mixed bag of Cypriot birds

when we first visited Cyprus in 1996 Sardinian Warbler was confined to a small area of the north coast at Pollis and we only saw one bird -- now Sardinian must be one of the commonest birds on the island having spread with amazing speed and possibly now affecting the number of Cyprus Warblers that I find harder to locate year on year -- Cyprus Wheatear is still very common and Cretzschmar's Bunting easy enough in the hills

Cretzschmar's Bunting

only saw birds in breeding areas in the hills; in a week I only saw two Ortolans; looking back to 1996 between April 17th and May 1st I saw over 500 Ortolans in the same areas of Cyprus including a single flock of 150 by the Aspro dam -- have they gone the way of the Yellow-breatsed Bunting?

Cretzschmar's Bunting