May reports for vagrant birds in Madeira

May is always a good month for vagrant birds in Madeira as a migration season. The 10th of May, the World Migratory Bird Day, surprised us with a Western Reef Heron which was the second confirmed record for Madeira archipelago!
While birdwatching on Madeira these are the other vagrant birds observed during Wind Birds' tours or by some birdwatchers visiting the islands:

31st May 2014
Funchal harbour
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Ponta do Pargo
12 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Lugar de Baixo
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
2 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

Ribeira Brava
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

30th May 2014
Ponta da Cruz
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus - adult bird

28th May 2014
Caniçal
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus

27th May 2014
Machico
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
2 Red Knot Calidris canutus

26th May 2014
Lugar de Baixo
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

25th May 2014
Caniçal
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus - juvenile
2 Red Knot Calidris canutus
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

24th May 2014
Caniçal
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

22nd May 2014
Caniçal
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Machico
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

At Sea
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
Great Skua Stercorarius skua

20th May 2014
Machico
3 Dunlin Calidris alpina
2 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Little Egret Egretta garzetta

19th May 2014
Caniçal
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

Machico
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

17th May 2014
Ribeira da Janela
2 Dunlin Calidris alpina
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Lugar de Baixo
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides

16th May 2014 - Porto Santo Island
Porto Santo Beach
13 Grey Plovers Pluvialis squatarola
3 Red Knot Calidris canutus
2 Sanderling Calidris alba
3 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus - breeding species
2 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

Campo de cima
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

15th May 2014 - Porto Santo Island
At Porto Santo Golf Course
Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
2 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
8 Dunlin Calidris alpina
2 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
2 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
2 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

At Ribeiro Salgado
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
> 12 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
3 Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus

At Serra de Fora water reservoir
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

At Marinha water reservoir
2 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Little Egret Egretta garzetta

At Moinhos
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

14th May 2014 - Porto Santo Island
At Tanque
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
2 Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Mute Swan Cygnus olor - a probable escapee from a mini-zoo in Porto Santo
Grey heron Ardea cinerea
> 14 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

At Porto Santo Beach
12 Grey Plovers Pluvialis squatarola
3 Red Knot Calidris canutus
Dunlin Calidris alpina
5 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus - breeding species
2 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
3 Sanderlings Calidris alba
9 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
1 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
> 30 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
2 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus

13th May 2014
Machico
>25 Dunlin Calidris alpina
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
3 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
5 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
>5 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
2 Common Redshank Tringa totanus
2 Sanderling Calidris alba
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Caniçal
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Santo Serra
Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus

Lugar de Baixo
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

Ribeira Brava
3 Dunlin Calidris alpina
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
2 Little Egrets Egretta garzetta

11th May 2014
Ribeira da Janela
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Dunlin Calidris alpina

Lugar de Baixo
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

Ribeira Brava
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
White Wagtail Motacilla alba

10th May - World Migratory Bird Day 2014
Faial
Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis - 2nd confirmed record for Madeira
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

9th May 2014 at Caniçal
3 Dunlin Calidris alpina
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Turnstone Arenaria interpres

at Machico
2 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Dunlin Calidris alpina
4 Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres

at Santo da Serra Water Reservoir
2 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

7th May 2014 at Caniçal
Great Northern Loon Gavia immer

5th May 2014 at Caniçal
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

3rd May 2014 at Lugar de Baixo
4 Dunlin Calidris alpina
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica