Greater Flamingos flock to Cyprus to feast on shrimp
Greater Flamingo, the largest of six species of the pink birdf, have returned en masse to Cyprus.
Flamingos return each winter to feed on shrimp in Cyprus' salt lakes.
Numbers have dwindled in recent years, as heavy rain has changed the lakes' salinity.
The pink birds fly to the small Mediterranean island from their breeding grounds in the Middle East and southern Europe - mainly Turkey, Iran, Israel, France and Spain, according to BirdLife Cyprus.
If water levels are not high enough, they fly on to African wetlands.
In recent years, extended droughts in the region have led to the birds to skipping Cyprus all together.