10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2024
They breed early and now it’s time to move out into the Atlantic. It’s only with the return of the low pressure systems in October that the Balearic Shearwaters come back and get ready to make the most of the winter and early spring productivity to breed. They are now finishing the breeding season and leave the breeding colonies.
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2024
The south, just 21 kilometers away, is the coast of Morocco and the Griffons have just completed a short but arduous sea-crossing across the Strait of Gibraltar. Griffon Vultures have a long breeding season. Isn’t it a bit late to breed? Why bother with such a risky journey if you aren’t going to breed?
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2024
Yellow-legged Gulls Larus michahellis breed on the Rock of Gibraltar and the late spring arrival of Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus coincides with the time that the gulls have chicks on their nests. I have been following the local gulls with GPS tags and they spend most of their time in rubbish tips in Spain and Morocco.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2012
Carmine bee-eaters occur throughout most of Subsaharan Africa, and many populations migrate widely post breeding. After breeding they also disperse over the rainforests and savannas of West and Central Africa, where they hunt for aerial insects. Two populations exist, the westernmost breeds in the western Sahara (e.g.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2011
Males of this species are more brightly colored in their non-breeding winter plumage. It used to occur widely throughout South Africa, breeding even on Table Mountain which towers over Cape Town, but over the decades its range has contracted and is now centered around the Drakensberg Mountains and outlying rocky areas.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2024
Black-tailed godwits winter in large numbers on the estuaries of both Norfolk and Suffolk, and we know that nearly all these birds breed in Iceland. In breeding plumage islandica godwits develop a deeper red plumage than their limosa cousins. They are of the race islandica , a sub species of the nominate race, limosa.
10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2012
Image by Adam Riley Of the 115 African species now listed as Endangered or Critically Endangered, nearly half occur on the islands surrounding Africa or are non-breeding migrants to Africa. There has been growth in the breeding population at the colonies in Morocco (now estimated at 106 breeding pairs and approximately 500 birds in total).
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