SOUTHERN CYPRUS - APR/MAY 2008

CAROLINE AND MYSELF TOOK A PACKAGE DEAL BASED IN SOUTH WEST CYPRUS (AT PAPHOS). CYPRUS IS A VERY POPULAR SPRING LOCATION, ATTRACTING A GOOD RANGE OF PASSAGE MIGRANTS, EXCITING BREEDING SPECIES AND A VARIETY OF OTHER WILDLIFE TOO.

DESPITE THE DROUGHT, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR MANY WETLAND SITES BEING PARTLY OR TOTALLY DRY, AND MISSING THE BULK OF THE MIGRATION  (WE WERE PROBABLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS TOO LATE FOR MANY PASSERINES), WE STILL SAW AND PHOTOGRAPHED MANY SPECIES. WE EXPLORED MUCH OF SOUTHERN CYPRUS, FROM THE AKAMAS PENINSULA, IN THE NORTH WEST, TO CAPE GRECO AND THE ACHNA DAM IN THE EAST. ORIKLINI MARSH, PHASSOURI REEDBEDS, ASPROKREMNOS DAM AREA AND POOLS, THE TROODOS MOUNTAINS AND SOME FANTASTIC LITTLE PARTLY FLOODED FIELDS CLOSE TO PAPHOS WERE AMONG OTHER SITES VISITED. 

A SMALL SELECTION OF PHOTOS FROM THESE EXCURSIONS, AND ELSEWHERE, ARE SHOWN BELOW.

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BEE EATER - NR. PAPHOS, CYPRUS: MAY 2008

CRETZSCHMAR'S BUNTING - AKAMAS PENINSULA, CYPRUS: MAY 2008

CYPRUS PIED WHEATEAR - AKAMAS PENINSULA, CYPRUS: APR 2008	CYPRUS WARBLER - ASPROKREMNOS POOL, CYPRUS: MAY 2008
GREAT SNIPE -  NR. PAPHOS, CYPRUS: APR 2008	EPAULET SKIMMER - AKAMAS PENINSULA, CYPRUS: APR 2008

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