12 Sept:  Clear skies with a light easterly becoming moderate south-easterly.

Ringing Totals

11 Sept:  Clear skies with a moderate to light north-westerly, becoming light variable to light easterly.

Ringing Totals

A trickle of raptors at dawn with passage progressively moving across the Bay until 10:00hrs.  In total125 Honey Buzzards, four Sparrowhawks, 10 Marsh Harriers, 20 Bee-eaters and four Swallows.

A Robin was observed close to the top of the Rock.

A watch at Europa Point from 11:00-1200 produced two juvenile Flamingoes, two Grey Herons, six Black-headed Gulls, seven Audouin's Gulls, two Gannets and two Cory's Shearwaters.

10 Sept:  Mainly clear skies but some high cloud during the day.  Winds moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly.

A Hoopoe and a Yellow Wagtail were observed around Vineyards estate.

A morning count from Princess Caroline's battery area produced 1156 Honey Buzzards, an Egyptian Vulture, two Booted Eagles, four Sparrowhawks, 22 Black Kites and 11 Bee-eaters.

An afternoon watch from 15:00-18:00hrs produced four Ospreys, 1785 Honey Buzzards, six Booted Eagles, five Sparrowhawks, eight Montagu's Harriers, 36 Marsh Harriers, 246 Black Kites, 12 Lesser Kestrels and 78 Swallows.

09  Sept:  Cloudy skies in the morning clearing by the afternoon.  Winds moderate north-westerly, becoming fresh westerly.

Windy conditions affected the catching rate.

Ringing Totals.

Several hundred Honey Buzzards were seen throughout the day, mainly in the morning.  Also seen were about 50 Black Kites, a Booted Eagle and a Montagu's Harrier. Also seen were two Sand Martins.

A Hoopoe was seen by the Cable car top station. A Little Egret was observed at the Westview park revetment, and a Grey Heron was present at the rocks opposite the rowing clubs.

08 Sept:  Mainly clear skies until midday when high cloud covered the region, clearing in the late afternoon.  Winds light westerly to moderate south westerly.

Ringing Totals

Two Yellow Wagtails were flushed from the Europa foreshore.  There were three Kingfishers present on the groynes at Sandy Bay.

07 Sept:  Overcast skies in the morning with some sunny intervals in the afternoon.  Winds light easterly to light variable.

Ringing Totals

A Tawny Owl was heard at dawn from the Mount gardens area.  A visit to the Talus slope revealed 20 Barbary Partridges, two Melodious Warblers, five Sardinian Warblers and two Blue Rock Thrushes.

A Yellow Wagtail flew north over Jews' Gate, and a Little Owl was heard in the vicinity of St. Bernard's church.

19 Honey Buzzards flew south mid morning, but there was no wind to bring over the migration flow of raptors.

An evening visit to the Botanic gardens produced two Great Tits, two Iberian Chiffchaffs, a Garden Warbler, 11 Sardinian Warblers, 22 Blackbirds and eight Spotted Flycatchers.

06 Sept:  Overcast skies in the region, with levanter cloud over the Rock, town and harbour.  Light drizzle after dawn fading by 09:00.  Sunny intervals in the afternoon.

Ringing Totals

A Nightingale was heard calling in the Arengo's area.

Nine Sandwich Terns were observed in the morning at Western beach.  Two Spotted Flycatchers were seen along Mediterranean road.

05 Sept:  Heavy levanter cloud over the Rock, town and harbour, with some sunny intervals in the afternoon.

Only the two pond nets were opened with only a Reed Warbler, two Sardinian Warblers and four House Sparrows processed.

A 2hr late evening watch at Europa Point revealed a Common Sandpiper, a Black-headed Gull, an Audouin's Gull, 15 Mediterranean Gulls 12 Cory's Shearwaters and 17 Shags.

04 Sept:  Clear skies with a light easterly breeze becoming light variable to calm around midday.

Ringing Totals

A Hoopoe was seen around the GLO area, 

A 2.5hr watch in the evening at Europa Point produced three Common Sandpipers, four Black-headed Gulls, three Audouin's Gulls, three Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 28 Sandwich Terns and 25 Cory's Shearwaters, a Gannet, 24 Shags, and a Kingfisher.

03 Sept:  Clear skies with a light variable breeze becoming light easterly in the afternoon.

Ringing Totals

An afternoon watch at North Front cemetery produced a Blue Tit, six Sardinian Warblers, four Blackbirds, a Pied Flycatcher, a Redstart and 13 House Sparrows.

02 Sept:  Clear skies with a moderate north wind at dawn becoming light and then variable to light easterly in the afternoon.

A trickle of raptors until 09:30hrs.

47 Honey Buzzards, five Montagu's Harriers, three Marsh Harriers and 109 Black Kites.  Also seen at the Cable car top station were a Bonelli's Warbler and two Yellow Wagtails.  

A Hoopoe was observed at Casemates, and a Blue Tit, a juvenile Woodchat Shrike, two Sardinian Warblers, three Blackbirds and a Pied Flycatcher were observed at North Front cemetery.

Juvenile Woodchat Shrike devouring a Scolopendra centipede at North Front cemetery.               C. Fortuna.

01 Sept:  Mainly clear skies with some high cloud in the afternoon.  Winds fresh north-westerly.

Good raptor passage at dawn, and continuing until mid morning when movements dropped to a trickle.  Honey Buzzards drifted to the east of the Rock.

Totals:- 850 Honey Buzzards, four Egyptian Vultures, eight Booted Eagles, a Montagu's Harrier, a Marsh Harrier, two Sparrowhawks, and 1250 Black Kites.  Also seen were 268 White Storks.

Montagu's Harrier male at Europa Point.                                           P. Rocca.