January 2017 - reports for vagrant birds in Madeira

First of all, Happy New Year for all of you! We hope you have a joyful 2017 with plenty of bird observations and great unique records! Here is the list of birds that have visited Madeira on this first month of 2017:

31st January 2017 at Lugar de Baixo
Great Northern Loon Gavia immer
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
8 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

At São Vicente
2 White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus

At Ponta do Pargo
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis

25th January 2017 at São Vicente
3 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
3 White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba

At Lugar de Baixo
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

24th January 2017 at Caniçal
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis

At Machico
2 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
American Wigeon Anas americana
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
14 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

22nd January 2017 at Lugar de Baixo
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
2 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

At São Vicente
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
2 White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba

19th January 2017 at Machico
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
American Wigeon Anas americana
2 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
3 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
6 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

At Caniçal
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
2 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

At Ponta Delgada - reported by Ann Bushell
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

18th January 2017 at Lugar de Baixo
Great Northern Loon Gavia immer
2 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

At São Vicente
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus

15th January 2017 at Machico - sightings by Brian Toms (UK)
American Wigeon Anas americana
2 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

13th January 2017 at Gaula, Santa Cruz
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

12th January 2017 at Machico
American Wigeon Anas americana
2 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
2 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
8 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

At Caniçal
27 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
18 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
>40 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina

At Lugar de Baixo - reported by Manuel Ribeiro (POR)
Great Northern Loon Gavia immer
2 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
13 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
2 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

11th January 2017 at São Vicente
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba

At Ponta do Pargo
2 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
2 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
3 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis

At Lugar de Baixo
2 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
3 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
4 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

10th January 2017 at Funchal - recorded by Manuel Ribeiro (POR)
2 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
4 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

4th January 2017 at Lugar de Baixo
2 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

At Ponta do Pargo
2 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
3 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba

São Vicente
3 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba

3rd January 2017 at Funchal Municipal Garden - reported by Martin Daniel (UK)
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

At Calheta marina - observed by Gil Green (UK)
Great Northern Loon Gavia immer

2nd January 2017 at Funchal Harbour - sightings by Manuel Ribeiro (POR)
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
2 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
25 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba