Madeira birdwatching
October 2026 - birding records for Madeira
· Updated 14 October 2026
Despite migratory birds not being seen around Madeira as in previous years, let's hope they might be a bit late and so we'll get good bird records in October...
13th of October 2026 at Ponta São Lourenço - recorded by Peter (UK)
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus - calling
12th of October 2026 at Ponta São Lourenço - sightings by Peter (UK)
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca - female
10th of October 2026 at Porto Santo island - observations by Manuel (POR)
By the Golf Course
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
2 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
2 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
2 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
9 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
11 Sanderling Calidris alba
5 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii - 1st record for Madeira archipelago?!?
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
3 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Great White Egret Ardea alba
2 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
2 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
2 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
2 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
3 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
2 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flava
2 White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
At ETAR da Ponta
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
At Tanque reservoir
4 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
2 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
4 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
2 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
2 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
3 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
3 Western Cattle Egret
Great White Egret Ardea alba
2 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
2 White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
10th of October 2026 at Caniçal
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
6th of October 2026 at Machico
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres