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  I took a few pictures of the road outside my apartment to have something for remembering the street in 20 years. All the bars and restaurants are closed because of the Wuhan Virus.  Early morning outside my apartment
 Early morning outside my apartment
 Early morning outside my apartment
I started my eBird app at 06:49 and we were soon running in to one beautiful Bluethroat. I got some good pictures and I was very happy. We could hear the Black Francolin as well, but I never saw the bird. Down at the beach and we spotted one Greater Sand Plover, but the bird took off as soon as I got out of the car to try to take pictures. I little disappointed when I went back in to the car, but this is happening when bird watching. There was a lot of Wheatears in the field next to the picnic area. And we spotted 4 Greater Short-toed Lark in the same field.   Bluethroat
 Bluethroat
 Bluethroat
 Bluethroat
 Bluethroat
  Sardinian Warbler
There is a gravel beach along Mandria and it turns in to a cliff. We drive along the beach going up the cliff driving at the edge 15 m or so above the sea level. My Guide spot one Common Kestrel sitting in a bush. We stop and the Kestrel is not flying away so we get plenty pictures of the bird.   Common Kestrel / Tornfalk
 Common Kestrel / Tornfalk
 Common Kestrel / Tornfalk
 Today's track at Mandria (Μανδριά)
We drive to eBird hotspot: Timi Beach and when we leave the main road to drive down to the beach we see two Black Francolins courtship next to the road. We had stopped at a bakery on the way here so I was busy with the sandwiches in the backseat so no pictures. We park at the end of the dirt track and we walk to the small gazebo hundred meters or so down the beach. We spot 9 Yellow-legged Gulls sitting in the water. A little too far away for any pictures there were also a couple of House Sparrows around the gazebo. We walked back to the car and we left. My Guide spotted one Yellow Wagtail and I thought we were looking at the same bird. But it turned out that there were two Yellow Wagtails next to the car. They were scared away down towards the cliffs. We followed them and we could see them again. We spotted one Western Black-eared Wheatear just before we left the hotspot.  Yellow Wagtail
 Yellow Wagtail
  Today's track at Timi (Τιμή) Beach
We leave the beach and we drive up the mountain to the eBird hotspot: Agia Varvara. We stop at the first ponds and we spotted many waders. Thee were close but a small dead bush was in the way for us. So I went out of the car and all birds took off. I removed the dead bush and scrubs and we left for the other ponds. We expect the birds to come back again so we will get back after a while. We spotted several Moorhens at the other ponds, the same pond I recorded the frogs last time. The frog was very noisy today again. So I was impressed when my Guide hear a Great Spotted Cuckoo and we can see two Great Spotted Cuckoos in a tree far away. I play a recording of the Great Spotted Cuckoo and they come close. We lose sight of the Great Spotted Cuckoos and we were pleasantly surprised when we spotted one of them in a tree next to the gravel road. Exact the same spot where I tried the tamarins the first day we came here.   Great Spotted Cuckoo
We drove back to the ponds where we had removed the scrubs. There was Water pipits, Little Ringed Plovers and Common Snipes. And of course, many Barn Swallows and a very few of them had the red breast like the one I spotted at the Paphos Lighthouse. I was happy with the visit, a lot of birds but too far away for any good pictures.   Green Sandpipit
 Common Snipe
 Common Snipe
 Common Snipe
 Today's track at Agia Varvara
We leave the Agia Varvara and we drive a little further up the mountain to the Anarita Park. There is no sign of the Finchs Wheatear, but we sop one beautiful Black-eared Wheatear but the bird took off and I could not get any pictures. We were here one week ago and here was thousands of birds. I think most of the birds have moved north and the Corn Buntings are busy with their nests. Last time we looking for birds here I took a picture of a Corn Bunting carrying nesting material.  Isabelline Wheatear
Today's track at Anarita (Αναρίτα) Park
We spotted two Yellow Wagtails earlier today. Some of these are breeding in north of Sweden, so they just stop here to have a rest before continue to Europe. Suddenly we see a tree that looks to be full of yellow fruits. But the tree was full of Yellow Wagtails. And there was plenty of them, at least 40 birds. But most likely many more, as they took off in to the field to eat and then another group came back to the tree.  Yellow Wagtails
Yellow Wagtails  Western Yellow Wagtail / Gulärla
 Western Yellow Wagtail / Gulärla
 Western Yellow Wagtail / Gulärla
We drove to the eBird hotspot: Cape Drepanon where we will have our picnic lunch. There is a small islet just of the coat and this is a famous breeding place for the Yellow-legged Gull. And we saw a lot of Gulls on the islet. And we also spotted one Grey Heron on the islet. We enjoyed the picnic in the car and we spotted one Common Sandpiper was flying by us. Otherwise there was no exciting birds to be seen in the area. Maybe because of the holiday, Green Monday and it is looking like the whole of Cyprus was here flying kites. So this might be the reason for the birds to stay away from the beach area.  Today's track at Cape Drepanon
We leave Cape Drepanon and we drive back to Paphos and my Guide dropped me at my apartment. I spent the late afternoon and evening in my room My Guide will be here at 6 o'clock in the morning to pick me up and we will go to look for birds in the Limassol area. Click HERE to find out if we see any birds. 
    
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