More vagrant bird news in Madeira Island

Two more days of birdwatching and some more species of vagrant birds recorded...

Thursday, 1st May 2008
Pico do Areeiro
>12 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
23 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
2 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus

Paúl da Serra
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
9 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
Few House Martin Delichon urbicum
Some Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
2 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
3 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

Friday, 2nd May 2008
In Lugar de Baixo
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Ruff Philomachus pugnax - female juvenile
2 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
3 Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Ringged Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Redshank Tringa totanus
Dunlin Calidris alpina

Caniçal
Dozens of House Martin Delichon urbicum
Hundreds of Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Some Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Booted eagle Aquila pennata
3 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
5 Bee-eaters Merops apiaster
12 Yellow wagtails Motacilla flava

Machico
Some Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
Many Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Some Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
2 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos