September is normally a good month to start watching some vagrant birds - birds who got lost on their migration route and were lucky enough to find a piece of land (Madeira!). So let's see what the winds will blow this way during this month:
28th of September 2018 at Faial
3 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
27th of September 2018 at Machico
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
13 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
26th of September 2018 at Baía d'Abra fish farm
4 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea - 1 dead between the fish farm nets
2 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo - dead between the fish farm nets
25th of September 2018 at Ribeira Brava
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
6 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
At Santa Cruz
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
23rd of September 2018 at Faial - reported by Isamberto Silva (POR)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
22nd of September 2018 at Faial
4 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
3 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
At Machico
Sanderling Calidris alba
12 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
21st of September 2018 at Ribeira Brava - observed by Andrew Hutchison (UK)
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
20th of September 2018 at Caniçal
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
4 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
19th of September 2018 at São Vicente
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
At Ribeira Brava
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
15th of September 2018 at São Vicente
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
At Ribeira Brava
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
3 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
12th of September 2018 at Ribeira Brava
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
11th of September 2018 at Caniçal
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
4 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
At Machico
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
11 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
8th of September 2018 at São Vicente
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
At Ribeira Brava
Sanderling Calidris alba
15 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
6th of September 2018 at Caniçal
2 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
At Funchal - sightings by Robin & Rosemary (UK)
Sanderling Calidris alba
7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
5th of September 2018 at São Vicente
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
At Ribeira Brava
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
4th of September 2018 at Seixal
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
2 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
3rd of September 2018 at Funchal - reported by Robin & Rosemary (UK)
4 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
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