This is 'Matilde' a Madeiran-Storm Petrel chick which was found in the City Hall square in Porto Santo Island on the 29th of February 2008 by Manolo. Manolo is passionate by animals and as it was on the ground where someone could crash it easily, he took it home, fed it with fish and named it Matilde. When Manolo came to Madeira he brought Matilde with him and kept feeding it. Matilde was 45 grams and was ringed with ring number D 007336 on the 7th of March. On the 9th it was released on a beach at night with no lights nearby.

Mrs & Mr Slater (England); Mrs & Mr Cameron (Scotland), Hugo Romano and Norberto Fernandes (Madeira Wind Birds)

What a wonderful day to tour around Madeira Nature! Despite observing most of Madeira breeding species, for land birds, here are some very interesting observations done during a full-day tour with Madeira Wind Birds:

Relevant observations during our birdwatching and seawatching trips in July 2006.

On the 27th of April 2006