We certainly would like to wish a happy 2024 but for those who observe nature and actually care about it, it is not looking good... Anyway, let's keep hope alive and do our best for nature conservation! Here are the bird species that visited Madeira archipelago this month:
30th of January 2024 at Caniçal
4 (maybe 5) Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
8 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
2 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
29th of January 2024 at Lugar de Baixo - observed by Paul (UK)
2 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
3 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
28th of January 2024 at Funchal harbour - reported by Nicholas (UK)
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - female
2 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
At Machico - sightings by Roy (UK)
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
27th of January 2024 at Caniçal
3 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
At Camara de Lobos - observations by Nicholas (UK)
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Sanderling Calidris alba
2 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
At Funchal harbour - by Paul (UK)
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
26th of January 2024 at Ribeira Brava - reported by Roy (UK)
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo - 1 flying west
25th of January 2024 at Machico - sightings by Nicholas (UK)
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
5 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
24th of January 2024 at Machico - observed by Roy (UK)
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
23rd of January 2024 at Poiso - by Nicholas (UK)
2 Black Kite Milvus migrans
18th of January 2024 at Funchal harbour - reported by Nicholas (UK)
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
11 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
At Ribeira Brava - observed by Iain (UK)
Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys - We believe this is an escaped bird and most probably the same individual recorded on the 9th of July 2023 at Santa Cruz and on the 22nd of September 2023 in Machico.
17th of January 2024 at Machico river-mouth
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
4 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
13th of January 2024 at Funchal marina - observation by Nicholas (UK)
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
4 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
At Machico - photographed by Roy (UK)
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
11th of January 2024 at Lugar de Baixo - sightings by Nicholas (UK)
2 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
At Ribeira Brava
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
5 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
10th of January 2024 at Câmara de Lobos - observed by Nicholas (UK)
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
9th of January 2024 at Funchal harbour - reported by Nicholas (UK)
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
8th of January 2024 at Santa Cruz
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
5th of January 2024 at São Vicente and at Machico
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
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