Stephen Addinall, Michelle Cooper
Madeira, April 12th to 19th, 2004
glareola@bigfoot.com

All seawatching refers to a total of 12h and 9min from various mornings and evenings at Ponta da Cruz:

Cory’s Shearwater
-	294E, 620W, 616 hanging around. There was virtually no consistent pattern of movement, or any significant differences between mornings and evenings.
-	One flock of 350 on the water near the point was impressive
-	Excellent entertainment watching these birds coming right up to the rocky cliffs on Ponta da Cruz in the late evening after dark, making the most ridiculous sounds!

Zino’s Petrel
-	3 heard at the breeding ledges on Pico de Ariero on the night of the 18th/19th. A silhouette of one seen briefly. I recommend going to this site with Amilcar Vasconsuelas of Madeira Aventura. He is an very pleasant and knowledgable bloke who used to work on the conservation team for these birds. It is apparently not permitted to go to the site on your own at night.

Madeira Aventura, Lda.
Caminho do Pilar
C. H. Pilar I, Bl. B, Lt. 5, R/C E
9000 – 136 Funchal – Portugal
Tel: (351) 96 45 41 793
Fax: (351) 291 76 42 17
http://www.madeiraventura.com/

Little Shearwater
-	only 6 (3E, 3W) identified with confidence

Little or Manx Shearwater
-	1E, 16W, 8 hanging around 

Manx Shearwater
-	15E, 190W, 50 hanging around
-	heard calling further down the mountain from the top of Pico de Ariero on 18th/19th

Little Egret
-	2 Funchal, 18th 

Grey Heron
-	2 Faja do Naguero, 15th

Buzzard - singles seen most days 

Kestrel - seen each day at the coast

Turnstone
-	1 Ponta da Cruz, 17th
-	1 Funchal seafront, 18th

Whimbrel
-	1W Ponta da Cruz, 14th

Great Skua
-	1E Ponta da Cruz, 17th

Arctic Skua
-	1W Ponta da Cruz, 13th

small skua species
-	1 chasing, Ponta da Cruz, 12th

Yellow-legged Gull - common

Common Tern - seen each day at coast

Trocaz Pigeon
-	24 Faja do Naguera, 15th
-	2 Portella, 15th
-	3 Eirinha, 16th

Plain Swift - see most days in small numbers

Sand Martin
-	5 Funchal seafront, 13th

Swallow
-	10 Funchal seafront, 13th

Grey Wagtail - seen most days in singles and pairs

Robin - common

Blackbird - common

Blackcap - common

Spectacled Warbler
-	1 male singing at Bic de Cana, 16th

Madeiran Firecrest - common

Chaffinch - common

Greenfinch - seen most days in small numbers

Brambling
-	1 male Bica de Cana, 16th

Goldfinch - seen most days

Canary - common