July is usually a quiet month for vagrant birds though some years some of the wintering birds extend their stay into summer...
27th July 2016 at Machico - reported by Daniel Haubreux and Thomas Cheyrezy (FRA)
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
26th July 2016 at Caniçal
1 Sanderling Calidris alba
7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
15th July 2016 at Machico
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
11th July 2016 at Lugar de Baixo
Baltic Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
8th July 2016 at Paúl da Serra
7 White Stork Ciconia ciconia
At Lugar de Baixo
Baltic Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
5th July 2016 off Ponta de São Lourenço
2 Great Skua Stercorarius skua
3rd July 2016 at Pico Ana Ferreira, Porto Santo
3 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
2nd July 2016 at Palheiro Ferreiro - reported by John Munday (UK)
5 White Stork Ciconia ciconia - passing very high northwards
1st July 2016 at Porto Santo Golf Course - observations by Manuel Biscoito (PT)
2 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
2 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
At Ponta do Pargo - reported by Michael Sidwell and Mike Alan Tate (UK)
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
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