NEW ARRIVAL

BENIDORM'S Mundomar wildlife park has a new residenta baby flamingo born on June 8.

Its the second flamingo birth at the park since it opened in 1996 with the first making its appearance in 2021. The egg was spotted on May 11 which the parents then looked after carefully.

Mundomar said that the mother and father at no point neglected the incubation of the egg or caring for their new child when it arrived- with staff on hand to make sure everything went well.

Pink colours are associated with flamingos but that's far from the case in their early stage of life, as the colour is obtained over time from the food they eat which contain crustacean residues.

Hurry to O’Hara

VISITORS to O’Hara’s Battery at the top of the Rock of Gibraltar will be greeted with a more interesting and interactive experience after it reopened.

The Ministry of Heritage said it had commissioned ‘restoration and maintenance works to enhance aesthetics and visitor experience’ of the historical gun and site.

The Upper Rock Maintenance Team carried out most of the restoration while the Alabare charity group helped paint the 9’2 gun seated at the highest point of the Rock. Despite the ministry opening the site, visitors will not be able to get on the gun platform itself until all restoration work is completed.