13th April 2013 Cape Greco W3 Clear

Awoke to a W3 wind that soon subsided becoming hot and sunny. Arrived at the cape at dawn to unfortunately find a number of hunters with dogs present so we tried the Church Picnic Area instead with singing Cyprus Warblers the highlight. We then tried the pines and Agia Napa Sewage Farm where a Chameleon proved an unexpected highlight before returning to the cape for the evening including an ineffective sea-watch.

Marsh Harrier 2
Kestrel 5
Chukar 12
Collared Dove 2
Turtle Dove 4
Cuckoo 1
Hoopoe 4
Short-toed Lark 3
Crested Lark 50
Swallow 60
Red-rumped Swallow 1
House Martin 6
Tree Pipit 2
Flava ssp. 1
Nightingale 2
Redstart 1
Wheatear 6
Cyprus Pied Wheatear 2
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 5
Fan-tailed Warbler h
Spectacled Warbler 20
Cyprus Warbler 2 males
Lesser Whitethroat 8
Blackcap 2
Chiffchaff P.c. abietinus 1
Collared Flycatcher 2
Great Tit 2
Red-backed Shrike 2 males
Woodchat Shrike 1
Jackdaw 1
House Sparrow 30
Greenfinch 10
Goldfinch 6

 

 

 

Woodchat Shrike at Cape Greco

...with such an extensive primary flash could this be of the form niloticus

 

 

 

 

Male Cyprus Warbler at Cape Greco

 

 

 

Female Black-eared Wheatear at Cape Greco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

abietinus Chiffchaff in the pines at Cape Greco

 

 

Crested Lark at Cape Greco

 

 

 

Cyprus Chameleon near Agia Napa Sewage Farm

 

 

 

Red-backed Shrike with lizard at Cape Greco