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
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