Canarian kestrels and their prey, Fajã da Ovelha

Canarian kestrels Falco tinnunculus canariensis, are a race of common kestrel and are everywhere on Madeira, from the highest mountain tops to the centre of Funchal. Their favoured prey is Madeiran wall lizards which like the kestrels are numerous across the whole of the island, indeed they are the only lizard on the island.

This is about the best I've managed so far of a male.

One particular stretch of wall near our accommodation at Faja do Ovelha, had over 50 lizards sunning themselves. 

At Porto Moniz we came across several Madeiran wall lizards which were preying on insects that came to these flowers.

In fact the wall lizards seemed to adopt this behaviour everywhere. This was at Fajã da Ovelha.

Not particularly rare, yet an unexpected bonus and a first for me was this Macronesian red admiral.

Buzzard, as far as I know not a different race to that which we see in the UK, but I leave it here in anticipation of a future split!