We located an area with a burst pipe and settled down to watch, but were soon asked to move on as we were close to the army base where photography is forbidden - even when the camera is pointed away from the base.
We checked out another place where water sometimes pools at a semi-built hotel but there was nothing. Apart from Chaffinch, Cyprus Coal Tit, Crossbill, Treecreeper and Jay there wasn't too much to see. No small finches, thrushes or buntings.
When the air started to warm up we photographed some butterflies in wild flowers by the road.
Clouded Yellow
At the picnic sites some unpromising, stony ground provided the right conditions for the endemic Aprodite or Cyprus Crocus.
Crocus veneris
Probably the best birds of the day were two Griffon Vultures seen to drift over southwards. We usually only see vultures at Kensington Cliffs so these may have been either migratory or resident birds.
One of the Griffon Vultures over Troodos
Moving on to Platania picnic site we watched birds at the steam that runs through the site.
Cyprus Coal Tit
This was the site where a Yellow-browed Warbler was found last year but there was nothing unusual today with barely a Willow Warbler to be heard.
Butterflies attracted to the few damp areas around Troodos - Platania.
Cyprus Grayling
Eastern Rock Grayling
A single Spotted Flycatcher seen in the visitor centre car park
The trees make the area much greener than at the lower altitudes -
another reservoir can be seen at well below full capacity.
A check at Asprokremnos dam on the way back to the house turned up a juvenile Whiskered Tern.
Whiskered Tern