Hello I've just come back from the a fantastic week in Omodos in the Troodos mountains. I just wondered if anyone would be able to tell me about a spider I...
Hi Jo Have a look at Chaetopelma gracile at: http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/C/Chaetopelma_gracile.asp Check also 'Search for pictures' at the foot of the web...
Have added a photo of a male Kestrel at http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/cypnature/photos/view/e255?b=36&m=f&o=0 and an unusual one of a Swallow showing the...
25 Jun-08 Two MARBLED TEAL (Marmaronetta angustirostris) were found by Nigel Cottle at the Larnaca Sewage Works today, Wednesday, on the right hand pool...
Hello, we came to Cyprus for the first time April 20-27. All the moths we recorded were around the lights of the Hotel Vasilias Nikoklia. In the Photos file...
Welcome, Ian. Thanks for your contribution. I've taken the liberty of moving your photos into the invertebrates/insects gallery, along with Nigel Cottle's ...
Hello Ian I haven't looked at your photos yet, but will do so quite soon. Just a quick comment on Brian's remarks, there is still no catalogue of moth...
Hello Eddie and Brian, sorry not to have replied sooner but I did not get these postings at home and have only just looked at Cypnature now. We saw few...
23 August-08 I thought people might be interested, and possibly surprised, to learn that bird migration has been proceeding apace for several weeks. Many...
3 September-08 There has been a lack-lustre migration so far this autumn with a poor showing of most migrants. However there have been good numbers reported of...
4 September-08 There are some good migrants passing through the east of the island…. Agia Napa Sewage Works Area 4-Sep (SC) Honey Buzzard 1 Steppe Buzzard 1 ...
6-Sep-08 A big migration of Honey Buzzards reported this weekend… Armou Hills, 6-Sep (CR) Honey Buzzard 140 spiralling in thermal at 8.45h Whinchat 3 ...
6-Sep-08 The following were seen on the BirdLife Cyprus field trip to Cape Greco, led by Nigel Cottle today: Kermia Beach & Kermia Beach Fields 6-Sep (BC) ...
7-Sep-08 Recent sightings: (I’m going away for 3 days, but please keep your sightings coming!) Sightings from FWL(S) – not bad considering the water...
Hi Colin I seem to have thrown my July/Aug bulletin away - I cannot find it in any event after it arrived - can you send an electronic copy in any event? all...
11-Sep-08 I have just returned from visiting the north, to see if there was better migration going on, but it was surprisingly quiet, with no real rarities… ...
Hi Chris, My laptop has crashed taking most of my old files, sorry - if I get it back I'll send you an electronic version of Issue 7. Cheers, Colin _____ From:...
My apologies this was sent to Cypnature in error, as was original email. I'll take more care not to press Reply button so readily! Hi Chris, My laptop has...
13 September-08 Any good sightings from BirdLife Cyprus Larnaca Sewage Works field trip this morning? News awaited pls! Otherwise latest bird sightings: ...
14 September-08 Latest bird sightings, including a summary of our sightings on a good day in Akrotiri: Akrotiri Salt Lake, Bishop's Pool, Phasouri Reed-beds,...
14 September-08 A summary of the sightings from the BC fieldtrip to Larnaca Sewage Works and Akhna Dam yesterday, from Nigel. Meneou Pools 13-Sep (NWC) ...
14 September-08 I omitted in my haste, possibly subconsciously as I frustratingly missed it, one of the most important sightings of the day from BB14…(which...
Colin raises the question of shooting Merops. I'll add lime sticks in the vicinity of hives, which is even worse. I can understand that beekeepers don't like...
19 September-08 Agia Napa Sewage Works, 19-Sep (BB per NWC) KURDISH WHEATEAR (O. xanthoprymna) 1 just reported this morning 13.00h! Possible 5th record in...