29th December 2005 - Fauna & Flora Tour

Mark & Christine Burgess (UK), Catarina Fagundes and Roberto Ramos (Madeira Wind Birds)


Pico do Areeiro - some melting snow, much cold and some fog - no birds at all


Ribeiro Frio – 1 grey wagtail, 4 chaffinches, 2 buzzards, 1 robin, 1 Blackbird and heard firecrests all the way to and from Balcões


Porto da Cruz – many Canaries, 1 Blackcap, 1 Ruddy Turnstone and some Gulls (probably Yellow-legged gulls)


Caniçal – 2 very shy Cattle Egrets, 3 Berthelot’s Pipits, 1 Kestrel