November has started very wet and with strong winds increasing the amount of sightings for vagrant birds... Madeira this month is having some interesting vagrant birds...
28th November 2012 at Ponta do Pargo
Black Kite Milvus migrans
São Vicente
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Porto Moniz
1 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Lugar de Baixo
2 Cattle Egrets Bubulcus ibis
1 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
1 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax - recorded by Jérôme Fournier & Andrea Panizza (France)
24th November 2012 at Funchal harbor - From J. Fournier & A. Panizza trip report
6 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
2 Roseate Terns Sterna dougalli
13th November 2012 at Caniçal - on a Bird, dolphin & whale watching trip
At least 5 Grey Herons Ardea cinerea
2 Little Egrets Egretta garzetta
1 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
4 Sanderlings Calidris alba
1 Dunlin Calidris alpina
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
12th November 2012 Seawatching from Ponta do Sol Heikki Vasamies, Finland observed:
1 1cy Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus chasing terns until it flew south
5+1 Little Egrets Egretta garzetta flew to the "fish farm" out in the sea, in Campanário
11th November 2012
at Lugar de Baixo
1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
1 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
1 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
1 Garganey Anas querquedula
1 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
1 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
1 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
1 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis - reported by Heikki, Finland
at Ponta do Pargo
Skylark Alauda arvensis - more than 12 birds
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris - more than 20 birds
10th November 2012 at Porto Santo Golf Course - sightings by Manuel Biscoito, Madeira
1 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
1 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
More than 20 Coots Fulica atra
Black-headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Despite the death of several Mallards Anas platyrhynchos in the Golf Course this summer there is still a few pairs around.
at Ponta de São Lourenço - reported by Frank Dijkstra, The Nederlands
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
9th November 2012 at Caniçal - sightings by Heikki Vasamies, Finland
3 Common Terns Sterna hirundo - all 1cy
13 Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Ca. 10 Collared Doves Streptopelia decaocto - Wind Birds Note: this is a breeding species though very localised
7th November 2012 - sightings by Heikki Vasamies, Finland
at Lugar de Baixo
1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
at Ribeira Brava
1 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
at Machico marina
1 Common Scooter Melanitta nigra - 1cy stationary for 15 minutes until took off and flew E
1 Sanderling Calidris alba
5th November 2012
at Faial - sightings by Heikki Vasamies, Finland
1 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos - male
1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope - female
1 Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Machico - by Heikki
1 Greenshank Tringa nebularia
2 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus - 1cy (one colour ringed - ringed in Vendee, France 29.6.2012)
2 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus - 1cy
1 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula male swimming and flying around in Machico harbor
Portela, in de holding tanks/water barriers near the Forestry houses - observed by Frank Dijkstra, The Nederlands
1 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
4th November 2012
at Faial
1 Tufted duck Aythya fuligula - female
1 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
at Caniçal
3 Grey Herons Ardea cinerea flying northwards
1 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
1 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
2 Common Terns Sterna hirundo
at Pico do Facho - observed by Frank Dijkstra, The Nederlands
1 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
at Lido, Funchal - reported by Stephen Dunstan, UK
4 Sandwich Terns Thalasseus sandvicensis
3rd November 2012
at Faial - sightings by Stephen Dunstan, UK
1 Tufted duck Aythya fuligula - female
1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
1 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
1 Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
at Lugar de Baixo - reported by Frank Dijkstra, The Nederlands
1 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
2nd November 2012 at Lugar de Baixo
1 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
1 Dunlin Calidris alpina
1 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
1st November 2012 at Tanque, Porto Santo - reported by Stephen Dunstan, UK
1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
1 Dunlin Calidris alpina
1 Greenshank Tringa nebularia
2 Common Snipes Gallinago gallinago
3 White Wagtails Motacilla alba
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