Cyprus · Limassol District
Akrotiri Marsh
224 species and 24,963 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 145 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago70 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 224 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mandria – Coast37 km221 species
- Agia Varvara41 km186 species
- Paphos Headland50 km224 species
- Oroklini Lake76 km185 species
All 224 species recorded here
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Tit Parus major
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Cyprus Scops Owl Otus cyprius
- Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Akrotiri Marsh?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 145 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Akrotiri Marsh?
224 species, from 24,963 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Akrotiri Marsh in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Marsh Harrier, European Stonechat, Western Cattle Egret, Common Moorhen and Hooded Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.