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Warbler meets Limestick. Limestick wins.
2011-09-20 20:40:00 Credit: BirdLife Cyprus Source: BirdLife Cyprus on Facebook Tagged: Ambelopoulia, birds of Cyprus, Cyprus, limesticks, trapping
Trapping Toll for early September
2011-09-14 15:02:00 ..have been illegally killed by trappers in Cyprus so far this Autumn! This number represents the BirdLife Cyprus estimate for how many birds have been slaughtered by trappers using mist nets and limesticks between September 1st and September 11th 2011. From BirdLife Cyprus: If you would like to play your part in our long-running campaign ... More About: Early , Toll
Updates
2011-09-13 18:26:00 Blogging has taken a backseat in my life right now, but I have kept up the bi-weekly post on 10,000 Birds. Check ‘em out and read my latest. Killing birds in Cyprus – Fall 2011 version Waterbirds that Bred in Cyprus this Year A Crowded House of Martins More About: Updates
Trip Report ? 18 August 2011
2011-08-26 08:00:00 18TH AUGUST 2011 — I picked up birders Harry and Luke from the car park of the Agia Napa Waterpark at 6.00am for four hours of birding and we headed straight to Cape Greco. I was hoping that there would be more birds around the area than I saw on my visit the previous week ... More About: Report , Trip
Open Season in Cyprus
2011-08-22 15:35:00 In case you missed it yesterday: Hunters expect a spree on first day – Cyprus Mail — UP TO 20,000 hunters will take to the fields for the opening of the turtledove, woodpigeon and quail shooting season today, which is set to be the island?s largest to date thanks to increasing game bird population and ... More About: Conservation , Open , Open Season , Season
Sea Turtle Hatchery: 33 years at Lara Beach in Cyprus
2011-08-17 14:40:00 In the last 33 years some amazing work has been taking place at the Akamas Reserve and along the beaches of Cyprus where the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) create their nests. Tagged: Cyprus, sea turtles, video More About: Beach , Conservation , Biophilia
European Call to End Bird Trapping
2011-07-16 08:41:00 The big story of the fortnight in Cyprus isn?t about birds, but it crosses the path of birding (kinda). I?ll get to that below. But the biggest story that is about birds is the conference that took place last week… More, at 10,000 Bird s… Tagged: Ambelopoulia, Cyprus, poaching, trapping More About: European , Conservation , Call
Trip Report: Tuesday 5th July 2011
2011-07-14 09:27:00 Over here on a holiday to coincide with attendance at a family wedding Derek and Cathy McEwan were keen to get a taste of Cypriot wildlife during their stay. We had arranged to help them see as many birds as possible during a hot summer day to satisfy that part of their interests. I picked ... More About: Report , Trip
Spring 2011 Bird Trapping in Cyprus
2011-07-01 17:25:00 On the heals of CABS’ attention-grabbing Spring Camp in Cyprus video, Bird Life Cyprus has its sober and scientific assessment of Spring 2011 trapping. Besides the fact that the BirdLife Cyprus report is more thorough (owing to greater amount of time put into it), BirdLife’s also focuses more on the mist netting operations which are the ...
CABS Spring Camp in Cyprus
2011-06-26 11:02:00 CABS has a new 10-minute video out, now with English subtitles, that was shown on the German station Stern TV: ‘Dirty business: How millions of song birds end up as table delicacies.’ Tagged: Ambelopoulia, Cyprus , limesticks, poaching, trapping More About: Spring , Camp
Birding Cyprus? Sewage Pools
2011-06-24 23:18:00 My latest beat-writer post is up at 10,000 Birds: Birding Cyprus ’ Sewage Pools: Tagged: Cyprus
Poaching and Cypriot thuggery
2011-06-11 13:25:00 Poachers ?mafia-like? operation UP TO FOUR million German television viewers have been shown disturbing footage of Cypriot bird trappers assaulting a group of conservationists on a top-rated current affairs programme. Germany’s largest private free-to-air station RTL broadcast a report titled: ?Dirty business – how millions of birds end up as table delicacies?, which featured graphic ...
