November has started but the temperatures are still around 25ºC intercalated with some rainy days... As it is still migration season anything can stop by Madeira archipelago, so let's see which species will visit us during the Thanksgiving month:
26th of November 2023 off Porto Moniz - recorded by Michel (NED)
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
25th of November 2023 at Santo da Serra
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
off Porto Moniz - observed by Michel (NED)
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
22nd of November 2023 off Porto Moniz - counted by Michel (NED)
2252 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis
3 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
21st of November 2023 off Porto Moniz - seawatched by Michel (NED)
2252 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis
9 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
20th of November 2023 off Porto Moniz - sighting by Michel (NED)
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
19th of November 2023 off Porto Moniz - by Michel (NED)
8 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
18th of November 2023 off Porto Moniz - seawatching by Michel (NED)
25 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis
17th of November 2023 at Funchal harbour - observation by Martyn (UK)
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
12th of November 2023 at Câmara de Lobos - recorded by Martyn (UK)
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
11th of November 2023 at Funchal harbour - observed by Martyn (UK)
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
2nd of November 2023 at Funchal
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
at Santa Cruz
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
1st of November 2023 at Funchal harbour - photographed by Manuel (SPA)
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
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