Porto Moniz Seawatching 2009

Observations by Michel de Lange (NED) Last Update: September 7, 2009

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Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) - 1st record for Madeira

Max Berlijn (NED) is one of those lucky birdwatchers who also kindly send his sightings to Madeira Wind Birds. Here are his records of an overnight trip to Desertas Islands:

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Porto Santo latest sightings - August 2009

Aaron Ofner from Austria sent his interesting bird records of a day in Porto Santo Island:

Very interesting was a visit to Porto Santo on Aug. 23rd At Tanque Pond, where friend reported only a single Little Egret the week before, we found a Common Sandpiper, a Common Greenshank and a Green Sandpiper. We made sure that it wasn't a Solitary when observing it in flight.

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Desertas sea trip sightings

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Bird records off Porto Moniz on the 24th August 2009 by Max Berlijn

Max Berlijn was seawatching on the 24th August 2009 between 17.30 and 19.40 at Porto Moniz and kindly sent his sightings:

Great Shearwater - 147 all to the west, some very close by (even the leg colour visible) in waves with little flocks
Arctic Skua - 2 west (pale birds)
Long-tailed Skua - 3 adults all summer plumage, one with tail streamers
Manx Shearwater - 14 all west
Bulwer's Petrel - 2 east.

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Eleonora's Falcon - 3rd record for Madeira

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