Birdwatching records for Madeira during December 2014

31st December 2014 - Sightings by Ilya Maclean (UK)
At Ponta de São Lourenço
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus

At Machico
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

30th December 2014 - Sighted by James Gloyn (UK)
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis - 2nd winter

29th December 2014 at Lugar de Baixo
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna - female
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
11 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

27th December 2014 at Caniçal
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
9 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

23rd December 2014 at Ponta de São Lourenço
9 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus

At Machico
2 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
11 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
4 White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba

18th December 2014 at Lugar de Baixo
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna - female
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

At Paul da Serra
6 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis

16th December 2014 at Funchal Botanical Garden - reported by Harri Hölttä (FIN)
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus

14th December 2014 at Ponta de São Lourenço - reported by Stephen Smith (SWE)
Snow bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

12th December 2014 at Funchal Harbour - reported by Lars Nørgaard Andersen (DEN)
2 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
9 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

10th December 2014 at Lugar de Baixo
Great White Egret Ardea alba - first record for Madeira
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna - female
3 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

At Ponta do Pargo
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis

Funchal - sighting by Lars Andersen (DEN)
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

8th December 2014 at Funchal harbour - reported by Lars Andersen (DEN)
2 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Little Egret Egretta garzetta

7th December 2014 at Santo da Serra Reservoir
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
2 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

Funchal offshore - sighting by Lars Andersen (DEN)
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

1st December 2014 at Lugar de Baixo
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna - female
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

At São Vicente
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus

At Paul da Serra
2 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus