Natural History
Dates : Contact group leader Ros for details
Time : 10.00 to 12.00 am
Venue : Various
Group Leaders: Ros Sparrow Email: rosalynsparrow@cytanet.com.cy Tel: 9952 9023
Chris Morgan Email: morgan.c@sky.com
Through winter and spring 2018/2019, we are arranging a number of nature outings on Sunday mornings, usually on the last Sunday of the month.
Guided by the group leaders we visit an area with high natural diversity, identify as many plants and animals as we can
and learn a little about them. In practice we have a very short stroll, as there is often much to see in a small area,
but we may be on rough or muddy ground. We are limiting the number on each trip to 20.
Ros and David Sparrow have been photographing and studying the fauna of Cyprus since 2004, specialising in reptiles, amphibians, dragonflies
and butterflies. Chris Morgan has a lifelong interest in botany and since moving to Cyprus has found and identified over 500 species of plants.
Click the buttons below for our newsletters reporting on group outings, with photos of all the species identified.
photos
Painted Lady
(Vanessa cardui)
African Mantis
(Sphodromantis viridis)
Hoopoe
(Upupa epops)
Two-tailed Pasha
(Charaxes jasius)
Eastern Festoon
(Allancastria cerisyi)
Clouded Yellow
(Colias crocea)
Paphos Blue
(Glaucopsyche paphos)
Small Copper
(Lycaena phlaeas)
Odalisque
(Epallage fatime)
Banded Demoiselle
(Calopteryx splendens)
Owlfly
(Libelloides macaronius)
Crab Spider
(Thomisus onustus)
Chameleon
(Chamaeleo chamaeleon)
Troodos lizard
(Phoenicolacerta troodica)
Starred Agama
(Laudakia stellio cypriaka)
Cyprus Grass Snake
(Natrix natrix)
Striped Skink
(Trachylepis vittata)
Lemon-yellow Tree Frog
(Hyla savignyi)
Stonechat
(Saxicola rubicola)
Little Stint
(Calidris minuta)
Long-eared Bat
(Plecotus kolobatovici)
Photo: Haris Nicolaou
Long-eared Hedgehog
(Hemiechinus auritus dorotheae)