Cyprus reprise 2007 - 2019

We never got out to ring on Cyprus this year since there was a quarantine order to self isolate for 14 days after arrival and we were only going out for 15 days prior to the due date for our house sale. The decision not to travel turned out to be the right one as flights were suspended towards the end of March and, had we decided to go, we would have been left with nowhere to stay after the sale went through.

So our last spring effort on the island didn't come off. Here's a selection of some beautiful birds we've ringed over the years.

Black-eared Wheatear - spring 2010

Melanistic Sardinian Warbler - spring 2010 

part of an island study on melanism in the species

Tutrtle Dove - spring 2010

Mountain Chiffchaff - spring 2013 (second record for the island)

Savi's Warbler - spring 2010

European Bee eater - spring 2009

Subalpine Warbler - spring 2013

Crested Lark - spring 2014

Great Spotted Cuckoo - spring 2014 

Wood Warbler - spring 2014

Nightingale - spring 2014

Ruppell's Warbler - spring 2014 

Penduline Tit - November 2014

Hawfinch - November 2014

Common Wheatear - spring 2015

European Hoopoe - spring 2015

Common Redstart - spring 2015

European Kestrel - spring 2016

Crossbill - November 2016

Serin - November 2016

 Woodchat Shrike - November 2017

Laughing Dove - November 2017

Cyprus Warbler - spring 2018

Wood Lark - November 2018

Masked Shrike - spring 2019

Citrine Wagtail - spring 2019

Pallid Swift -  spring 2019

Common Swift - spring 2019

 Golden Oriole - spring 2019

 Corn Bunting - spring 2019

Little Stint - spring 2019

Black-headed Bunting - spring 2019

So, that's a flavour of the species found on Cyprus. We will miss the birds, but not issues with trying to get the permit before 25% of the time has already passed, finding sites that birders don't know, goats, dogs, hunters, and Blunt-nosed vipers! But, we will be back to Cyprus and possibly support Kuksor in the north for our next Cyprus sortie.