GONHS notes with distress another oil spill that is impacting our waters and shore.  This comes off the back of the removal, finally, of the wreck of the OS35, another accident that resulted in environmental damage. The latest oil spill on 1st Au...

GONHS notes, with growing concern, the oil spill within BGTW from OS 35.   Oil Spills are harmful to all forms of marine life regardless of whether the habitats are coastal or offshore. Typically, the intertidal areas are hit hardest, causing ...

Joint Press Release 8th September 2021 The ESG, GONHS and GHT are vehemently opposed to a development that is being proposed at Rosia Bay.  The site is hugely important to Gibraltar as a community, leisure, heritage and ecological area, not to m...

 GONHS notes the oil spill within BGTW in the Bay of Gibraltar on Friday, which is reported to have been caused by a valve problem on the Liberian-flag bulk carrier AM Ghent, during a bunkering operation by an unnamed bunkering operator. Oil spil...

The advent of digital photography has resulted in many people taking an interest in wildlife through photography.  GONHS welcomes this surge in interest in photographing wildlife and birds in particular.  Any form of enjoyment of the natural envir...

What was going to be a relaxing boat ride around the Rock for Clayton Busto and his young son Jake, turned out to be an unexpectedly exciting day with the successful rescue of a young Cinereous (also known as Black) Vulture, which they found in th...

A juvenile Common Kestrel was handed in to the GONHS Raptor Unit on the 15 November 2019, after being found by Mr Joe Flores at Wellington Front.  It seems to have flown into a glass balustrade and was in a poor state of health, showing signs of c...

Press Release 4 December 2019 On the 25 October 2019 a female Common Kestrel was brought ashore at the Port of Gibraltar from the visiting cruise ship P&O Arcadia. It had been seeking refuge on one of the ship’s decks after the vessel had sai...

GONHS invites people to join in its celebration of BirdLife International’s EuroBirdwatch on Saturday 5th October 2019, in order to discover the fascinating world of bird migration. During this time of the year, millions of migratory birds leave E...

Climate Change Immediate action towards carbon neutrality, in accordance with the Climate Emergency declaration. The aims of the Coalition for Climate Action to be acted upon, with fully-effective policies on transport, development, energy, po...

The GONHS and Gibraltar Heritage Trust welcome the announcement by HMGoG regarding the future of The Mount and its grounds. For many years both NGOs have monitored and highlighted concern in respect to the gradual dilapidation and neglect that thi...

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna - The Facts Press Release 9th August 2019   The Gibraltar Chronicle published an opinion piece by Mr. Samuel Marrache on the 6th August titled “Dispelling the myths about Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABT) fishing in Gibraltar”. T...