Madeira birdwatching
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Madeira - 1st record
· Updated 25 February 2011
Sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Today, on the 27th of August 2010, a group from DOF travel with Erik Mølgaard (DEN) has spotted and identified a Sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris 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
Atlantic Spotted Dolphins
Bottlenose Dolphins
Whale sp.
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