2020 New Year Birdwatching in Madeira

Happy 2020 and successful birdwatching is what we wish you all, birdwatchers out there in the field! This January started with Spring temperatures and that might attract or at least hold some of the visitant birds in Madeira.

30th of January 2020 at Faial - photographed by Rolf (NOR)
3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus

22nd of January 2020 at São Vicente
3 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

At Ponta do Pargo
4 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis

At Ribeira Brava
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

21st of January 2020 at Paul do Mar - reported by Tony
Sanderling Calidris alba
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

20th of January 2020 at Lugar de Baixo - watched by Tony
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca - drake

18th of January 2020 at Machico - sighted by Tony
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina

11th of January 2020 at Ribeira Brava - observed by Roy (UK)
2 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

10th of January 2020 at São Vicente
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
2 White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus

At Ribeira Brava
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca - female
4 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

7th of January 2020 at Santa Cruz - reported by Roy (UK)
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea - flying along the coast eastwards

2nd of January 2020 at São Vicente
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
2 White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

At Ponta do Pargo
2 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

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