Thursday 31 March 2016

31st March 2016

Terceira (Carlos Pereira)
Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, 4, Cabo da Praia
Little Stint, Calidris minuta, 4, Cabo da Praia
Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, 1, Cabo da Praia
Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, 1, Lagoa do Junco
Green Sandpiper, Tringa ochropus, 1, Lagoa do Junco
Redshank, Tringa totanus, 2, Cabo da Praia

Wednesday 30 March 2016

30th March 2016

Sao Miguel (Carlos Ribeiro)
Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, 1, Lagoa das Furnas
Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna, 1, Lagoa das Furnas

Tuesday 29 March 2016

29th March 2016

Faial (Bruno Pereira and Andre Vieira)

Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis, drake, Lomba dos Frades

Terceira (Carlos Pereira)
Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus, 1, Paul da Praia
Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors, 2, Paul da Praia
Pintail, Anas acuta, 3, Paul da Praia
Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris, 1, Paul da Praia
Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus, 2, Paul da Praia
Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, 5, Cabo da Praia
Little Stint, Calidris minuta, 4, Cabo da Praia
Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, 2, Cabo da Praia
Redshank, Tringa totanus, 2, Cabo da Praia
Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus, 1, Praia da Vitoria fishing port
Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides, 1, Praia da Vitoria bay

Saturday 26 March 2016

26th March 2016

Sao Miguel (Nuno Bicudo da Ponte)
Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos, 1, Lagoa

Wednesday 23 March 2016

23rd March 2016

Sao Miguel (Gerbrand Michielsen, Andre and Duarte Vieira)
Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, 1, Sete Cidades
Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, 1st-winter, Mosteiros
Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus, 1, Sete Cidades
Greater Scaup, Aythya marila, 1, Sete Cidades
American Coot, Fulica americana, 1, Sete Cidades
Hudsonian Whimbrel, Numenius hudsonicus, 1, Mosteiros

Terceira (Sofia Goulart)
Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus, 1, Praia da Vitoria industrial estate

Tuesday 22 March 2016

22nd March 2016

Sao Miguel (Andre and Duarte Vieira)
Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, 1, Lagoa das Furnas
Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna, 1, Lagoa das Furnas

Terceira (Sofia Goulart)
Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus, 1, Praia da Vitoria industrial estate

Monday 21 March 2016

21st March 2016

Sao Miguel (Andre and Duarte Vieira, Ruben Coelho and Maria Margarida Vieira)
Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, 1, Achada das Furnas

Sunday 20 March 2016

20th March 2016

Sao Miguel (Andre and Duarte Vieira)
American Wigeon, Anas americana, 1, Lagoa das Furnas
Siskin, Carduelis spinus, 7, Lagoa das Furnas

Friday 18 March 2016

18th March 2016

Terceira (Susana Azera and Luis Barcelos)
Great Northern Diver, Gavia immer, 1, Praia da Vitoria bay

Wednesday 16 March 2016

16th March 2016

Sao Miguel (Gerbrand Michielsen and Johnny Slack)
Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, 1st-winter, Mosteiros
Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus, 1, Sete Cidades
Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus, 1, Ponta Delgada
American Coot, Fulica americana, 1, Sete Cidades

Tuesday 15 March 2016

15th March 2016

Sao Miguel (Gerbrand Michielsen)
Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis, 2, Faja de Cima

Monday 14 March 2016

14th March 2016

Faial (Andre Vieira)
Great Egret, Ardea egretta, 1, Canadinhas
Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis, 1, Canadinhas
Mandarin, Aix galericulata, 1, Lagoa de Pedro Miguel

Terceira (Susana Azera and Luis Barcelos)
Hudsonian Whimbrel, Numenius hudsonicus, 1, Cabo da Praia
Redshank, Tringa totanus, 2, Cabo da Praia

Friday 11 March 2016

11th March 2016

Terceira (Ricardo Bispo)
Great Northern Diver, Gavia immer, 1, Cabo da Praia
Shelduck, Tadora tadorna, 2, Praia da Vitoria bay
American Wigeon, Anas americana, 3, Paul da Praia
Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors, 2, Paul da Praia
Pintail, Anas acuta, 5, Paul da Praia
Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris, 5, Paul da Praia
Greater Scaup, Aythya marila, 1, Paul da Praia
Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis, 3, Paul da Praia
Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, 2, Cabo da Praia
Little Stint, Calidris minuta, 3, Cabo da Praia
Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, 2, Cabo da Praia
Redshank, Tringa totanus, 2, Cabo da Praia
Sandwich Tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis, 3, Praia da Vitoria fishing port

Thursday 10 March 2016

10th March 2016

Sao Miguel (Gerbrand Michielsen)
Great Northern Diver, Gavia immer, 4, Mosteiros
Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, 1st-winter, Mosteiros

Wednesday 9 March 2016

9th March 2016

Santa Maria (Alan Vittery)
Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni, 1, southwest of airport
Allen's Gallinule, Porphyrio alleni, 1, southwest of airport

Monday 7 March 2016

7th March 2016

Sao Miguel (Ruben and Elizabeth Coelho, Ana Mendonca et al)
Sooty Shearwater, Ardenna griseus, 1, Nordeste (found near lighthouse and successfully released)

Sunday 6 March 2016

6th March 2016

Sao Miguel (Ruben and Elizabeth Coelho, Ana Mendonca and Vasco Valadares)
Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, 1, Sete Cidades
Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, 1st-winter, Mosteiros
Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris, 3, Sete Cidades
Greater Scaup, Aythya marila, 1, Sete Cidades
American Coot, Fulica americana, 1, Sete Cidades
Hudsonian Whimbrel, Numenius hudsonicus, 1, Mosteiros
Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularius, 1, Mosteiros
Herring Gull sp., Larus argentatus/smithsonianus, adult, Ponta Delgada harbour
Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus, juvenile, Ponta Delgada harbour
Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis, 2nd-winter, Ponta Delgada harbour

Terceira (Luis Barcelos and Susana Azera)
Great Northern Diver, Gavia immer, 1, Cabo da Praia
American Wigeon, Anas americana, 3, Paul da Praia
Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis, 3, Paul da Praia
Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus, 2, Paul da Praia
Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, 2, Cabo da Praia
Little Stint, Calidris minuta, 1, Cabo da Praia
Redshank, Tringa totanus, 1, Cabo da Praia

Saturday 5 March 2016

5th March 2016

Faial (Andre Vieira, Bruno Pereira, Tatiana Branco and Elizabete Azevedo)
Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus, juvenile, Horta harbour
American Herring Gull, Larus smithsonianus, 1st-winter, Faja Praia do Norte

Sao Miguel (Ruben and Elizabeth Coelho, Vasco Valadares)
Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus, 1, Achada das Furnas
Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna, 1, Lagoa das Furnas
American Wigeon, Anas americana, 4, 2 (1 drake) Achada das Furnas and 2 Lagoa das Furnas
Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, 1, Achada das Furnas

Tuesday 1 March 2016

1st March 2016

Graciosa (Monica Ramos and Joana Lourenco)
Great Northern Diver, Gavia immer, 1, Santa Catarina

Santa Maria (Alan Vittery)
Garganey, Anas querquedula, 1, Abegoaria Grande
Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, 1, southwest of airport
Pacific Golden Plover, Pluvialis fulva, 1, Abegoaria Grande
American Golden Plover, Pluvilais dominicus, 1, Abegoaria Grande
Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, 1, Abegoaria Grande
Buff-bellied Pipit, Anthus rubescens, 1, southwest of airport