Birdwatching in August 2014 in Madeira

In August starts the migration and so Madeira always get a few vagrants passing by on their way to the South. Though we are out of most of the birds' migration routes, we do get a few interesting species:

30th August 2014 at Lugar de Baixo
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
3 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

At Ponta do Pargo
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

28th August 2014 at Garajau - reported by David Darrell-Lambert (UK)
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Heard only: Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus

24th August 2014 at Monte
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

21st August 2014 at Caniçal
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis

At Faial
3 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

17th August 2014 off Funchal on a Bird, dolphin & whale watching trip
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis

16th August 2014 at Ribeira Brava
2 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
1 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos

At Lugar de Baixo
Red Knot Calidris canutus
9 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

At Porto Santo Golf Club
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

14th August 2014 at Ponta do Pargo
Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

13th August 2014 at Machico
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
2 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
2 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

12th August 2014 at Caniçal
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus

At Funchal Botanical Garden
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

At Porto Santo
4 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus - a big group flying

11th August 2014 at Lugar de Baixo
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Red Knot Calidris canutus

9th August 2014 at Machico
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

At Faial
4 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

5th August 2014 at Machico
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus

4th August 2014 at Lugar de Baixo
Red Knot Calidris canutus

3rd August 2014 at off Machico on a Bird, dolphin & whale watching trip
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis

At Machico
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

Caniçal
2 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

2nd August 2014 at Lugar de Baixo
Red Knot Calidris canutus

At Machico
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

1st August 2014 at Machico
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Caniçal
6 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Sanderling Calidris alba
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops