As forecast was for another windy day, we took a run over to the Larnaca area which had a few interesting birds.
First stop off was Menou Pools which had a small mixed flock of waders and 21 Common Shelduck.
Dunlin, Little Stint and Redshank
We went to Larnaca Sewage Works and found one of the recent Pallas' Gulls present, a 3yr bird which was later joined by a 1st year bird. The usual mix of Duck and Gulls were present along with eight White-fronted Geese that dropped in briefly, along with 36 Ruddy Shelduck.
3rd year Pallas' Gull
White-fronted Geese with Wigeon
Ruddy Shelducks
A quick look at Spiro's Pool and the fields adjacent to the airport produced very little but a Cattle Egret was in Menou village.
We then spent some time exploring around Larnaca Salt Lake which held a lot of Flamingos, somewhere in the region of 436 Common Shelduck, a couple of Ruddy Shelduck, only 13 Black-necked Grebes, single Avocet, Sanderling, Temminck's Stint and Jack Snipe, plus single Slender-billed and Heuglin's Gulls.A couple of Moustached Warblers were seen in the reed bed area along with 28 Song Thrush, and a single Starling.
Flamingos in front of the Tekke
Greylags, eastern race birds
Black-necked Grebes
Kestrel
Little Egret
Final stop off for the day was Oroklini where a Little Ringed Plover was on the beach and in the Marsh area in addition to the usual species we had 8 Pintail, single Shelduck, three Water Pipit, two Bluethroat, Moustached Warbler, five Starling and five Reed Buntings.