Saturday 17 October 2015

Wdigbirder Abroad Porto Moniz Madeira 17th October.

Time: Staggered watches between 09.00 & 19.00
Weather: Mostly cloudy and rain.
Wind: All over the place.

Cory's Shearwater - 700 ish
Manx Shearwater - 1
Fea's / Zino's petrel - 1 ( West @ 3.45 )
Little Egret - 1
Spoonbill - 1 ( Technically not seawatching, 1West close in at 11 a.m.

Whale sp - A great late afternoon with a large species breaching distantly at 17.40 then 2 probable Brydes Whale breaching closer at 17.58. Seeing that size of Whale leap completely clear of the water is something else!!