Porto Santo - January 2011 observations
The 18th of December 2010 Tim Farr reported a Goosander at Tanque pond, in Porto Santo. This first record for Madeira archipelago was confirmed by Catarina, Hugo, M. Biscoito and F. Zino, who went to Porto Santo on a research pelagic trip in Oceanodroma from the 5th to the 9th of January 2011. This group have also recorded some other interesting vagrant species from this island:
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