28th December 2024 – Cyprus

The majority of our group returned home yesterday but we stayed on another day so that we could get a flight directly to Bristol. We made the most of the day by having a walk along from the port and around the headland at Paphos next to the Archaelogical site. Lo and behold there were a few birding opportunities.

We managed to see the flock of golden plovers that we had missed earlier in the week.

The headland seen from the balcony of our hotel room
Golden plover
Golden plover in flight
Golden plover in flight – a close up
The plovers looking very golden
A single golden plover
Crested lark
Laughing dove
White wagtail through the grill
Stonechat
With the threatening sky we headed back to the port for lunch

To put things into perspective we spent at least double the time over lunch than we had birdwatching.

Celebrations as we left for the airport – more likely for a local wedding than our departure

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