Ancient Kourion is in the south west of Cyprus, near Episkopi and is one of
the finest archeological sites I've been to. A lot of these sites are good for
wildlife and this one is no exception.
Highlight for me was finding this singing male Cyprus warbler, my first for 29
years. A Cyprus endemic, they are never an easy bird to see, and in recent
years they have declined due to competition from the increasing Sardinian
warbler.
Juvenile blue rock thrush.
Woodlark.
Crested lark.
Black redstart.
Swallowtail.
Roman mosaics in Cyprus are some of the finest in the world I believe.
There was a female Finsch's wheatear at this site just below the main site,
but unfortunately it was fenced off so I couldn't go for a proper look around.
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