Reported that flamingos have returned to nearby Oroklini salt lake. They’ve been at Larnaca salt lake on the way out to the airport for some time now. Cyprus is on the migratory route between Africa and Europe for a lot of birds, and for the greater flamingo there is a good supply in the salt lakes of the small shrimp responsible for their pink colour (although a black one has been spotted the last couple of years). They come in the thousands and are quite an attraction, so much so that there have been problems with people using drones to try to get close up photos, disturbing the birds. We have gone to see them other years, and did get a glimpse coming home from Kofinou ten days ago. The difficulty is that they don’t necessarily stay anywhere near shore, so it’s more than possible to take the bus out and find that they’re half a mile away on the other side of the lake. Not always posing for the camera, either. Fishing for shrimp means spending a lot of time with heads under water. (Photo from Cyprus Mail)