Temperature just dropped as November started but the sun is shining! November is normally good for some vagrant ducks but Madeira is always a surprise box, we never know which vagrant bird species we will find when we go out birdwatching...
20th of November 2015 at Faial
3 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
19th of November 2015 at Caniçal
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
> 12 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
At Ponta de São Lourenço - observed by Trevor & Jane Doherty (UK)
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
18th of November 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
> 20 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
At Lugar de Baixo
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
14th of November 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
At Lugar de Baixo
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
At Porto Moniz
3 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
8th of November 2015 off Ponta de São Lourenço
3 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis
35 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
6 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
3 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
7th of November 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
> 15 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
At Lugar de Baixo
Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
At São Vicente
4 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
4th of November 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
2 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
At Lugar de Baixo
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
3rd of November 2015 at Caniçal
3 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
1st of November 2015 at Santa Cruz
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
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