Easter 2009

Blue and Black Headed Yellow Wagtails

Common passage migrants often in large numbers.

White Wagtail

Very common passage migrant and winter visitor.

Black-eared Wheatear

Passage migrant

Cyprus Pied Wheatear

Summer visitor and breeder

Corn Bunting

Common and widespread breeding resident

Crested Lark

Very common and widespread breeding resident

Kestrel

Common resident

Little Owl

Common resident

Spanish Sparrow (Female top, male bottom)

House Sparrow

Squacco Heron

Common passage migrant, scarce breeder

Whinchat

Common passage migrant

Bonelli's Warbler

Very common passage migrant & winter visitor

Woodchat Shrike

Common passage migrant, localised breeder

Hooded Crow

Common Resident

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Fairly common spring migrant & summer breeder. This was the closest by far I'd ever been to a Great Spotted Cuckoo and the bird seemed comfortable with my presence. I was confident that I could get a lot closer, then my camera battery died.........

Masked Shrike

Common migrant breeder and passage migrant

Spotted Crake

Scarce and secretive passage migrant, only occasionally coming out in front of the reeds.
A good find, just eight birds recorded in Cyprus in 2006 (source - most current Cyprus Bird Report)

Whinchat

Common passage migrant