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:

Another sea expedition with Hadoram Shirihai to photograph Zino's Petrel... Sorry but for now we will only publish the vagrant birds we have seen but soon we will have another Hadoram's trip report!

So here are the interesting species we have observed during these 9 days at Madeira sea:

Monday, 20th April 2009
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini

Tuesday, 21st April 2009
Swinhoe's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis

Sightings kindly sent by Willi Stani (WS) from Austria and by Nick Littlewood (NL) from UK:

7th March 2009
Lugar de Baixo
Green-wing Teal Anas carolinensis
Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Caniçal
Common Gull Larus canus

Airport gardens
3 Pied Wagtails Motacilla alba yarellii
22 White Wagtails Motacilla alba alba

8th March 2009
Caniço - observed by Jan Legg (UK)
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita