May 2015 - visitant birds to Madeira

May started quietly in terms of vagrant birds but on the 2nd half of the month the strong winds from the Northeast quadrant blown some interesting visitants to the island:

31st of May 2015 at Funchal - reported by Chris Barlow (UK)
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus

29th of May 2015 at Lugar de Baixo - sightings by Chris Barlow (UK)
2 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax - 1 adult and 1 juvenile
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

At Ponta Pargo
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus - female
> 10 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

28th of May 2015 at Lugar de Baixo - observed by Chris Barlow (UK)
2 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
2 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

26th of May 2015 at Ponta São Lourenço - reported by Alain Rouge (FRA)
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

25th of May 2015 at Santana - sightings by Alain Rouge (FRA)
Approx. 50 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Common House Martin Delichon urbicum

23rd of May 2015 at Ponta Pargo
6 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

At Lugar de Baixo
2 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides

At Machico
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes - 3rd record for Madeira
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

22nd of May 2015 at Santa Cruz
>100 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
10 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

20th of May 2015 at Ponta Pargo
>50 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum - more than 100 seen while driving through Calheta
4 Barn Swallow Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
>18 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
2 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra

At Lugar de Baixo
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

19th of May 2015 at Machico
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes - 3rd record for Madeira
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
>30 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum

13th of May 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus

At Lugar de Baixo
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

10th of May 2015 at Caniçal
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

4th of May 2015 at Água de Pena
10 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
4 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

2nd of May 2015 at Ponta do Pargo
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
4 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
3 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

At Lugar de Baixo
Little Egret Egretta garzetta

At Tanque, Porto Santo - reported by Bob and Annie Haycock (UK)
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica