+ 1m c150 4  
Chaffinch     x 1 x    
Serin     c6   2m    
Greenfinch x x x x x x x
Goldfinch x x x x x x x
Linnet x   x x x x x
Cretzschmar’s Bunting     m     4m  
Corn Bunting x x x x x x x
               
Black-headed Wagtail c50 x x x x x x
Grey-headed Wagtail c3            
Blue-headed Wagtail c2   x x x x  
               
(small crake sp?)         1    
(harrier sp?)         1f    
               
Orange Tip       x x x  
Large White     x        
Small White x            
Painted Lady x   x x x    
Clouded Yellow x            
Swallowtail x            
(Small Blue sp?) x            
(Common Blue sp?) x     x      
Meadow Brown sp?) x            
               
(Whipsnake sp?)       1      

 

Date sp (day) spp (total) Sites
24th March 1 1 (White Wagtail) Paphos Airport
25th March 56 56 Paphos Headland, Asprokremenos Dam, PH
26th March 85 93 Paphos Headland, Akrotiri
27th March 75 113 Paphos Headland, Trodos, Asprokremenos Dam
28th March 77 123 Paphos Headland, Baths of Aphrodite, Everotou Dam
29th March 73 128 Paphos Headland, Paphos Forest, ED, Polis Reedbeds
30th March 75 132 Paphos Headland, Asprokremenos Dam (+pools), Arminou, Mavro Dam
31st March 85 143 Aspro’ Pools, Larnaca, Kensington, Asprokremenos Dam
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