Visitant birds to Madeira in August 2015

It seems migration started a bit earlier this year, at least for Seabirds as we already observed some Great shearwaters on our Bird, dolphin & whale watching trips by end of July, so lets see what August will bring to us in terms of vagrant birds:

29th of August 2015 at Lugar de Baixo
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

23rd of August 2015 at Caniçal
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
6 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
5 Great shearwater Puffinus gravis

22nd of August 2015 at Lugar de Baixo
Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia also known as Yellow Warbler, formerly Dendroica petechia
Little Stint Calidris minuta

21st of August 2015 at Lugar de Baixo
Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia also known as Yellow Warbler, formerly Dendroica petechia - 2nd record for Madeira archipelago, 21 years after the 1st record!
Little Stint Calidris minuta - with 2 orange rings, one on each leg

At São Vicente
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus

19th of August 2015 at Porto Santo Golf Course observations by Frank Zino
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
3 Little Egrets Egretta garzetta

At Ribeiro Frio, Madeira sighting by Nicolas de Sadeleer (BEL)
Black Kite Milvus migrans

16th of August 2015 at Machico
2 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Sanderling Calidris alba

At Caniçal
2 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

15th of August 2015 at Morenos, Porto Santo Island - reported by Frank Zino
2 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba

14th of August 2015 at Cabo Girão - reported by Lourenço Quintal (POR)
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

10th of August 2015 at Machico
9 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

At Faial
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

5th of August 2015 at Lugar de Baixo
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

At Ponta de São Lourenço - reported by Ian Broadbent (UK)
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

3rd of August 2015 off Machico on a Bird, dolphin & whale watching trip
Great shearwater Puffinus gravis

1st of August 2015 at Caniçal
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus

At Machico - observed by Daniel Haubreux (FRA)
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis