December 2013 birdwatching records for Madeira

In December there are still some vagrant birds that decide to spend Christmas or New Year's in Madeira and with the storms that have been moving in the North Atlantic there might be some interesting ones blowed into Madeira:

31st December 2013 at Santo Serra Reservoir
12 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca - 3 males
4 Tufted Ducks Aythya fuligula
White wagtail Motacilla alba alba
3 Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
7 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

30th December 2013 at Machico
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
20+ Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
White wagtail Motacilla alba alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina

Caniçal
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus

29th December 2013 at Pico do Areeiro
4 Snow Buntings Plectrophenax nivalis

27th December 2013 at Ribeira Brava - reported by Helge Røjle Christensen (DEN)
Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia - "It came from east and rested a few minutes along the little sandy beach inside the jetty (...) and proceeded westwards along the coast."

26th December 2013 at Ribeira Brava - reported by Helge Røjle
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

23rd December 2013 at Pico do Areeiro - observed by Helge Røjle
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

22nd December 2013 at São Vicente
White wagtail Motacilla alba alba
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Lugar de Baixo
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
12 Black-headed gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed gull
Spotted crake Porzana porzana
4 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

14th December 2013 at São Vicente
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Ponta Pargo
About 10 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
Several Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris

Lugar de Baixo
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia - dead bird
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Dunlin Calidris alpina
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
13 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
5 Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres

12th December 2013 at Água de Pena, Machico
1 Common pheasant Phasianus colchicus - a juvenile sitting in the middle of the road

11th December 2013 at Caniçal
1 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

8th December 2013 at Machico
2 Common Ringed Plovers Charadrius hiaticula
1 Sanderling Calidris alba

7th December 2013 at Caniçal
1 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
1 Hoopoe Upupa epops
2 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
22 Grey Herons Ardea cinerea
10 Little Egrets Egretta garzetta

1st December 2013 at Paul da Serra - reported by Frank Zino
1 Snow bunting Plectrophenax nivalis