September is a good month for migration and so in Madeira archipelago we sometimes get some interesting vagrant species... More, with all these storms on the other side of the Atlantic we may well get some blown away birds, so let's see what surprises September will bring to birdwatchers in Madeira.
29th of September 2017 at Tanque Reservoir, Porto Santo - sightings reported by Doug Radford (UK)
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula
8 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
3 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
4 Western Yellow wagtail Motacilla flava flava
At Funchal
4 Sanderling Calidris alba
26th of September 2017 at Faial
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
2 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
2 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
24th of September 2017 at Funchal - reported by Robert Butlin (UK)
6 Sanderling Calidris alba
23rd of September 2017 at Machico
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
6 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea - flying East
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
10 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
At Faial
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
2 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
At Caniçal
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
22nd of September 2017 at Caniçal
9 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
2 Sanderling Calidris alba
7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Great shearwater Puffinus gravis - at sea
At Machico - reported by Gaëlle Meney (FRA)
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
21st of September 2017 at Ponta do Pargo
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
At Ribeira Brava
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
4 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
2 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
At São Vicente
3 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
20th of September 2017 at São Vicente
2 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
17th of September 2017 at Machico
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
16th of September 2017 at Ribeira Brava
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
3 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
At São Vicente
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
12th of September 2017 at Ponta do Pargo
2 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
At São Vicente
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
11th of September 2017 at Santa Cruz
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
10th of September 2017 at Caniçal
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Sanderling Calidris alba
8 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
5th of September 2017 off Ponta de São Lourenço
12 Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
2 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
3rd of September at Caniçal
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
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