April 2015 birdwatching reports for Madeira

April has started with a nice influx of passage birds (vagrant birds) in Madeira as the eastern winds blow a few migrants off their course:

26th of April 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
> 10 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
2 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum

At Lugar de Baixo
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

24th of April 2015 at Ponta do Pargo - reported by Ingvar Sigurðsson & Thora Hrafnsdottir (ISL)
White Stork Ciconia ciconia

At Lugar de Baixo
2 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Little Egret Egretta garzetta

22nd of April 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
White Stork Ciconia ciconia

At Lugar de Baixo
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

20th of April 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
3 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

17th of April 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
12 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum

At Lugar de Baixo
Great White Egret Ardea alba
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

16th of April 2015 on a Bird, dolphin & whale watching trip
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea - second confirmed record for Madeira - Mark Coller's photo
Great Skua Stercorarius skua

15th of April 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

At Lugar de Baixo
2 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

At São Vicente
3 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus

Seawatching from Lido area - Mark Coller's (UK) observations
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

12th of April 2015 at Machico
Little Stint Calidris minuta
3 Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
10 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

10th of April 2015 at Ponta do Pargo - sightings report sent by Ralf Bayer (GER)
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
3 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

At Lugar de Baixo
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus - male
3 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
4 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

9th of April 2015 at Caniçal
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
4 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

At Lugar de Baixo - observations by by Ralf Bayer (GER)
2 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
2 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax - 1ad, 1cy2

8th of April 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis

At Lugar de Baixo
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
2 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

7th of April 2015 at Ponta do Pargo - sightings by Ralf Bayer (GER)
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
1 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
3 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris - a further species observed by Andrew Horton (UK)

At Lugar de Baixo - reported by by Andrew Horton (UK)
2 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus
2 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Little Stint Calidris minuta
8 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
4 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax - juvenile

6th of April 2015 at Caniçal - reported by Ralf Bayer (GER)
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

4th of April 2015 at Caniçal
2 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus
8 Yellow wagtails: at least 2 Yellow-crowned Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima and 1 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flava
2 White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
2 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

At Machico
4 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
3 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
13 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
3 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
3 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
8 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
2 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

3rd of April 2015 at Funchal sea front
Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
Yellow-crowned Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima
2 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix

At Água de Pena
16 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
2 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

At Lugar de Baixo
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
5 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
3 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
2 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

At São Vicente
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flava
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

At Ribeira da Janela
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
4 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina

At Porto Moniz
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina

2nd of April 2015 at Lugar de Baixo
2 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus - Less than 5 records on the last 50 years
Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
15 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
3 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

At São Vicente
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flava
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina

At Funchal sea front - sightings by David Chambers (UK)
Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
Yellow-crowned Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix - Less than 5 records on the last 50 years

1st of April 2015 at Caniçal
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
4 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
2 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Little Egret Egretta garzetta

At Santa Cruz
4 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common House Martin Delichon urbicum

At Funchal harbour - reported by David Chambers (UK)
Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola - adult bird
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus

Edited by Catarina Fagundes Catarina Fagundes

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