A Little Grebe was found in Ocean Village. The bird, a juvenile, had not been recorded in Gibraltar since the 1950, when one struck the Lighthouse and was also rescued.
The bird was checked at the Veterinary Clinic, and given a clean bill of health. It was subsequently released the following day at the pond in Commonwealth Park. It had gone by the next day.
GONHS celebrated the 25th EuroBirdwatch last weekend, a Europe-wide event organised by BirdLife International to highlight bird migration and conservation. The event has been celebrated in Gibraltar every year since 1993, when it began.
The Society was represented by our hard-working council member Jill Yeoman, at the Bird Fair held at Egleton Nature Reserve at Rutland Water, Oakham from the 17th - 19th August.
By this time of the year (June) many plant species on the Rock are already going to seed and everything seems to be drying up, but there are still some interesting plants which are fully in bloom. A number of these can be found along Inglis Way, and some only here and nowhere else in the Upper Rock.
April's GONHS outing took place at the beautiful mountains of Sierra Crestellina, near the town of Casares, Spain.
May's GONHS outing took place last weekend on a birding bonanza to Brazo del Este, Seville. Those who attended were in for a treat!
An African Chaffinch was present in the Nature Reserve at the end of last month. The bird, an African subspecies of the nominate race of European Chaffinch, found in north Africa, has rarely been recorded in Europe.
A Barn Swallow, ringed at the Field Centre at Jews' Gate, was found in Chibia, Angola. The Swallow, ringed on the 16th October 2017, flew into the window of a house in the town of Chibia in Angola on the 20th March 2018.
Spring is now well underway, and with it comes a spectacular display of flowering plants on the Rock.
