Mark Coller's special bird records in Madeira

"I have put together a list of the more interesting birds that i saw on my holiday:

Cory's Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea borealis

Roseate Tern
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii

14th May 2010 PM at Lido, Funchal
Little Shearwater, 1 (west)
Manx Sheawater, 5 (west)
Cory's Shearwater, 80+ (east)
Bottle nosed Dolphin 5+

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The Ultimate Western Palearctic Pelagic Expedition: Madeira, May 2010 by Hadoram Shirihai

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1st Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition - trip report

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The Ultimate Western Palearctic Pelagic Expedition: Madeira, May 2010

The Ultimate WP Pelagic Expedition: Madeira, May 2010

3-13 May, 2010

With the first video of Zino's Petrel at sea

Expedition report by Hadoram Shirihai (Tubenoses Project / Extreme Gadfly Petrel Expeditions), with Catarina Fagundes and Hugo Romano (Madeira Wind Birds / Oceanodroma), and Frank Zino and Manuel José Biscoito (Freira Conservation Project (FCP) & Municipal Museum of Funchal)

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Purple Sandpiper in Madeira - less than 5 records

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April 9th - Red-rumped Swallow and European Bee-eater

On April 9th several accidental vagrants were seen at Caniçal, Madeira:
3 European Bee-eater
At least 30 Barn Swallow, one of the Barn Swallows was possibly a Hirundo rustica transitiva subspecies.
5 House Martins
At least 4 Red-rumped Swallow
1Sand Martin.

The Great Northern Loon reported in January is still present.

3rd and 4th of April 2010
Petri Hottola, from Finland, has kindly sent his trip report:

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