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The following assisted in the compilation of this review:
Alexander Abuladze, A. Alsirhan, Dr Svetlana Annenkova, Vaughan Ashley, Dawn Balmer, Andrew Bailey, Jamie Buchan, Mark Chichester, Tom Coles, Judy Dawes, Jeff Delve, Hugues Dufourny, Pekka Fagel, Peter Flint, Brian Foster, Ramezanali Ghaemi, George Gregory, Nader Hamidi, Tomas Haraldsson, Peter Kaestner, Brendan Kavanagh, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Howard King, Guy Kirwan, David Murdoch, Khaled al Nasaralla, Uzi Paz, Yoav Perlman, Kalle Raino, Colin Richardson, Nir Sapir, Dave Sargeant, Michael Schulz, Marius Teeuw, David Whaley, Ingo Waschkies, Frédéric Vanhove, Frédéric Veyrunes, Laurent Veyrunes, Sidonie Veyrunes, Peter Wilson and Süreyya Ysfendiyaroglu.

On 15 April 21 Bittern Botaurus stellaris flew past Paphos lighthouse - quite an amazing sight! A Greylag Goose Anser anser at Mavrokolymbos Dam on 24 April was a very late record. A Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus was reported at Aspro Dam 6-10 April and will be the 4th record if accepted. A Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla was at Sotira Pools from 9-20 April. A Demoiselle Crane Grus [Anthropoides] virgo was at Akrotiri Salt Lake on 4 April. An obliging Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor was at Mandria on 31 March and one at Paphos Lighthouse from 9-11 April and then possibly the same bird at Kouklia on 16 April. A Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni was at Asprokremos on 8 April, four were reported at Akhna Dam 20-23 April and six were at Mandria on 22 April. A Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius at Spiro's Beach on 29 March, will be the 5th record if accepted and a Caspian Plover C. asiaticus at Lady's Mile on 17 April was the 16th record. The 16th record of Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus for Cyprus was at Larnaca Sewage Works on 14-20 April with two Red-necked Phalaropes Phalaropus tricolor there 14-17 April. A second year Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus was at Kermia Beach, Cape Greco on 7 April. On 22 April two Little Swifts Apus affinis were at Cape Andreas and will be the 9th record if accepted.

There were several reports of Bimaculated Larks Melanocorypha bimaculata from mid March, with a maximum of 13 at Cape Drepanum on 29 March. A Temminck's Horned Lark Eremophila bilopha was reported at Tomb of the Kings in Paphos on 22 April, the 1st record if accepted. Single Siberian Stonechats Saxicola torquatus maurus were at Akrotiri Salt Lake on 20 March and Paphos Lighthouse on 17 April; the 7th and 8th records. A late Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii was at Paphos Headland on 5 April and was either a late departing bird or a passage migrant. Female Hooded Wheatears O. monacha were reported from Amathous Hill on 29 March, Baths of Aphrodite on 15 April and at Cape Greco 19-20 April and will be the 9th to 11th records if accepted. A White-crowned Black Wheatear O. leucopyga was at Mandria on 13 April and will be the 6th record if accepted. A Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinoides was singing at Cape Drepanum on 30 March and an Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina was at Paralimni Pools on 16 April. The 10th record of Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana was at Mazotos on 7 April and at Asprokremnos Dam a Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria was seen on 23 April. Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria apparently wintered but records came late in the winter; one at Avgas Gorge 6 March, one at Pissouri Bay 11 March and one at Sotira cliff on 16 March. Isabelline Shrikes Lanius isabellinus near Cape Drepanum on 27 March and one at Mandria on 12 April were the 15th & 16th records for Cyprus. The 4th record of Steppe Grey Shrike L. pallidirostris involved a bird at Paralimni Lake on 9 April. On 5 April a Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus was at Kouklia and a male Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea was at Paphos Lighthouse on 28 March.

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