Madeira birdwatching
More vagrant birds to Madeira
· Updated 25 February 2011
More vagrant sightings during Madeira Wind Birds tours:
10th January 2009
Machico
1 Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata - flying to west
1 Sanderling Calidris alba
4 Dunlins Calidris alpina
1 Little Egret Egreta garzeta
Caniçal
About 50 Starlings Sturnus vulgaris
62 Rock Sparrows Petronia petronia - not a vagrant bird but this is a high concentration for this breeding bird in Madeira
1 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
13th January 2009
Lugar de Baixo
1 Grey Plover Pluvialis Squatarola
1 Greenshank Tringa nebularia
5 Dunlins Calidris alpina
1 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
2 Wigeons Anas penelope - male & female
1 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis
18 Coots Fulica atra
3 Macaronesian Shearwaters at sea Pufinus baroli
Ribeira da Janela
1 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis - same individual since February 2007
1 Teal Anas crecca