Pelagic birdwatching notes
2011-06-10 19:10:00 My latest beat-writer post is up at 10,000 Birds: Pelagic Birds of the Eastern Mediterranean Image credit: © Frédéric Pawlowski / Biosphoto More About: Notes
Podcast: Martin Hellicar interviewed
2011-06-09 17:46:00 It’s always fantastic when Martin gets a little extra publicity for his campaigning work for BirdLife Cyprus. For those who don’t know Martin, he’s the Campaigns officer for BirdLife Cyprus. While he does a lot of work with habitat protections, his work against illegal bird trapping in Cyprus gets a bit more press, and is ... More About: Podcast
Winter 2011 Trapping Report released
2011-05-30 14:35:00 Martin Hellicar just informed me that the report had been release this past week, for this past Winter ’s trapping levels in Cyprus. See BirdLife Cyprus‘s posting here: Winter 2011 Trapping Report for their release, or download a PDF of the report. Summary of the report’s findings: 53 1-km2 squares were surveyed, finding almost a total ... More About: Released
BirdLife field trip from 21-May
2011-05-29 10:04:00 Last weekend I got to lead a field trip for BirdLife Cyprus in the Akrotiri area. The field trips usually have a late start at 9:30am and this was no different, with a relatively large attendance of I think about 20-25 people. The designated meeting/starting spot was at Zakaki, where we were treated to close-up ... More About: Trip , Birding
News for Griffon Vultures
2011-05-27 19:01:00 My latest beat-writer post is up for 10,000 Birds: Bringing Griffon Vultures to Cyprus: Tagged: Cyprus, vultures More About: News , Conservation
Lots of news from BirdLife Cyprus
2011-05-26 14:44:00 Long-eared owls breeding at the Strakka BirdLife office once again This May, anyone happening to be around the BirdLife Cyprus office in Strakka after dark has been treated to the unusual and weird calls and shrieks of the resident family of Long-eared owls (Asio otus). Regular breeders in the groves around the office, a pair ... More About: News
Sylvia Warblers, served to order
2011-05-13 19:20:00 My latest beat-writer post is up for 10,000 Birds: Sylvia Warblers, served to order
?Bird trappers have no real fear of prosecution?
2011-05-10 20:08:00 We knew this already, but the Cyprus Mail reported on Friday that ?Bird trappers have no real fear of prosecution’: ?In addition with Blackcaps (Ambelopoulia), numerous species of conservation concern, such as Wryneck, Masked Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher and Redstart were found on the limesticks and in the nets,? CABS said. ?Although Cyprus is considered as ... More About: Fear , Real
In Flight: BirdLife Cyprus April Newsletter
2011-05-10 18:02:00 FEATURE ARTICLE: Thousands of records amassed in 2011 BirdLife Cyprus Bird Race — Close to 10,000 birds, of just over 150 species was the impressive count from BirdLife Cyprus?s annual Bird Race event, held across the island on April 2nd. The winning team managed to chalk up a staggering 119 bird species in 24 hours! ... More About: Newsletter
Migrant Warblers in Cyprus
2011-04-29 19:05:00 My latest beat writer post for 10,000 Birds is up: Migrant Warblers in Cyprus Barred Warbler ????????? Sylvia risoria Credit: Jane Stylianou / Cyprus Birding Tours Details: Taken 22-April-2011 at Cape Greco, Cyprus
Public Lecture Series: History of Life on Earth
2011-04-22 15:27:00 My wife forwarded me notice about this public 6-lecture series by Marc Srour from the University of Bonn: More About: Life , History , Evolution , Earth , Public
Cyprus forests and avian inhabitants
2011-04-15 19:53:00 My latest beat writer post is up on 10,000 Birds: Cyprus forests and avian inhabitants Tagged: birds of Cyprus, forests, habitats
Trip Report: 5 APRIL 2011
2011-04-11 11:30:00 TRIP REPORT TUESDAY 5th APRIL 2011 I picked up frequent visitors to Cyprus, Louise and David Rowlands from their Paphos flat and we headed for Cape Drepanum as the first stop on our search for spring migrants. Our intention was to spend the morning at sites in and around Paphos and then head to Troodos. ... More About: April , Report , Trip
Common Snipe
2011-04-10 09:10:00 Common Snipe ????????? Gallinago gallinago Credit: Jane Stylianou / Cyprus Birding Tours Details: Taken 11-March-2011 at the Oroklini marsh, Cyprus Tagged: birds of Cyprus More About: Common
Trip Report: 1 April 2011
2011-04-05 09:40:00 Jean Carr had got in touch with us asking for a day out to see as many spring migrants as we could for her and her husband. Derek had been given a terminal diagnosis over a year ago but was still going strong and had expressed a desire to return to Cyprus to see as ... More About: April , Report , Trip
The 2011 Cyprus Bird Race
2011-04-04 23:16:00 My latest beat writer post is up at 10,000 Bird s, a summary of our outing at the 2nd annual Cyprus Bird Race : The 2011 Cyprus Bird Race Tagged: Birding, birds of Cyprus
In Flight: BirdLife Cyprus March Newsletter
2011-03-30 19:37:00 FEATURE: Our Avian Forest Gems! Cyprus , although only 16% of its land mass is covered with forest, hosts more than 34 species of forest birds, 15 all-year residents, eight migratory breeders and 11 winter visitors. All our six endemics have exclusive or partial populations living in forest habitats ? exclusive being … read more Subscribe ... More About: Newsletter , March
Common Sandpiper
More articles from this author:2011-03-20 08:02:00 Common Sandpiper ?????????????? Actitis hypoleucos Credit: Jane Stylianou / Cyprus Birding Tours Details: Taken 29-January-2011 at the Oroklini marsh, Cyprus Tagged: birds of Cyprus More About: Common 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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