Bird Sightings April 2026
06 Apr: Clear skies with a fresh easterly wind.
05 Apr: Clear skies with a fresh easterly wind.
Ringing Totals
| Species | New | Retrap | Total |
| Bonelli’s Warbler | 9 | 9 | |
| Willow Warbler | 15 | 15 | |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | 1 | 1 | |
| Chiffchaff | 1 | 1 | |
| Orphean Warbler | 2 | 2 | |
| Sardinian Warbler | 3 | 3 | |
| Subalpine Warbler | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 33 | 33 |
A Hoopoe was seen at Europa foreshore and three Swallows flew north.
At North Front cemetery there was a Woodchat Shrike, four Sardinian Warblers and a Subalpine Warbler.
Female Subalpine Warbler at North Front cemetery. C. Fortuna
04 Apr: Levanter cloud over the Rock and town in a fresh north-easterly wind.
Ringing Totals
| Species | New | Retrap | Total |
| Bonelli’s Warbler | 2 | 2 | |
| Willow Warbler | 1 | 1 | |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | 1 | 1 | |
| Blackcap | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Whitethroat | 1 | 1 | |
| Sardinian Warbler | 1 | 1 | |
| Robin | 1 | 1 | |
| Greenfinch | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 14 | 1 | 15 |
There was a Black-eared Wheatear at North Front cemetery.
03 Apr: Mainly clear skies with a moderate to light westerly wind, becoming variable but moderate easterly in the afternoon.
Ringing Totals
| Species | New | Retrap | Total |
| Hoopoe | 1 | 1 | |
| Blue Tit | 1 | 1 | |
| Bonelli’s Warbler | 6 | 6 | |
| Willow Warbler | 6 | 6 | |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | 1 | 1 | |
| Chiffchaff | 3 | 3 | |
| Blackcap | 4 | 4 | |
| Sardinian Warbler | 1 | 1 | |
| Subalpine Warbler | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | 1 | 24 |
Seven Turnstones were observed on the shoreline at Europa foreshore.
A Marsh Harrier, two Sparrowhawks and two Black Kites were seen in the early morning before the easterlies set in.
02 Apr: Clear skies with a light to moderate north-westerly wind.
Ringing Totals
| Species | New | Retrap | Total |
| Wryneck | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bonelli’s Warbler | 10 | 10 | |
| Willow Warbler | 23 | 23 | |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | 1 | 1 | |
| Chiffchaff | 4 | 4 | |
| Blackcap | 1 | 1 | |
| Whitethroat | 2 | 2 | |
| Sardinian Warbler | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Subalpine Warbler | 5 | 5 | |
| Song Thrush | 1 | 1 | |
| Black Redstart | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 1 | 51 |
A walk along Camp and Little bays revealed the following:-
| Species | Total |
| Barbary Partridge | 13 |
| Shag | 2 |
| Kestrel | 1 |
| Peregrine | 2 |
| Sardinian Warbler | 6 |
| Wren | 2 |
| Robin | 1 |
| House Sparrow | 7 |
| Greenfinch | 3 |
North Front cemetery held the following:-
| Species | Total |
| Chiffchaff | 1 |
| Sardinian Warbler | 2 |
| Subalpine Warbler | 1 |
| Blackbird | 1 |
| Goldfinch | 1 |
| Serin | 1 |
A visit to the Alameda Botanic gardens produced the following:-
| Species | Total |
| Collared Dove | 3 |
| Blue Tit | 1 |
| Bonelli’s Warbler | 1 |
| Willow Warbler | 2 |
| Chiffchaff | 2 |
| Blackcap | 4 |
| Sardinian Warbler | 1 |
| Subalpine Warbler | 1 |
