19
Nov
2007
madeirabirds

More waders plus a very special warbler to Madeira

It seems that the east winds have spread waders all around Madeira but it also brought a rare visitant warbler... Just have a look:

15th November 2007

Lagoa Lugar Baixo
Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Curlew Sandpiper
2 Dunlins
Sanderling
Little Stint
Common Sandpiper
Ringed Plover
Bar-tailed Godwit
1 almost dead Cory Shearwater

Seixal
Green-winged Teal

São Vicente
Whimbrel
Bar-tailed Godwit
Ringed-plover
Sanderling

17th November 2007

Santo da Serra
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus - rare accidental migrant to Madeira. Only 1 record on last 50 years.
It could have passed for a juvenile firecrest jumping from one branch to another on a tree if it was not its different call calling our attention to it.

Machico
Greenshank Tringa nebularia
4 Sanderlings
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Little Stint
Ringed Plover