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 bi...

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 wil...

Welcome to the Gibraltar Bird Report 2023. This is the sixth 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...

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 bird...

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 5...

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 activ...

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 ...

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 ...

Contains updated Bird List and Gibraltar Bird Report In-Progress, together with 2023 Raptor Totals and Ringing Report.   Gibraltar Bird List updated This list gives all the 325 species known to have occurred in Gibraltar, with the exception ...

We held our mushroom identification outing on 25th November 2023.  A brilliant day was had by all in the beautiful Valdeinfierno valley in Los Alcornocales Natural Park as we were joined by eight Spanish mycologist amateurs from the Mycology socie...

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...

Our botanical outing to the Upper Rock Nature Reserve was held on 25th March. This well-attended outing was led by Leslie Linares (plants), Albert Gonzalez and Michael Grech (lichens and fungi). We started on the road leading to the Upper Galleri...