25th October 2005 - Full-day birdwatching

Ronald & Sheila Lee (England), Catarina Fagundes and Roberto Ramos (Madeira Wind Birds)

Paúl da Serra - Heard: many Firecrests, many Chaffinches, some Goldfinches and 2 Blackcaps
Seen: 2 Firecrests juveniles, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Berthelot's Pipits and 4 Kestrels

Fanal - seen 1 Blackbird, 1 Firecrest, 1 Buzzard

Ribeira da Janela - 2 Grey Wagtails, some Muscovy Ducks, about 4 Mallards (1 adult male), 2 Rock Pigeons and some Yellow-legged Gulls

Porto Moniz - Some Yellow-legged Gulls, more than 4 Common Terns, 1 Buzzard, 6 Goldfinches and 1 Chaffinch

Ponta do Pargo - some Berthelot's Pipits, some Rock Sparrows, many Canaries, 1 kestrel and 2 Buzzards

Lugar de Baixo - some Turnstones, 1 Dunlin, 7 Moorhens, many Coots, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Little Egret, 3 Specled Teals without their primary feathers, so they must have been droped there and some Muscovy Ducks.

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