Gerbrand Michielsen took a photograph of this Black-winged Stilt, that spent the 22nd - 31st May at Faja de Cima, Sao Miguel - the 19th for the Azores. The Azores have had an excellent spring for European vagrants, with the May highlights being a male Nightjar on Corvo on 16th (second for the Azores and the first for 59 years) and the second Woodchat Shrike for the Azores at Ribeira Quente, São Miguel on 18th. Squacco Herons were on Corvo on 16th and Ribeira de Sao Francisco, Santa Maria, on 17th (17th-18th records),
Red-footed Falcons were on Santa Maria on 15th-18th and Corvo on
16th-18th (sixth and seventh records), three Turtle Doves on Corvo on 18th (10th record), two Red-rumped Swallows on Corvo on 16th-18th (fourth record) and a Golden Oriole on Corvo on 16th-18th (ninth record) rounded off this remarkable set of vagrants.
Red-footed Falcons were on Santa Maria on 15th-18th and Corvo on
16th-18th (sixth and seventh records), three Turtle Doves on Corvo on 18th (10th record), two Red-rumped Swallows on Corvo on 16th-18th (fourth record) and a Golden Oriole on Corvo on 16th-18th (ninth record) rounded off this remarkable set of vagrants.
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