2 things I enjoy 👉🏼 1) my morning cuppa joe, 2) watching early morning Black kites gracefully flying low & in numbers over my living room window. But when u combine both it’s BLISS! Reduce life expectations, cant beat the simple things in life to optimise #MentalHealth #Gibraltar

Some of the birds in Gibraltar this AM: Bonelli’s, Willow, Melodious & Iberian warblers, C.Redstart, C.Bunting, Woodchat shrike, Nightingale, Alpine, Pallid & c.swifts, Night heron and the typical local ssp

Flight record shot of an usual Black-crowed night heron flying away at Europa point #Gibraltar

Beautiful batch of Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) at Europa Foreshore trail #Gibraltar with Jebel Musa in the background, two continents and the intersection between the Mediterranean sea and Atlantic ocean. Large fall of Melodious & Willow warblers too

Beautiful! Wood warblers are a regular migrant in very small numbers in Gibraltar, chiefly during the Spring time.

A very bold and confident Barbary partridge now at the #Gibraltar nature reserve

When theres no power why not try connecting with nature instead, just looked out and spotted a fine Sparrowhawk arriving low over Rosia Bay #Gibraltar

Willow Warblers refreshing themselves at the Alameda Gardens Gibraltar #Gibraltar as they take a break on their migratory journey between tropical Africa and northern Europe.

Lots of Raptors coming through Black kite, Booted eagle, Sparrowhawk, but notably a tangible increase in Marsh harriers in the past few hours #Gibraltar

Passage of Black kites this AM over #Gibraltar …now just spotted a lovely female Hen harrier passing overhead, not seeing them very often lately as numbers r going down in Europe due to nest and habitat (Moorland) destruction.

TRUMPETER FINCH @ Europa Point - Indeed! The call is very distictinve sounds like a congested nose, thanks for sharing, excellent sighting!

3 Jackdaw-sized corvids heading N high over Sandy Bay (no bins), flying like Jackdaws but cannot rule out any of the Chough spp which can readily be seen at this time of the year #Gibraltar

Just hearing my first Pallid swifts of the year in the late evening sunset. I always look forward to their lovely sounds to mark the arrival of Spring. They are amazing birds, skilful fliers that can eat, drink, mate & rest on the wing! #Gibraltar

My first Booted eagle of the Spring passage just now over #Gibraltar

Hundreds of Black kites now arriving over the southern district from the Strait #Gibraltar

Important notice by #Gibraltar Dept of Env re: avoid tree / hedge cutting in bird breeding season Mar - 30th June 👉🏼 bit.ly/3veveMz IMO also important not to publicise nesting locations, as well as ethical & responsible birding / bird photography viewing breeding species

Great! I was actually looking for them yesterday without any luck, glad to hear they’re back

Massive swarm of raptors arriving now, chiefly Black kites and Short-toed eagle, covering the whole breadth of the western strait slowly drifting towards Gibraltar. Such a big wave that it makes Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ look like child’s play! Look out west now #Gibraltar

Hundreds of Black kites arriving at Gibraltar from the west mid-strait caught in the sudden rain downpour heading towards the Rock scrambling to make a landfall

Hundreds of Black kites arriving very early this AM over Parson’s Lodge #Gibraltar streams visible all across the Strait, spectacular! Circa 500 individuals at one view