April is usually a good month for migratory birds to be blown off their course and into the islands of Madeira archipelgo... Let's see what the wind will blow our way:
30th of April 2025 at Caniçal
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flava
2 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
22nd of April 2025 off Caniçal
10 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
>15 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
14th of April 2025 at Ponta São Lourenço
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
3 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
10th of April 2025 at Ponta São Lourenço
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flava
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
5th of April 2025 at Selvagem Grande - reported by Hugo (POR)
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
2nd of April 2025 at Machico
7 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
2 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum