GIBRALTAR
I had to take Barbara to Gibraltar for an afternoon flight and so I took Gill and Noel with me to show them a few birds on Gibraltar afterwards.
We ran into trouble trying to get on to Gibraltar as the local council workers on the Spanish side of the border were staging a protest march which included a blockade of the border.
PART OF THE BLOCKADE AT THE ENTRANCE TO GIBRALTAR
At one stage we though poor Barbara was going to have to walk across their picket-line and cross by herself with all her luggage but the marcher/strikers relented and let us pass in the car.
On Gib we did the tourist tour of the top of the rock and during our time there we watched a constant stream of Booted Eagles heading off to Africa. We also had a great aerial display by 3 Peregrines. Others birds of note were Short-toed Eagle, Blue Rock Thrush and mnay Yellow-legged Gulls. A single Wren, a couple of Blackcaps and a Garden Warbler were noted in the scrub and plenty of Sardinian Warblers were located by call.
I had to take Barbara to Gibraltar for an afternoon flight and so I took Gill and Noel with me to show them a few birds on Gibraltar afterwards.
We ran into trouble trying to get on to Gibraltar as the local council workers on the Spanish side of the border were staging a protest march which included a blockade of the border.
PART OF THE BLOCKADE AT THE ENTRANCE TO GIBRALTAR
At one stage we though poor Barbara was going to have to walk across their picket-line and cross by herself with all her luggage but the marcher/strikers relented and let us pass in the car.
On Gib we did the tourist tour of the top of the rock and during our time there we watched a constant stream of Booted Eagles heading off to Africa. We also had a great aerial display by 3 Peregrines. Others birds of note were Short-toed Eagle, Blue Rock Thrush and mnay Yellow-legged Gulls. A single Wren, a couple of Blackcaps and a Garden Warbler were noted in the scrub and plenty of Sardinian Warblers were located by call.
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