BirdLife Malta

80 children today took part in a sponsored marathon walk from Rabat to Qrendi, donating €1,121 towards the construction of Swift (Rundun) nest boxes to be put up in various localities across Malta and Gozo.
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As migration kicks off, yesterday’s bad weather brought in large numbers of herons to Malta, including these Grey Herons which spent several hours inside Simar Nature Reserve. Photo by Ray Galea.

BirdLife Urges European Commission to take action against Malta

9 March 2010

BirdLife’s European partners today urged the European Commission to take action against Malta, should the Maltese government announce its decision to open yet another spring hunting season putting tens of thousands of migratory birds en-route to their European breeding grounds at peril.
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OPM hides behind Ornis to open spring hunting season

3 March 2010

During what BirdLife Malta describes as a farcical meeting, the Ornis Chairman pushed the Committee members to take a series of votes on another spring hunting and trapping season based on FKNK and MEPA’s proposals.
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Chaffinch breed on other small central Mediterranean islands, and in 2009 were confirmed breeding in two separate locations in Malta. Photo by Aron Tanti.

Study shows increase in finch numbers

22 February 2010

A study by the EU LIFE+ Project on Bird Migration and Trapping revealed that the number of finches (Għasafar tal-għana) recorded in the Maltese countryside increased dramatically in the first year of the trapping ban in 2009, compared to 2008 when finch trapping was still permitted.
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Volunteers searching Mizieb for the remains of dead birds in the presence of police last September. The remains of over 200 dead protected birds, some freshly killed, others months old, were found over the two day search. Photo by BirdLife Malta.

Recommendations to clamp down on illegal hunting to be re-submitted to the Prime Minister

20 February 2010

An updated report outlining BirdLife’s recommendations to clamp down on the ongoing and widespread illegal hunting and trapping in the Maltese islands will be re-submitted to the Office of the Prime Minister on Monday, BirdLife Malta revealed today. Although it has been more than one and a half years since the submission of the original report, BirdLife Malta has not yet received feedback from the OPM.
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Schoolchildren from Mosta B playing the life sized board game ‘The Wader Game’. In this game children play as birds and face different obstacles birds encounter on migration. Photo by Geoffrey Saliba.

School children celebrate World Wetlands Day at Nature reserves

2 February 2010

Malta and Gozo’s schoolchildren are this week visiting the Għadira and Is-Simar nature reserves for a special educational tour to celebrate World Wetlands Day, an activity organised by BirdLife Malta and Bank of Valletta’s education programme Dinja Wahda.

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	Rally for enforcement! Join 8 NGOs on Saturday the 13th at 10:00 Valletta, city gate, to demand improved enforcement on nature conservation laws.


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	Oikos showing TV programme on the environment, produced as part of the LIFE+ Project is now showing every Wednesday on ONE TV at 22:15.


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Children raise funds for Malta’s breeding swifts

14 March 2010