I managed to come across number four of my five targets sitting on the very top of a soil heap beside the roadside just west of Larnaca in the form of a male Black Francolin. A quick look around the Kiti Beach and Cape Kiti produced a few nice birds like Spectacled, Great Reed, Eastern Oliveacous Warblers and Isabelline Wheatear. Very few migrants about though. The next spot were the salt flats around Larnaca Airport but these were all dry. I happen to come across the Larnaca Sewage Works which are fenced off but has a very handy tower which overlooks the two large ponds. This was a very productive site and was jam packed with waterbirds and worth putting up with the rather pungent smell. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48207542
I moved further east along the coastline later up to Cape Greco. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48221919
I finished up the day at Oroklini Lake where a Terek Sandpiper had been found a few days previously. They are a rarity even in Cyprus and thankfully it was still present. The lake wasn't particularly big and there was very little water left but it still held an impressive numbers of waders. I stayed until dark and was rewarded with a Little Crake by the edge of the reeds and a large roost of Cattle Egrets. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48221509
Between Oroklini and the sewage works I managed to see at least 17 species of waders in the day.
I moved further east along the coastline later up to Cape Greco. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48221919
I finished up the day at Oroklini Lake where a Terek Sandpiper had been found a few days previously. They are a rarity even in Cyprus and thankfully it was still present. The lake wasn't particularly big and there was very little water left but it still held an impressive numbers of waders. I stayed until dark and was rewarded with a Little Crake by the edge of the reeds and a large roost of Cattle Egrets. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48221509
Between Oroklini and the sewage works I managed to see at least 17 species of waders in the day.
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| Male Black Francolin |
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| Male Black Francolin |
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| Ferruginous Duck |
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| Ferruginous Duck |
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| Spur-winged Plover, Coot, Mallard, Garganey & Little Grebe. |
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| Juvenile Whiskered Tern |
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| Juvenile Whiskered Tern |
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| Juvenile Gull-billed Tern |
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| Juvenile Gull-billed Tern |
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| Juvenile Gull-billed Tern |
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| Juvenile Gull-billed Tern |
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| Juvenile Gull-billed Tern |
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| Terek Sandpiper |
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| Terek Sandpiper |
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| Terek Sandpiper |
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| Eurasian Kestrel |
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| Eurasian Kestrel |
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| Isabelline Wheatear |
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| Laughing Dove |
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
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| Ortolan Bunting |
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| Ortolan Bunting |
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| Spectacled Warbler |
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| Spectacled Warbler |
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| Willow Warbler |
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| Willow Warbler |
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| Starred Agama Ladakia stellio cypriaca |
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| Larnaca Sewage Works |
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| Cape Greco |
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| Oroklini Lake |
