Portugal Special Protection Area for birds
Ponta de S. Lourenço
70 bird species recorded; the most in June and from August to September.
Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
27 species in January.24 species in February.38 species in March.35 species in April.39 species in May.46 species in June.43 species in July.50 species in August.48 species in September.39 species in October.39 species in November.31 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
70 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 70Speciesrecorded more than once
- 22Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 11,322Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,678 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 2Owls
- 6Waders
- 15Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 25Songbirds
- 13Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 70 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RedshankTringa totanus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
Gulls & seabirds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- FreiraPterodroma madeira
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Bulwer’s petrelBulweria bulwerii
- Fea's PetrelPterodroma feaeNT
- Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroli
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great shearwaterPuffinus gravis
- White-faced storm petrelPelagodroma marina
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Band-rumped Storm PetrelOceanodroma castro
- Audubon's ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Songbirds25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Fringilla maderensisFringilla maderensis
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Madeiran KingletRegulus madeirensis
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Anthus berthelotiiAnthus berthelotii
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Spectacled WarblerSylvia conspicillata
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Plain SwiftApus unicolor
- Trocaz PigeonColumba trocaz
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaNT
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- European SwiftApus apus
- CootFulica atra
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in June and from August to September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan17°/16°37 mm
- Feb17°/15°45 mm
- Mar17°/15°44 mm
- Apr18°/16°29 mm
- May19°/17°20 mm
- Jun22°/19°10 mm
- Jul23°/20°5 mm
- Aug24°/21°8 mm
- Sep24°/21°21 mm
- Oct22°/20°41 mm
- Nov20°/18°51 mm
- Dec18°/17°53 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Ponta de S. Lourenço.
Protected area in Portugal
Ponta de S. Lourenço is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Portugal, 1,678 m above the sea.
70 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 11,322 open records.
The most recorded are the Fringilla maderensis, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Madeiran Kinglet.
14 species come for the summer, 6 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in June and from August to September.
Get there and watch
- Unofficial flat ground suitable to pitch a discreet tentcampsite · 1.2 km · 19 within 10 km
- Eira Do Serradoplace to stay · 4.3 km · 208 within 10 km
- Curral das Freirasnearest town · 4.5 km in a straight line
- Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport (FNC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight lineCar hire at FNC airport (Funchal)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 23marked trails within 4 kmPR 1 - Vereda do Areeiro, PR 1.2 - Vereda do Pico Ruivo, PR 11 - Vereda dos Balcões and 20 more
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmCentro da Freira da Madeira - Doutor Rui Silva, Centro de Recepção do Parque Ecológico do Funchal
- 63viewpoints within 5 kmPico do Arieiro, Balcões, Pico Alto and 60 more
- 9car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 19campsites within 10 kmUnofficial flat ground suitable to pitch a discreet tent, Ribeiro Frio, Pico Ruivo and 16 more
- 208places to stay within 10 kmEira Do Serrado, Quinta da Fonte, Refúgio das Camélias and 205 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Ponta de S. Lourenço.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas44 mountains within 25 kmPico do Areeiro1,818 m · 0.6 km↗Pico das Torres1,853 m · 2.2 kmPico Ruivo1,862 m · 3.5 km↗Achada do Teixeira1,600 m · 3.7 kmPico do Cardo430 m · volcano · 7.7 kmPico das Romeiras436 m · volcano · 7.8 kmPico Ruivo do Paul1,639 m · 15 kmMorro da Piedade109 m · volcano · 20 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 kmPico das TorresBortle 4 · 2.5 kmPico RuivoBortle 4 · 3.5 kmIlhéu do FarolBortle 3 · 25 kmIlhéu MoleBortle 3 · 27 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 kmCavalum Caves · 13 kmSão Vicente Caves · 13 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Ponta de S. Lourenço
Portugal
- 41Birdyas Score
- 70Species
- 22Migrants
- 0Threatened
Maciço Montanhoso Oriental da Ilha da Madeira
Portugal · 4 km
- 40Birdyas Score
- 69Species
- 18Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q63378418) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 11,322 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Darkskyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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