Today, on the 27th of August 2010, a group from DOF travel with Erik Mølgaard (DEN) has spotted and identified a Sharp-tailed sandpiperCalidris acuminata in Lugar de Baixo pond. Hugo and Catarina from Madeira Wind Birds went there to see this 1st record for Madeira and then Erik Kleyheeg (NED) arrived. So this Northeast Asian bird was observed and identified by at least 14 people on its first day in Madeira.
On the 24th and on the 25th August, Madeira Wind Birds run 2 trips to Desertas islands and these were the records of each day:
25th August around Desertas sea
Cory's shearwaters
Bulwer's petrels
Fea's petrels
Common terns
Yellow-legged gulls Brown Booby Grey Heron
Madeiran-storm petrel - heard and seen at night
24th August around Desertas sea
Cory's shearwaters
3 Manx shearwaters
Bulwer's petrels
Fea's petrels
Common terns
Yellow-legged gulls
1 Great Skua Brown Booby
Madeiran-storm petrel - heard and seen at night
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