Having previously mentioned here, my passion for tracking
Europe’s returning African visitors, I recently attempted an
analysis of the latest data from the Gibraltar region. To do
this, I reviewed a spreadsheet, set up in previous years that
use the First dates of migrant bird sightings, sourced from
Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society. Having gone
through my seven randomly chosen bird species’ arrival dates (on
return from Africa), they were to reveal some intriguing trends.
Below you can see a link to a copy of the above-mentioned
spreadsheet. What does this data tell you? To me it hints at a
good pattern match to 2010, when looking at the First known
sightings of the seven listed bird species. Later, I will refer
to the actual climate of two years ago. Meanwhile, a question
arises. When looking at these bird arrival statistics, is it
possible to predict the future climate for the United Kingdom,
i.e. what will spring and summer weather be like? Currently, the
latest news from Gibraltar indic