Top 5 wildlife Sightings in north cyprus

[jhonmeldon]

I am a great lover of nature Can any one suggest me Top 5 Wildlife Sightings in North Cyprus.

[dooley1986]

For Cyprus generally (wildlife thankfully knows nothing of the political problems of the island) there are many interesting wildlife spectacles - my top five would be:

1) Lammergeier (bearded vulture) now alas no longer a permanent resident since donkey rescue and retirement homes were set up - but a rare visitor from Levant - the largest bird in the area with wingspan knocking on for 2.7 metres - also known as the bone vulture as it drops the long bones of large mammals to crack them open to get at the marrow.

2) Salt lake flamingo flocks overwintering at Akrotiri or Larnaca (numbers reduced in recent years owing to polution, airport development and other factors abroad)

3) Mouflon wild sheep in the Troodos (a few truly wild ones but very rarely seen, but there are fenced reserves where sightings are almost guaranteed)

4) Egyptian fruit bats (a rare visitor from Africa) in large numbers emerging from roosts or feeding on figs etc - have fox-like heads and large eyes.

5) Snorkelling - amazing sea-life including turtles in your're extremely lucky.

Happy wildlife watching...

[mikehussy]

thanks for sharing, i would be interested in the bird watching but 5am is an unearthly hour!!!!

[victorbritts]

Thanks dooley for sharing such a nice and interesting post actually i am not aware of it but now i can get some good idea about this.

[posavillas]

I am just aware of this one" Snorkelling " Thanks for sharing other also which is actually i am not aware of it.