May is that month when all seabirds are back to their breeding colonies in Madeira and it is also a good month for vagrant birds. So lets wait and watch for the pelagic and land birds that will be blown to Madeira by the winds of May.
31st of May 2017 at Ponta do Pargo
5 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
28th of May 2017 off Santa Cruz
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
27th of May 2017 at Caniçal
4 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
2 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
25th of May 2017 at Porto Santo Island - reported by Gil Caboz (POR)
7 White Stork Ciconia Ciconia
23rd of May 2017 at Ponta do Pargo
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
> 9 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
>16 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
22nd of May 2017 at Funchal Harbour - observed by Hans Jansen (NED)
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
21st of May 2017 at Caniçal
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
20th of May 2017 at Ponta do Pargo
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
> 13 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
>20 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
19th of May 2017 at Caniçal - sighting by Gary Hobson & Suzanne Nelson (UK)
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
17th of May 2017 at Ponta do Pargo
Red Kite Milvus milvus
At São Vicente
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
16th of May 2017 at Caniçal - reported by Gary Hobson & Suzanne Nelson (UK)
Black Kite Milvus migrans
7th of May 2017 at Machico - reported by Lev Frid (USA)
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
6th of May 2017 at Faial
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
At Machico
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
At Porto Santo golf course - sightings by Natasha Freitas (POR)
5 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
4th of May 2017 at Caniçal
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
3 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
3rd of May 2017 at Lugar de Baixo
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
1st of May 2017 at Machico
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
At Caniçal
5 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
17 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
At Lugar de Baixo - observed by Claudia Freitas (POR)
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
3 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
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