Cyprus - 3rd & 5th December 2018

With a forecast for thunderstorms in the coming days we gave the track by Paphos sewage works a go. There were quite a few Chiffs there but it was a bright day and we had problems with birds seeing the nets. This is a very small area to work and for the four nets up we only just struggled into double figures. Grahame had come to scribe and all three of us found it a disappointing morning.

3F Stonechat

Grey Wagtail, aged 3

Totals: 10

Grey Wagtail - 1
Robin - 3
Stonechat - 1
Cetti's Warbler - 1
Sardinian Warbler - 1
Blackcap - 2
Chiffchaff - 1

Lobed Argiope

Clouded Yellow

Laing's short-tailed Blue

In the afternoon a look around Agia Varvara found all the tanks wet. Birds were coming in for a drink and among the darters we found a Lesser Emperor.

Vagrant Emperor

Serins waiting to drink

The 4th was a day of heavy rain, thunder, lightning and flash flooding. We did venture out the following day, between the heavy showers, to Cape Dreparnum where we found a few Starlings, the usual Stonechats and Black Redstart and an obliging Black Francolin.

Starlings

Black Francolin male

An afternoon try at the Sewage works produced just 4 Chiffs and a Stonechat.

Total: 5

Stonechat - 1
Chiffchaff - 4