About Birdwatching, Cyprus

Birdwatchers will be amply rewarded in Cyprus. Among endemic birds are the Cyprus warbler, Cyprus pied wheatear, coal tit and Scops owl. Other feathered residents include chukar, crested lark, wood pigeon, kestrel, barn owl, Bonelli¡¯s eagle and griffon vultures. In addition, many migratory birds stop over in Cyprus in spring and fall. By December there are coots, ringed plovers, lapwings, sea gulls and sandpipers. In the spring come glossy ibis, egrets and herons. After the late fall rains swell the salt lakes of Akrotiri and Larnaka, thousands of greater flamingoes on hiatus from their traditional homes in Africa fly in to over-winter there. Many migratory ducks arrive by December. Every month the Birdlife Cyprus organizes field - meetings for bird ringing.