Birdwatching for vagrant birds in Madeira, September 2015

September started with very light winds which does not push many birds into this piece of land in the North Atlantic... Even seabirds' migration is a bit slow... Lets see what the rest of the month will bring us:

27th of September 2015 at Caniçal
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
5 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

26th of September 2015 at Lido area, Funchal
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus - juvenile

At Faial
3 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

25th of September 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
8 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe

At Porto Santo Golf Course - sightings by Frank Zino (POR)
2 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
2 Sanderling Calidris alba
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

23rd of September 2015 at São Vicente
3 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

At Lugar de Baixo
4 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina

22nd of September 2015 at Caniçal
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
6 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica

At Machico
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
2 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

21st of September 2015 at Machico
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
2 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
5 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Little Egret Egretta garzetta

20th of September 2015 at Caniçal
20 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
5 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Red Knot Calidris canutus
4 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

17th of September 2015 at Machico
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
8 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Little Egret Egretta garzetta

16th of September 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe

At Lugar de Baixo
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

At Ribeira Brava
Ruff Philomachus pugnax

Seawatching data between 2nd and 13th of September 2015 by Jonathan & Elaine Lamplough (UK)

12th of September 2015 seawatching from Porto Moniz
50+ Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
20+ Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis

At Ribeira Brava
Ruff Philomachus pugnax

At Ponta do Pargo
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

At São Vicente
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus

11th of September 2015 at Caniçal
2 Sanderling Calidris alba
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
5 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus

At Machico
2 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
14 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

8th of September 2015 at Machico
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
5 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

6th of September 2015 at Caniço de Baixo - reported by Klaus von Salzen (GER)
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus

5th of September 2015 at Caniçal
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
Red Knot Calidris canutus
6 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

3rd of September 2015 at Machico
Sanderling Calidris alba
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

At Porto Moniz - reported by Jonathan & Elaine Lamplough
Sand Martin Riparia riparia

1st of September 2015 at Lugar de Baixo
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

At São Vicente
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus

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