| Spotless Starling | 6 |
| Blackbird | 3 |
| House Sparrow | 5 |
| Greenfinch | 3 |
| Goldfinch | 2 |
| Serin | 1 |
An afternoon visit to Windmill Hill produced the following:-
| Species | Total |
| Barbary Partridge | heard |
| Hoopoe | 3 |
| Woodchat Shrike | 3 |
| Swallow | 47 |
| Red-rumped Swallow | 1 |
| House Martin | 15 |
| Bonelli’s Warbler | 1 |
| Willow Warbler | 2 |
| Chiffchaff | 3 |
| Blackcap | 1 |
| Sardinian Warbler | 3 |
| Subalpine Warbler | 3 |
| Wren | 2 |
| Spotless Starling | 6 |
| Blackbird | 6 |
| Nightingale | 2 |
| Northern Wheatear | 2 |
| White Wagtail | 1 |
| Linnet | 2 |
Several visits to Europa Point and foreshore during the morning and afternoon produced the following:-
| Species | Total |
| Barbary Partridge | 2 |
| Collared Dove | 3 |
| Oystercatcher | 25 e |
| Sandwich Tern | 1 |
| Black-headed Gull | 40 |
| Mediterranean Gull | 1 |
| Audouin’s Gull | 3 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 2 |
| Gannet | 29 |
| Cormorant | 10 |
| Shag | 9 |
| Glossy Ibis | 12 w |
| Hoopoe | 2 |
| Pied Crow | 1 |
| Grey Heron | 1 |
| Bee-eater | heard |
| Woodchat Shrike | 1 |
| Willow Warbler | 1 |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | 1 |
| Chiffchaff | 5 |
| Sardinian Warbler | 2 |
| Subalpine Warbler | 1 |
| Spotless Starling | 3 |
| Blackbird | 4 |
| Blue Rock Thrush | 2 |
| Northern Wheatear | 1 |
| House Sparrow | 46 |
| White Wagtail | 1 |
| Greenfinch | 3 |
| Goldfinch | 11 |
Main raptor passage took place in the late morning and afternoon as winds picked up in the Strait for a total of:-
| Species | Total |
| Osprey | 13 |
| Short-toed Eagle | 72 |
| Booted Eagle | 320 |
| Sparrowhawk | 70 |
| Hen Harrier | 1 m |
| Montagu’s Harrier | 10 |
| Marsh Harrier | 36 |
| Black Kite | 1326 |
| Buzzard | 1 |
| Lesser Kestrel | 1 |
| Common Kestrel | 15 |
| Hobby | 1 |
01 Apr:- Clear skies at dawn but levanter cloud forming in the morning over the Rock and town. Winds fresh easterly.
Ringing Totals
| Species | New | Retrap | Total |
| Hoopoe | 2 | 2 | |
| Bonelli’s Warbler | 6 | 6 | |
| Willow Warbler | 13 | 13 | |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | 1 | 1 | |
| Chiffchaff | 2 | 2 | |
| Garden Warbler | 2 | 2 | |
| Blackcap | 5 | 5 | |
| Sardinian Warbler | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 32 | 1 | 33 |
A visit to Windmill Hill produced the following:-
| Species | Total |
| Barbary Partridge | 19 |
| Hoopoe | 16 |
| Kestrel | 2 |
| Woodchat Shrike | 7 |
| Bonelli’s Warbler | 1 |
| Willow Warbler | 7 |
| Chiffchaff | 14 |
| Blackcap | 3 |
| Sardinian Warbler | 25 |
| Subalpine Warbler | 3 |
| Spectacled Warbler | 1 |
| Dartford Warbler | 1 |
| Wren | 1 |
| Blackbird | 19 |
| Robin | 1 |
| Nightingale | 9 |
| Common Redstart | 4 |
| Black Redstart | 1 |
| Blue Rock Thrush | 1 |
| Northern Wheatear | 25 |
| Black-eared Wheatear | 4 |
| House Sparrow | 1 |
| White Wagtail | 1 |
| Meadow Pipit | 1 |
| Greenfinch | 14 |
| Corn Bunting | 1 |
Two Common Sandpipers were present at Western beach, and Bee-eaters were heard over Europa Point.
A Hoopoe was seen at Camp bay, with another at Europa foreshore. Three Northern Wheatears were resting on the groyne at Sandy bay, with another on the Sand Slopes.