October is normally a good month for vagrant birds and with the 'delayed' hurricane season in the Atlantic we might get some special vagrants being blown off their course and stopping by...
31st of October 2022 at Porto Moniz - observed by Michel (NED)
2 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
30th of October 2022 at Ponta do Pargo - sighting by Michel (NED)
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
29th of October 2022 at Porto Moniz - reported by Michel (NED)
5 Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus
19th of October 2022 at Machico
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularius
9 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
2 Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
16th of October 2022 at Ponta do Sol - observed by Isabel (POR)
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
15th of October 2022 at Porto Santo Golf course - reported by Stephen (UK)
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus alpestris
13th of October 2022 at Porto Santo - sightings by Stephen (UK)
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
11th of October 2022 at Tanque reservoir, Porto Santo - observed by Stephen (UK)
2 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
10th of October 2022 at Porto Santo Golf course - reported by Stephen (UK)
3 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
5th of October 2022 at Machico
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Red Knot Calidris canutus
9 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
4th of October 2022 at Faial
Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularius
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
3rd of October 2022 at Funchal harbour
2 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
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