20th December 2024 – Paphos, Cyprus

Yesterday we explored the headland near to the Archeological site at Paphos and today we more or less covered the same region; but this time inside the confines of the site. It was a wonderful visit and I shall include a few photos of the site and, in particular, the mosaics but there were lots of opportunities to see birds and some interesting plants.

The first sighting was of a laughing dove (another first for me, except I now realise that I saw one yesterday) and then a Sardinian warbler.

Laughing dove

Normally I wouldn’t publish such a poor photo but I was very pleased to see this bird- a male Sardinian warbler

There were lots of of these Anemone coronarias – some were a much darker purple

Anemone coronaria

The other interesting plant which was prevalent was a Leontodon tuberosus.

Leontodon tuberosus
The only butterfly photo of the day – a large white

Red-throated pipit close up

Not so close up – a common chiffchaff

Stonechats everywhere

Crested lark on the ruins

Just a few of the ruins and mosaics for a flavour of what we saw (I will come back to this when I have more time and band width).

And a few more birds to conclude:

Laughing dove
Linnet

The locals certainly have stamina here (or perhaps it was a Russian gymnast).

Whilst I was admiring his skills I missed a flock of golden plovers nearby.

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3 responses to “20th December 2024 – Paphos, Cyprus”

  1. Michael Sammut Avatar
    Michael Sammut

    Nice shots. The warbler with red eye is a male Sardinian Warbler. The bird taken from far away looks like a Common Chiffchaff.

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    1. martintayler Avatar

      Thanks Michael. Really appreciate your help with these IDs.

      Martin Tayler

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        Michael Sammut

        You’re most welcome. It’s my pleasure.

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