Madeira holiday

The last holiday of the year was a short trip to Madeira. The views are mostly stunning:















The birds are limited in variety but closer than in the UK, this Common Tern showing winter plumage, a sight you won't see in the UK:

There's lots and lots of lizards, lizards everywhere in fact:




















The complete blog for this and other foreign trips is and will be on http://birdingabout.blogspot.com/, which I started earlier in the year to accommodate our trip to Yellowstone.