I touched down in Paphos at 15:45 today and by 16:30 I had cleared security,
picked up my suitcase, picked up the hire car and had started birding at Timi
beach, a location that I had never been to before. Migration is just getting
going here and it has a very different feel to the place than my previous
winter visits. Almost the first bird I saw was a stunning eastern black-eared
wheatear, a really fabulous bird. Also on the beach, several northern
wheatears and a female rufous-tailed rock thrush, while on the fields there
were many white wagtails and a hoopoe. A really promising start.
Male northern wheatear.
Female rufous-tailed rock thrush.
A greater sandplover starting to acquire it's breeding plumage.
Timi beach.
On the flight we had some spectacular views of the Austrian alps.
Best of all though, this is Mount Athos on the Halkidiki peninsular, Greece.
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