It's been 21 years since Wind Birds started its operation! It has not been an easy ride, specially in what concerns to Nature as there is not much awareness or conservation in Madeira. We have witnessed and suffer with loss of habitat from bad planning and governemnt decisions such as overbuilding, forest fires, the killing of Trocaz Pigeons... But we are still here fighting for the conservation of the fauna & flora of Madeira archipelago...
Let's see which bird species decided to visit Madeira to celebrate our 21st anniversary with us:
25th of February 2025 at Around Porto Santo's Golf Course - observed by Manuel (POR)
Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
2 American Wigeon Anas americana
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
3 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
3 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
2 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
4 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
16 Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Ring-billed gull Larus delawarensis
Common chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
23rd of February 2025 at Funchal harbour - reported by Kevin (UK)
2 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
>10 Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus intermedius
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
20th of February 2025 at Camacha
2 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
At Santa Cruz
Grey Heron
19th of February 2025 at Camacha
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
13th of February 2025 off Calheta - observed by Thomas (DEN)
Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
12th of February 2025 at Caniçal
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
11th of February 2025 at Ribeiro Frio - sighting by Thomas (DEN)
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
8th of February 2025 at Funchal harbour - observed by Roger (UK)
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
7th of February 2025 at Funchal harbour - reported by Roger (UK)
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
12 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
3rd of February 2025 at Caniçal
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
1st of February 2025 at Camacha
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
At São Gonçalo
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Seawatching from Ponta da Cruz - by Roger (UK)
3 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
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