Madeira birds (1 Viewer)

George Edwards

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• Oct 29, 2009

• #1

A friend snapped these while on a recent trip to Madeira - might they be identifiable?

I thought maybe #1 Black Tern, #2 Falcon #3 Swifts #4&5 Blackcap … Thanks

 

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SteveClifton

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• Oct 29, 2009

• #2

1 Looks like a Herring Gull or Yellow Legged
2 looks like a Sparrowhawk
3 Definitely not Swifts. Could be waders or possibly starlings
Agree with 4 & 5

Steve

 

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Jon Turner

Well-known member

• Oct 29, 2009

• #3

First one's a Gull - yellow legged?
2nd is a Kestrel?
3rd isn't Swifts, looks more like doves or pigeons.
Last 2 are probably Blackcaps!

Jon

 

birdboybowley

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• Oct 29, 2009

• #4

Agree with Jon

 

George Edwards

Nom de plume

• Oct 29, 2009

• #5

Nothing very exotic then. Oh well, thanks anyway! And yes #3 were pigeons I have another photo taken just after…

 

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SteveClifton

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• Oct 29, 2009

• #6

birdboybowley said:

Agree with Jon

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Me too, Kestrel it is...

 

njlarsen

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• Oct 30, 2009

• #7

Just wondered: how common are blackcaps in Madeira?

Niels

 

George Edwards

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• Oct 30, 2009

• #8

njlarsen said:

Just wondered: how common are blackcaps in Madeira?

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The heineken (?!) subspecies seems a common resident according to this link http://madeira.seawatching.net/birds.html

 

njlarsen

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• Oct 30, 2009

• #9

George Edwards said:

The heineken (?!) subspecies seems a common resident according to this link http://madeira.seawatching.net/birds.html

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Didn't know that, thanks! The name calls for B B

Niels