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Ornithological research within GONHS is co-ordinated under the Strait of Gibraltar Bird Observatory. This is divided into monitoring and research into passerines and non-passerines, with emphasis on the migration of passerines, seabirds and raptors and an annual passerine ringing programme.
The Society has a database of records dating back to the 1960's, and publishes an annual account in the Bird Report with scientific papers also included in the journal Iberis.
The Gibraltar list stands at 311 species..
Strait of Gibraltar
Bird Observatory

The function of the Observatory is the monitoring and research into passerines and non-passerines, with particular emphasis on migration. |
Bird
List

This list gives all the 311 species known to have occurred in Gibraltar, with the exception of those represented only in the fossil record. The status of each species is summarised briefly. The Status Categories (Codes) are those used for the British and other national lists. |
Gibraltar
Ringing Group

Bird ringing is carried out under the auspices of the BTO, British Trust for Ornithology, and Gibraltar uses British rings. |
Rarities
Panel

Gibraltar is a member of the AERC, the Association of European Rarities Committee. The Gibraltar Rarities Committee commenced its activities in 1985, and considers records seen on or from the Territory of Gibraltar. |
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RECENT RARITIES
2009:
25 Apr:
Eleonora's Falcon
18 Apr:
Green Woodpecker
2 Apr:
14 Spanish Sparrow
30 Mar:
Bonelli's Eagle
16 Mar:
Ring-billed Gull
9 Mar:
13 Crane
6 Mar:
80 Pin-tail Sandgrouse
2008:
27 Nov:
Red-breasted Flycatcher 21 Oct:
Red-breasted Flycatcher
4 Oct:
2 Sooty Shearwater
22 Sep:
Trumpeter Finch
26 Aug:
Common Waxbill
16 Aug:
Bonelli's Eagle
27 Mar:
Spanish Imperial Eagle
10 Mar:
4 Crane
2007:
14 Aug:
1 White-rumped Swift
13 Aug:
1 Long-legged Buzzard
22 Jul:
2 Slender-billed Gulls
27 Jun:
2 Roseate Terns
21 Jun:
1 Lanner
18 Jun:
1 Lanner
16 Jun:
1 Lanner
26 Apr:
1 Black Vulture
2 Apr:
1 Lanner
31 Mar:
1 Black Vulture
30 Mar:
1 Bullfinch
8 Mar:
4 Grey-lag Geese
5 Mar:
5 Black-winged Stilts
24 Feb:
6 Cranes
2006:
28 Aug:
Royal Tern
19 Aug:
9 Glossy Ibises
06 Aug:
Moroccan Wagtail
5 Aug:
2 Spoonbills
2 Slender-billed Gulls
23 July:
Ruppell's Vulture
2 July:
Slender-billed Gull
27 June:
Spoonbill
14 May:
5 Icterine Warblers
24 Mar:
Woodcock
22 Mar:
Pallid Harrier
12 Mar:
Sooty Shearwater
2005:
15 Nov:
Goldcrest
14 Nov:
Yellow-browed Warbler
8 Nov:
Bullfinch
7 Nov:
Long-eared Owl
26 Oct:
Eleonora's Falcon
24 Oct:
Tree Sparrow
18 Oct:
Stone Curlew
16 Oct:
Long-eared Owl, Long-legged Buzzard
1 Oct:
Eleonora's Falcon
30 Sep:
Woodlark
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