30 Nov:  Clear skies with a moderate westerly wind.

29 Nov:  Clear skies with a moderate westerly wind.

A Wryneck was observed in the Botanic Gardens.

27 Nov:  Mainly clear skies with some westerly cloud.  Winds moderate to fresh westerly.

Two flocks of Shelduck totalling 36 birds were seen at Europa Point.  Also seen were 35 Gannets, five Cormorants, five Shags, two Little Egrets, 22 Black-headed Gulls, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, eight Turnstones, three Serins and two Black Redstarts.

One of two flocks of Shelducks seen from Europa Point.                                                        R. Perez.

25 Nov:  Clear skies with a fresh north-westerly wind.

At least 70 Black-headed Gulls were feeding and resting below Europa Point where an Audouin's Gull and four Razorbills were also seen.  Also present were Gannets, Shags and seven Turnstones on the rocks at the Europa foreshore.

23 Nov:  Clear skies with a fresh northerly wind. 

The Iberian Magpie was seen at Levant Battery, a Hen Harrier flew south and a Black Stork flew north in the afternoon.

21 Nov:  Cloudy skies with some sunny spells.  Rain showers from the west in moderate westerly to south-westerly winds.

Ringing Totals

A walk along Europa road produced 12 Gannets, 2 Cormorants, two Shags, a Kestrel,   two Chiffchaffs, four Sardinian Warblers, three Common Starlings, 11 Spotless Starlings and a Blackbird.

Governor's Lookout to Signal Station road produced, two Kestrels, two Ravens, two Chiffchaffs, five Sardinian Warblers, two Song Thrushes, three Blackbirds, six Robins, three Black Redstarts and two Chaffinches.

A flock of about thirty Goldfinches were present at North Front Cemetery.  Nine Grey Herons flew south past Europlaza in the evening.

20 Nov:  Levanter cloud over the Rock, town and harbour with westerly cloud heading in giving some light drizzle and rain showers in the late morning and afternoon.  Winds moderate easterly becoming light and variable to light westerly.

Ringing Totals

19 Nov:  Levanter cloud over the Rock, town and harbour with more cloud approaching from the east.  Winds strong easterly.

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A surprising bird trapped was the Iberian Chiffchaff, which was identified on wing length, yellow undertail coverts, pale orange base to lower mandible and the clincher was that the bird called, resulting in a confirmed identification.  This is a very late bird, that usually migrates past Gibraltar during early August through September and early October, with the nominate Chiffchaff arriving mid-October and November.

A visit to the Alameda Botanic Gardens resulted in seven Blue Tits, a Chiffchaff, two Sardinian Warblers, a Song Thrush, three Blackbirds, 40+ Collared Doves, a Peregrine overhead, 16 Robins, four Black Redstarts, a Wren, three Chaffinches and a Greenfinch.

Two Sandwich Terns were seen by the Rowing Clubs.

Birds seen from Western beach 21 Black-headed Gulls, 10 Cormorants, a Meadow Pipit, a White Wagtail, 6 Spotless Starling, a Collared Dove, and four House Sparrows.

18 Nov:  Cloudy with levanter cloud over the Rock, town and harbour, with some cumulo-nimbus approaching from the east.  Winds gale force easterly with severe gale in the Strait.

Ringing Totals

  Tawny Owl was seen twice, briefly from the Observatory.

17 Nov:  Levanter cloud over the town and harbour in a moderate to fresh easterly wind.

A Chiffchaff that was ringed at the Observatory in 2020 was trapped again today showing remarkable site fidelity.

Ringing Totals

16 Nov:  Some cloud from the east with levanter cloud developing by mid morning.  Winds moderate easterly.

A Red-rumped Swallow was seen from the Observatory.

 Ringing Totals

5 Nov:  Clear skies with a moderate south-westerly wind.

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A very late Golden Oriole was heard from the bottom net rides, and a Red-rumped Swallow was seen from the Observatory.

Four Cranes were seen; two flew west across the Bay and the other two flew north.  Both pairs were seen from the Observatory.

A Redwing was seen flying over Grand Parade.

