29th July 2009 at Caniçal
1 Curlew

20th July 2009 at Ponta do Pargo
1 Peregrine Falcon
1 Long-legged Buzzard
15 Hammer-head sharks seen from the lighthouse

18th July 2009 at Machico
Squacco Heron - observed by Andrew Jayne, Martin McGill, Jeremy Squire, Chris Stone

In Lugar de Baixo, on the 17th of May 2009 at 5:10 pm Hugo and Catarina observed and photographed a pair of Coots Fulica atra feeding 4 recently hatched young, bright red, bold crown, encircled with orange downy feathers and red bill, which proves to be the first breeding record for this species for the Madeira Archipelago. On the 18th of May a movie was made and a week later another movie was made with only 3 chicks this time...

We have been quiet with bird news for a while as we have passed several days at sea with Hadoram Shirihai trying to photograph Zino's Petrels... But for this matter you will have to wait for Hadoram's trip report which will be posted soon with many interesting observations!

Here is a trip report kindly sent by Andrew Moon: