Welcome to the Gibraltar Bird Report 2024. This is the seventh Report that is being published solely on-line. This edition and its predecessors are freely available to all visitors to the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society (GON…

This year's outing to Sierra de las Nieves took place on 22nd February 2025. It was a rainy and misty morning as some of the group gathered at the border, others already making their way to our coffee stop up in the mountains near Ronda. Fortuna…

Our first outing of the year took place on the 11th January, to Laguna de Medina to view wetland birds. The morning started with a breakfast stop at Venta La Parada, where we were greeted by a noisy flock of Spotless Starlings and two White Stor…

The post-nuptial ringing campaign begun at the Jews’ Gate Bird Observatory on the 29th July and officially ended on the 25th November, with three days in December where only a few nets were used. A total of 4611 new birds and 243 retraps brought th…

We are pleased to announce that we have a new website for the Flora of Gibraltar! This website is replacing the old Flora of Gibraltar site which some of you may know well. It will also eventually include the fungi and lichens of the Rock.  The new…

On Saturday, GONHS celebrated EuroBirdwatch, an event we have participated in every year since its inception in 1993. The day began at our Jews’ Gate Field Centre, where bird ringing was taking place as from 8am.  There was a steady trickle of bird…

Gibraltar will celebrate EuroBirdwatch on Saturday the 5th October. Events will include a bird ringing demonstration at the Strait of Gibraltar Bird Observatory at Jews' Gate, and at Tovey Cottage, at the northern end of the Rock, where there will…

Our outing started off at the Venta Navasillo  where we had a great coffee and toastada stop before driving into the Natural park entrance 500m back along the road. Our first stop was the water trough found by the eagle statue which often has birder…

The pre-nuptial ringing campaign begun at the Jews' Gate at the Strait of Gibraltar Bird Observatory on the 15th January and ended on the 10th May. A total of 1567 new birds and 191 retraps, brought the total of birds processed to 1786 birds of 51…

A group of GONHS members represented the organisation at the Andalucía Bird Fair in Montejaque, 19th – 21st  April. The event brought together birders, conservationists, and nature lovers from Andalusia and beyond. The programme included activit…

Outings to La Almoraima are always popular. It is one of the most accessible woodland sites from Gibraltar and the walk is a very easy one. This year’s outing was attended by no fewer than 30 members, with ages spanning across eight decades. The ou…

Outing Report: Barbate & La Janda 24th February 2024 The morning started with our traditional breakfast stop, in Tahivilla in La Janda.  We found that it was low tide and decided to make the Barbate estuary our first stop.  A drive down a di…