A day of contrasts, we started at the small fishing harbour of Agia Triada just outside Paralimni and
walked along the coast for a couple of kilometres enabling me to spot a
greater sand plover with 7 grey plover, plus an Audouin's gull. The latter was
a Cyprus first for me and the sand plover was the first I have seen on Cyprus
away from Paphos headland.
Then we went to Famagusta view point and saw the abandoned holiday resort of
Varosha, apparently one of the most exclusive resorts in Europe until as recently as
the early 1970's, a favourite of stars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Richard
Burton, Raquel Welch, and Brigitte Bardot. These days it's all distant
views, photography is strictly prohibited and I couldn't even look at it through my
binoculars.
Ocnogyna clathrata cypriaca on the floor of the hotel lobby!
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