Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Paphos Headland, Agia Varvara, Xeros Lower Pools and Timi Forest

Saturday, 18 May 2019

Paphos Headland, Agia Varvara, Xeros Lower Pools and Timi Forest - 2nd May 2019

Morning visit to the Headland provide to be very quite though the Siberian Stonechat was still present. The highlight though was a Plain Tiger, that unfortunately just flew through without stopping, failing to give a photographing opportunity. There were though a lot of Lulworth Skippers, a Mallow Skipper, couple of Brown Argus and Small Coppers, plus the usual crop of common Butterflies present.

Lulworth Skipper

Swallowtail

Red Admiral

Clouded Yellow

Mallow Skipper

Cyprus Meadow Brown

Afterwards I checked the river and tanks at Agia Varvara mainly for Dragonflies, with again few interesting birds thouhg one of the tanks held 39 Glossy Ibis.

Glossy Ibis

Epaulet Skimmer

Violet Dropwing

Common Darter

Common Winter Damselfly

Pygmy Skipper

Mallow Skipper

Clouded Yellow

The Xeros Potomos Lower Pools did hold a few waders with single Redshank, Greenshank, Curlew Sandpiper, two Timminck's Stint and Great Snipe, nine Ruff and around 20 or more Wood Sandpipers present, along with a few Egrets.

Timi Forest floods were showing significant signs of drying out and had very few waders, with nohting exceptional than the normal

About us

Chris and Denise Lamsdell

We have both been birders for about 40 years based in South Bucks near the West London reservoir complexes.

Since September 2021 we have been based in North Norfolk. We have done our bit of twitching in the past, but with other priorities this has become a much reduced activity with a preference for seeing new birds where ever our travels take us.

We both have been ringing since 2005. Our local group was the Runnymede RG while based in Buckinghamshire. Since moving to Norfolk we have started a new group called The Iceni Bird Monitoring Group, aimed at increasing public engagement through colour ringing projects on Black-headed Gull, Turnstone and Lapwing. We ring at several sites including Sculthorpe Moor, Sandringham Estate, Deepdale Farm and also monitor bird populations for the Norfolk Rivers Trust. We do ringing at home and support with foreign projects when opportunities allow. Chris also has an interest in Butterflies and Dragonflies and contains his limited photographic skill to them.