Cape Aspro is where I saw my first proper Eleonara's falcon in 1996 at one of
their largest eastern Mediterranean colonies. I'm not quite sure how I managed
it to be honest, because I know that I approached the cliffs from the north by
parking the car at the side of the road, climbing over a roadside barrier and
just walking north off piste.
Today we took the 'blue route' from Pissouri Beach, up over the cliffs and
onto Pissouri Village square, then back by the road. The cliff part was
spectacular if a little sticky in the damp, clay like conditions following a
day of rain yesterday, but I wouldn't recommend either Pissouri or Pissouri
Beach as places to visit.
The falcons aren't here at the moment, they're summer visitors, but even so we
saw a reasonable selection of birds, the highlights being adult blue rock
thrush, juvenile Bonelli's eagle and a possible Cyprus warbler, plus others
such as woodlark, laughing dove, Sardinian warbler and black redstarts.
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