Posts tagged with "flamingos"

Public in trouble for badgering Larnaca’s flamingos Cyprus

Public in trouble for badgering Larnaca’s flamingos

December 14th, 2018 Larnaca municipality and the Larnaca tourist board on Friday expressed their disappointment that the public is ignoring their appeals not to disturb the flamingos on Larnaca salt lake. They said they were particularly concerned over the increased use of drones to photograph the migratory birds because these upset the...
‘Say no to plastic straws’ TV spot launched  Cyprus

‘Say no to plastic straws’ TV spot launched 

December 6th, 2018 A TV spot for the campaign ‘Cyprus says no to plastic straws’ featuring ‘Salina the flamingo’ was launched on Thursday. The flamingo stands for the animals threatened by the use of plastic drinking straws, which the pupils of special school Ayios Spiridonas in Larnaca aim to save. Ayios Spyridonas is at the forefront of the...
Public urged to respect salt lake habitat Cyprus

Public urged to respect salt lake habitat

November 14th, 2018 Larnaca Municipality on Tuesday urged members of the public to show respect for the protection of the ecosystem of the town’s salt lake after it emerged that many visitors walk on the lake and disturb birds living there. Following checks by the Game and Fauna service, the environment department and municipal employees, it was...
Rare black flamingo returns to base Cyprus

Rare black flamingo returns to base

February 28th, 2018 A rare black flamingo has returned to the Akrotiri Salt Lake for the third time in four years, the British bases said on Wednesday. The flamingo, which is believed to suffer from ‘melanism’, a genetic irregularity which turns it a dark brown or black, had caused a media storm all over the world when it first arrived in...
Appeal to leave migrating flamingos in peace Cyprus

Appeal to leave migrating flamingos in peace

November 24th, 2017 WITH the first migrating flamingos returning to Larnaca and Oroklini salt lakes the Larnaca tourist board is warning visitors not to disturb them. An announcement by the board on Thursday said they are a wonderful sight. “It is understandable, therefore, that visitors wish to admire these unique birds, but the unreasonable behaviour...
It's not only the flamingos, Larnaca has highest percentage of return visitors Cyprus

It's not only the flamingos, Larnaca has highest percentage of return visitors

January 16th, 2017 Larnaca has the highest percentage of return visitors of all coastal cities in Cyprus with 60 per cent and the Larnaca Tourism Board aims to keep it that way. With the slogan ‘They always come back. So will you!’ and the flamingos as the main symbol of the campaign the board invites potential tourists to visit their website to...
Warning over Larnaca flamingos Cyprus

Warning over Larnaca flamingos

November 24th, 2016 With the arrival of the first migrating flamingos at the Larnaca saltlake the Larnaca tourism board is trying to spread the message that disturbing the birds while there might well lead them to disappearing from Cyprus altogether. “People now step into the lake, and this is a recent phenomenon,” a representative of the Larnaca...
Game service warns people to keep distance from flamingos Cyprus

Game service warns people to keep distance from flamingos

February 2nd, 2016 Bothering flamingos – or any wild birds – and accessing Larnaca’s salt lake is illegal, the game and fauna service warned on Tuesday. In light of photo competitions for best flamingo shot, people have begun to come too close to the birds, sometimes entering the Salt Lake itself disrupting and possibly frightening the...
Scared flamingos highlight need for drone regulations Cyprus

Scared flamingos highlight need for drone regulations

January 31st, 2016 By Annette Chrysostomou Drones have been in the news again recently after animal rights groups said using them to take photos of the record numbers of flamingos at Larnaca salt lake was scaring the birds. As crowds flocked to the salt lake to see the more than 12,000 flamingos estimated to be visiting the lake, drones were used to...
Uncontrolled drone movement panicking flamingos, animal party says Cyprus

Uncontrolled drone movement panicking flamingos, animal party says

January 19th, 2016 The animal party on Tuesday called on civil aviation to do something about the plethora of drone cameras people were using at the Larnaca Salt Lake to photograph flamingos up close. Thousands of people have flocked to the salt lake in recent weeks to witness the influx of the migratory bird. “Some of them tried to enter into the...
Salt lake turns flamingo pink Cyprus

Salt lake turns flamingo pink

January 4th, 2016 By Annette Chrysostomou Around 10,000 flamingos have now arrived at Larnaca salt lake following the recent cold weather and New Year storms, according to game and fauna officer Nicos Kasinis. “Actually the numbers were low at our last official count before December 25. There were only about 1,500,” he told the Cyprus Mail on...
Fewer flamingos, more ducks Cyprus

Fewer flamingos, more ducks

January 15th, 2014 THE number of flamingos on Cyprus’ wetlands decreased in December compared to the same period the previous year while the number of ducks increased. The Game Fund said that more than 24,000 birds were counted last month of which the majority (15,134) were flamingos with 13,600 counted at Akrotiri salt lake. The number of ducks in...
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