Birders: Annemarie Kaack Hansen, Kurt Kaack Hansen ... - Netfugl.dk
Birders: Annemarie Kaack Hansen, Kurt Kaack Hansen ... - Netfugl.dk
Birders: Annemarie Kaack Hansen, Kurt Kaack Hansen ... - Netfugl.dk
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo<br />
Observed from time to time, the biggest “counts” being 4 Ponta do Pargo and 4 Cabo Girão.<br />
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus<br />
Seen commonly most of the island, highest numbers were 4 Ponta do Pargo, 4 Pico do Arieiro, 5<br />
Funchal Harbour.<br />
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa<br />
1 Ponta do Pargo.<br />
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix<br />
5 (1 seen)/ 2 Ponta do Pargo, 1 Porto Santo.<br />
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus<br />
1 Ponta da Cruz, 7 Ponta de São Lorenςo.<br />
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres<br />
3 Porto Moniz, 1 São Vicente, 1 Funchal Harbour.<br />
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus<br />
1 1st cy Funchal Harbour.<br />
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus<br />
1 ad Ponta da Cruz, 2 ad. + 1 3rd cy Funchal Harbour, 1 Porto Santo.<br />
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis (atlantis ‘type’)<br />
A rather common bird on the coast, but mostly seen in flocks of 10-40. Highest estimations being<br />
500 Funchal Harbour, 140 Ponta da Cruz, 150 Machico.<br />
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii<br />
Seen at several occasions in Funchal Harbour. All in all it concerned 2 ad. and 1 juv., the latter<br />
being fed on the pier. It was seen trying hard to catch its own prey once – a feather. Very cute!<br />
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