New orchids came in the form of Anacamptis laxiflora, Ophrys israelitica and Ophrys iricolor, the latter an orchid I don't remember ever seeing in Cyprus before.
Yet more migrants were coming through, including yet another female Desert Wheatear on a ploughed hillside and some great aerial migrants heading north along the ridge: an adult Lanner was by far the best, slipping through low overhead, followed very soon after by a ridiculously early Roller, as well as a handful of Alpine Swifts with a single Pallid Swift, a pale phase Booted Eagle, two Cretzschmar's Buntings and a fly-over Short-toed Lark. An adult Bonelli's Eagle hanging around the ridge was probably one of the local breeding pair.
And some spectacular peas... maybe not as glamorous as the orchids, but easily as beautiful.
Lathyrus gorgonei
Lathyrus bletharicarpos
Lathyrus annuus
Lathyrus aphaca
Vicia hybrida
Vicia cypria
Vicia laxiflora
Vicia peregrina
Vicia villosa
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