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  Sunday 21st of March 2021 and I brought down my luggage to the road and my Guide came a few minutes later. We started to drive towards Larnaca. First stop was to look for the Griffon Vultures. The vulture spot is before we reach Limassol. So when we are ready with the vultures we will go to the Lady's Mile as my Guide had got reports about one Woodchat Shrike around the Lady's Mile in Limassol We drive along the coast from Paphos and are getting up on the highway to drive to South. Before getting up on the highway we stop so my Guide can roll a cigarette. He is busy rolling his coffin nail when we discover a Goldenfinch in the bush next to the road.   European Goldfinch
 European Goldfinch
Well, we spent some time on the cliff and I was scared all the time again. Never know when the cliff side will fall down in to the see hundred meters below. So I was happy to leave but disappointed that we had not seen any Griffon Vultures. They were here 3 years ago when I was here. My Guide had not seen them for a very long time and he was also disappointed as we really wanted to see the vultures.  My Guide when we walk back to the car
We leave and we are off to look for the Woodchat Shrike around the Lady's Mile in Limassol. So we drove there to look for the bird. We actually spotted the bird and it was on top of a buch hunting insects. Then the bird started to hunt from a wire. Sitting on the wire throwing itself after insects and then back to the wire to look for something new to eat. Yet again, I was a little disappointed as I had not got any good pictures.   Woodchat Shrike
 Today's track at Lady's Mile
We left the Lady's Mile and before we were out of the roundabout I had called Amara Hotel, a 5 star hotel in Limassol. I was really wanting to have an English Breakfast and when I mentioned it  my Guide wanted bacon and egg as well. He had not had it for many years and he really got hungry when I mentioned Bacon & Egg.
So we drove straight from the Lady's Mile to Amara Hotel. The hotel don't look like much but as soon as we came inside we could see that it was a good hotel. So we could imagine the breakfast and we were delirious by hunger and anticipation. And we were not disappointed, the best breakfast in a very long time.  Breakfast at Amara Hotel
 Breakfast at Amara Hotel
We were very happy when we left the hotel, the breakfast had been fantastic. Next stop, the ponds around Larnaca and we start at the eBird hotspot: Meneou Pools. We dive out on the dry pnd bottom and we are soon spotting one Cream-coloured Courser. We give up on the Courser and a little longer down the dirt track we spot a couple of Spectacled Warblers and we spend time trying to get pictures. We spotted the Cyprus wheatear so now I have all three of the birds with Cyprus in the name: • Cyprus Wheatear • Cyprus Warbler • Cyprus Scops Owl  Cream-coloured Courser
 Cream-coloured Courser
 Cream-coloured Courser
 Spectacled Warbler
  Cyprus wheatear
 Today's track at Meneou Pools
I turn off my eBird app and I restart the app with the eBird hotspot: Larnaca Sewage Works. This is the best day regarding the weather since I came to Cyprus so I enjoyed to sit in the hide to look for birds. There was a lot of birds in the sewage works. We spotted one Lesser Black-backed Gull (Baltic) and it was really sticking out with the black back comparing to the Yellow-legged Gull. There was also plenty Cormorants but no fighting today but the gulls were fighting when one of them had caught a fish.  Today's track at Meneou Pools
We were going to go to the salt pans at the Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque but I changed my mind and we went to the airport instead. I would not be able to enjoy the Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque with limited time. So better off going to the airport. Time to leave Cyprus and I had have a great time with CYPRUS BIRD WATCHING TOURS - BIRD IS THE WORD. I had seen a lot of birds I had never seen before during the trip. So I was happy even though I had not managed to get many pictures. Next stop Malta, via Frankfurt where I will spend a night at the airport hotel. Click HERE to find out if I make it to Malta.
    
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