BIRDS 
        SEEN IN CYPRUS, DECEMBER 1988 
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    | This holiday included visits 
      to warm coastal areas and the Troodos mountains where there was deep snow 
      and where we saw crossbills for the first time. Five species were new to 
      us and particularly pleasing to see were chukar and black necked grebe. | 
  
   
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    | blackbird | 
    greater flamingo | 
    mallard | 
  
   
    | blackcap | 
    greenfinch | 
    meadow pipit | 
  
   
    | black headed gull | 
    grey wagtail | 
    Mediterranean gull | 
  
   
    | black necked grebe | 
    griffon vulture | 
    pintail | 
  
   
    | black redstart | 
    hen harrier | 
    redshank | 
  
   
    | chaffinch | 
    herring gull | 
    robin | 
  
   
    | chiffchaff | 
    hooded crow | 
    Sandwich tern | 
  
   
    | chukar | 
    house sparrow | 
    serin | 
  
   
    | coal tit | 
    jackdaw | 
    shelduck | 
  
   
    | crested lark | 
    kestrel | 
    shoveler | 
  
   
    | crossbill | 
    kingfisher | 
    stonechat | 
  
   
    | Cyprus warbler | 
    lapwing | 
    white wagtail | 
  
   
    | goldfinch | 
    linnet | 
    wigeon | 
  
   
    | great crested grebe | 
    little gull | 
    wren | 
  
   
    | great tit | 
    magpie | 
    TOTAL: 44 | 
  
   
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