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Description
The harbour of Funchal is a fairly large harbour and is mainly used for tourists and as a stopover for ships that want to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The area provides an ideal roosting habitat for many species of shorebird, like Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Black-headed Gull. The shoreline is used by many species of wader, like Whimbrel, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling and Common Sandpiper.
The harbour waters are a feeding area for multiple species of tern, being mainly Common Tern and Roseate Tern, but sometimes also Sandwich Tern.
Just outside the harbour and onto the Atlantic Ocean, large flocks of Cory's Shearwater can be observed. Small numbers of Bulwer's Petrel can be seen too. Other species of shearwater can be seen during migration, like Manx Shearwater and Barolo Shearwater.
In the last decades, many species of rare migratory birds have been observed in this harbour, like Ring-billed Gull, Iceland Gull and, in 2011, a Yellow-crowned Night Heron.
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Access
The area is easy accessable due to the paved docks and roads adjacent to the harbour's waters.