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Cyprus Delights – Part II

10,000 Birds

One thing that I have learned from repeated spring visits to Cyprus is that no two years are ever the same. Look carefully and you might spot two Red-necked Phalaropes in this long-range photograph A bonus was finding a trio of Red-necked Phalaropes, a regular migrant through Cyprus but not one you can always be sure of seeing.

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B is for Bunting

10,000 Birds

This is a Balkan special, and a bird I know well from Greece, Bulgaria and Cyprus. Releases took place from 2008 to 2016, eventually establishing a viable population of around 50 pairs in the county. It a late migrant, not returning until the end of April or early May from its wintering grounds in India.

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