Madeira 15-22nd March 2004
By Jon Buxton & John Glendinning, UK

Cory’s Shearwater 
Between 150-500 daily.  Porto Muniz(PM)

LITTLE SHEARWATER
50 on 19th.  39 on 21st.
Both records from Ponta da Cruz.  Birds flew in from southwest flew by and then flew back infront as though coming inshore.

Manx Shearwater
Max. 20 from PM

Little Egret
Singles on 16th and 18th.  3 on 20th.

Purple Heron
On in off at PDC on21st.

Dunlin
2 on 18th.

Whimbrel
1 on 21st.

Turnstone
Up to 6 daily.

Black headed Gull
All 1st winters.  2 on 15th. , 1 on 19th and 3 on 21st.

Roseate Tern
3 on 15th, 1 on 16th,2-3 on 19-21st all from PDC

Great Skua
Single on 19th

The following were all seen on 20th on Porto Santo 
Spoonbill
Little Ringed Plover-2
Curlew Sandpiper-1
Green Sandpiper-1
Common Sandpiper-1
Snipe-1
Black-winged Stilt-3
Turtle Dove-2
White Wagtail-1

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