Madeira birdwatching - sightings report, October 2014

31st October 2014 at Porto Moniz - reported by Graham Scott (UK)
Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularius

30th October 2014 at Lugar de Baixo
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
2 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

At Machico
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
9 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

At Caniçal
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

28th October 2014 at Machico
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

26th October 2014 at Machico
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
11 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

At Caniçal
4 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
6 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
3 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
7 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

24th October 2014 at Ponta do Pargo
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe

22nd October 2014 at Machico
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Little Egret Egretta garzetta

At Ponta de São Lourenço
22 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
8 Little Egret Egretta garzetta

At Lugar de Baixo
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

20th October 2014 at São Vicente
2 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

At Ribeira da Janela
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

18th October 2014 at Machico
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
2 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
12 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

11th to 13th October 2014 at Porto Santo - Tanque pond - reported by Phil Davis (USA)
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

9th October 2014 at Lugar de Baixo
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
2 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

At Ponta Pargo
2 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris - less than 5 records on the last 50 years

At Porto Moniz
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
5 Ruddy Turnstones Arenaria interpres
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus

At Ribeira da Janela
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

At São Vicente
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

4th October 2014 at Ribeira Brava
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

At Lugar de Baixo
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
5 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

3rd October 2014 at Machico
Sanderling Calidris alba
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
2 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

2nd October 2014 at Caniçal
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus - heard only
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres - about 8 birds

At Machico
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres - several birds
Sanderling Calidris alba
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea