January 2014 birding records for Madeira

Happy New Year!!! First we wish you a successful 2014 with many new species on your life list and great birdwatching experiences. January still brings some vagrant birds to Madeira and so we will keep updating the bird species that visit Madeira archipelago during this winter month.

31st January 2014 at Santo da Serra Reservoir
2 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
15 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
6 Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus

23rd January 2014 at Lugar de Baixo pond
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca - female
3 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
5 Black-headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus
8 Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres

Off Calheta
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

Machico
4 Black-headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus
>23 Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Ruddy shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

Santo da Serra Reservoir
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
2 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula - a pair
22 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
7 Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graelsii

21st January 2014 at Santo da Serra Reservoir
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
21 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
2 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula - a pair
7 Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus

19th January 2014 at Santo da Serra Reservoir
2 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
16 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca

Ponta de São Lourenço
2 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
2 Little Egret Egretta garzetta

18th January 2014 at Ribeira Brava
Glaucus Gull Larus hyperboreus - 1 adult
White wagtail Motacilla alba
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Lugar de Baixo
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca - female
3 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
11 Black-headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus
16 Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres

São Vicente
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Funchal harbour
Greater Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides - record by Anders Bojesen (DEN)
Glaucus Gull Larus hyperboreus - observed by Anders Bojesen

17th January 2014 at Ponta de São Lourenço
2 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer

14th January 2014 at Pico do Arieiro - sightings by Detlef & Alexandra Stremke (GER)
7 Snow Buntings Plectrophenax nivalis - on a slope 1 km SW of the Peak.

12th January 2014 at Ponta de São Lourenço - observations by Detlef & Alexandra Stremke
>26 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea - at fish farm
2 Little Egret Egretta garzetta - at fish farm
3 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres - at fish farm
>4 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica - flying North

11th January 2014 at Lugar de Baixo
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca - female
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres - several birds
11 Black-headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Ribeira Brava
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graelsii

Porto Moniz
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Ribeira da Janela
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

São Vicente
> 20 Manx shearwaters Puffinus puffinus - looks like Manx shearwaters are back to Madeira for their breeding season!

5th January 2014 at Santo da Serra Water Reservoir
4 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea - 3 females and 1 juvenile
14 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
4 White Wagtails Motacilla alba
7 Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graelsii

Águas Mansas Water Reservoir
Common Gull Larus canus - 1st winter
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis - 2nd winter
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
2 Grey Herons Ardea cinerea
4 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea - flew in from Santo da Serra Reservoir (same 3 females and 1 juvenile)

4th January 2014 at Pico do Areeiro - sighting by Alex García (ESP)
6 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

3rd January 2014 at Ribeira da Janela
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Ponta do Pargo
About 10 Eurasian Skylarks Alauda arvensis

Lugar de Baixo
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres - several birds
Black-headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus - several birds
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

2nd January 2014 at Santo Serra Reservoir
16 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
4 Tufted Ducks Aythya fuligula
7 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
14 Common Starlings Sturnus vulgaris