BirdLife Malta

ON THE FRONTLINES | October 2023 Newsletter

On the frontlines is our new monthly newsletter section covering the activities of BirdLife Malta’s conservation, policy and nature reserve (Salina, Simar, Għadira and Foresta 2000) teams, together with an update about rare and scarce bird species observed. Illegalities during the ongoing hunting season   As soon as the hunting season began, BirdLife Malta started receiving…
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ON THE FRONTLINES | September 2023 Newsletter

On the frontlines is our new monthly newsletter section covering the activities of BirdLife Malta’s conservation, policy and nature reserve (Salina, Simar, Għadira and Foresta 2000) teams, together with an update about rare and scarce bird species observed. Seabird releases   This August, we received a number of seabirds that were found by members of the…
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GPS-tracked birds of prey disappear as they arrive in Malta

As the autumn hunting season progresses with the further opening of a hunting season at sea on the 1st of October, information gathered by BirdLife Malta over the past days indicates a continuous indiscriminate persecution of highly protected species both on land and at sea, with enforcement resources struggling to keep up with reports. Species…
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Police officers monitoring autumn hunting season reduced

The first two weeks of the autumn hunting season have already seen various episodes of illegal hunting, as political will to curtail illegal hunting remains stagnated. With the migration of various European protected species over Malta expected to peak in the coming days, a low police presence shall only translate in further uncontrolled and illegal…
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