Madeira birdwatching
Andrew Moon birdwatching trip report
· Updated 25 February 2011
Here is a trip report kindly sent by Andrew Moon:
Grey Heron: 2
Cory’s Shearwater: 100+
Macaronesian Shearwater: 2
Manx Shearwater: 6
Turnstone: 1
Plain Swift: 6+
31st March 2009 at Funchal area
Cory’s Shearwater: 100+
Manx Shearwater: 1
Mediterranean Gull: 2 (1st-summer birds) - harbour
Roseate Tern: 3 sitting on buoy in front of Madeira Carlton Hotel
Turnstone: 1
Little Egret: 1
Plain Swift: 10+
1st April 2009 at Funchal area
Cory’s Shearwater: 300+
Macaronesian Shearwater: 5+ (Ponta da Cruz)
Manx Shearwater: 10+
Plain Swift: 50+
Ponta do Pargo:
Swallow 6+
Skylark: 1
2nd April 2009 at Funchal area
Great Skua: 1+
Cory’s Shearwater: 100+
Macaronesian Shearwater: 2
Turnstone: 8
Plain Swift: 10+
3rd April 2009 at Funchal area
Cory’s Shearwater: 300+
Macaronesian Shearwater: 2+
Manx Shearwater: 1
Great Skua: 1
Pallid Swift: 2 (Palheiro Ferreiro)
Plain Swift: 30+
4th April 2009 at Funchal area
Cory’s Shearwater: 400+
Macaronesian Shearwater: 13+
Manx Shearwater: 2
Roseate Tern: 1
Common Tern: 6+
Kittiwake: 1+ adult winter plumage (harbour)
Turnstone: 20+
Plain Swift: 30+
Whimbrel: 1
Lugar de Baixo
Common Sandpiper: 1
Dunlin: 1 (part summer plumage)
Green-winged Teal: 1 adult drake
Little Egret: 1
5th April 2009 at Funchal area
Cory’s Shearwater: 200+
Macaronesian Shearwater: 8+
Manx Shearwater: 1+
Little Egret: 1
Turnstone: 3