14 Nov:  Clear skies with a light easterly to light variable.

Ringing Totals

13 Nov:  Levanter cloud over the town and harbour in a moderate north-easterly wind.

An hour morning watch at Europa Point produced 35 Balearic Shearwaters, 30 Gannets, a third -year Mediterranean Gull, two Audouin's Gulls, 60 Black-headed Gulls including the returning gull with a white ring and letters T39J, and several Serins and a Siskin.

A Nightjar was heard calling at the Observatory.

 Ringing Totals

12 Nov:  Clear skies with a light westerly wind. 

A Blackbird chick was seen at Morrison's carpark in the morning.  Four Grey Herons were seen flying north from Westview promenade.

 Ringing Totals

11 Nov: Clear skies with a light westerly wind.

Ringing Totals

10 Nov: Clear skies with a light to moderate westerly wind. 

There was a Sanderling at Western beach in the morning.

Ringing Totals

09 Nov: Clear skies with a light westerly wind. 

A light phase Booted Eagle was seen over the Rock.

The Storm Petrel was picked up in town, and was in good conditions.  It was taken to the Observatory where it was ringed and then released at Rosia Bay.

Ringing Totals

08 Nov:  Clear skies with light variable to light easterly winds. 

A dark phase Booted Eagle was seen in the early afternoon.

Only the top nets at the Observatory were erected.

Ringing Totals

07 Nov:  A cold start to a clear morning, with very good visibility.  Winds light north-easterly.

The cold conditions further north in Iberia seems to have encouraged Robins to move further south, with a good arrival this morning as can be seen by ringing records, with only the bottom nets used.

Ringing Totals

06 Nov:  Clear skies in the morning with some cloud from the east in the afternoon.  Winds north, turning to north-easterly and then easterly in the afternoon.

A Sanderling was observed on the rocks at Europa foreshore, a place where Turnstones usually forage.

A Walk around the North Front Cemetery produced:-

05 Nov:  Mainly clear skies with some westerly cloud.  Winds moderate north-westerly.

A mid-morning walk at Europa Point produced the following:-

The Cormorants were flying south in a V formation.

At North Front Cemetery the following were seen:-

An afternoon walk from Governor's Lookout to Signal Station road produced the following:-

04 Nov:  Clear skies with a moderate north-westerly wind.

Two Short-toed Eagles were seen over the Rock mid morning.

Possibly the same Dartford Warbler was seen again at North Front Cemetery.

A Snow Bunting*, second record for Gibraltar, was photographed at the Europa foreshore in the morning.  The first record was on the 26th October 2019 at North Front Cemetery.

Snow Bunting adult female.  Second record for Gibraltar.                                             T. Finlayson.

A mornings ringing with top nets only produced the following:-                                                                                 Ringing Totals

A morning watch at North Front Cemetery produced the following:-

The Pied Flycatcher constitutes the latest sighting of this species.

03 Nov:  Mainly clear skies with some high cloud and sunny spells.  Winds fresh north-westerly.

Northerly winds usually provide Griffon Vulture passage over the Rock, and today was no exception with over 500 Griffon Vultures seen moving south-west including 50 birds over the Rock.  Also seen was a single Black Kite, five Glossy Ibises, and spectacular finch passage with over 1000 Chaffinches 12 Bramblings, and smaller numbers of other species that included 20 Greenfinches some Goldfinches and a Linnet.

A Dartford Warbler was seen at the North Front Cemetery.

An Osprey and 30 White Storks were seen flying north up the Bay.

A walk from Governor's Lookout to Signal Station road produced the following:-

The Alameda Botanic gardens held the following:-

02 Nov:  Cloudy throughout the morning with a light drizzle in the afternoon Winds fresh west-north-west.

01 Nov:  Overcast skies with a fresh west to south-westerly wind. 

Strong winds have prevented any ringing over the last few days.

Good Finch passage throughout the morning, with flocks encountering the winds at Europa Point and returning to the Rock.

A visit to North Front Cemetery produced the following:-

A Wryneck was seen in the Botanic Gardens, and two Sparrowhawks were seen over Brympton flats.

At the Botanic Gardens the following were seen:-

A Cattle Egret was observed at the mid-town park.

A flock of 200 White Storks were seen heading north over the Rock.

An hours watch at Europa Point produced 87 Scopoli's Shearwaters, 19 Gannets, eight Cormorants, seven Shags and 25 Black-headed Gulls.