Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Spain 6th January 2016

Gibraltar and Apes....


This morning was another cool slightly overcast start but it turned into a day of almost unbroken sunshine when we were in Gibraltar.

The view to Morocco some 24kms away was a bit hazy but the mountains were visible if shielded by low cloud.

The mountains of Morocco North Africa


I had hoped for a few birds, but the best that I could muster were., White Wagtail, Robin, Black Redstart, Yellow Legged Gull and PEREGRINE.

A guided tour took in the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, the home of the famous Barbary Macaques.


The Alpha male of one of the five troops on the Rock


It has been proven by DNA that the Macaques on Gibraltat today originated from the mountains of North Africa and are not a remnant population of the species that did once inhabit southern Europe.

Barbary Macaque




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