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  Another challenging breeding season to come for Yelkouan Shearwaters!

  May 16, 2023 12:10 pm

  As the first eggs were laid at the end of March, a new breeding season for the Yelkouan Shearwater just...
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  Comino development: why the plans should be withdrawn

  March 22, 2023 1:20 pm

  Comino is a small uninhabited island of 3.5 km2 located between Malta and Gozo. It is home to many species...
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  Tackling accidental fisheries bycatch: A win-win operation

  January 30, 2023 6:32 pm

  The Mediterranean coastline saw the beginning of civilisation and ever since its population never ceased to increase until our modern...
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  A last stop before going home, shearwaters raft together! 

  November 30, 2022 6:33 pm

  In this blog, we will continue to discover a little more what a shearwater is capable of. In my first...
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  Navigating in the open ocean like a shearwater!

  September 14, 2022 10:26 am

  In our previous seabird blog A journey with the Yelkouan Shearwater, we learnt about the incredible journey a Yelkouan Shearwater...
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  Night flight of the herons

  September 7, 2022 11:04 am

  The largest flock of Night-herons I ever saw, and possibly the largest ever recorded in Malta, numbered over 180 birds....
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  Our favourite summer adventure!

  August 4, 2022 1:50 pm

  Hundreds of people, amongst them families and children, during July had the opportunity to enjoy one of the most spectacular...
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  New report: EU countries failing to protect seabirds

  June 9, 2022 3:59 pm

  EU countries host 67 species of seabirds, including endemic and threatened ones, that visit our shores to breed and/or winter....
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  Spring Watch, the calm after a storm… 

  May 23, 2022 11:10 am

  Relative peace has returned in the countryside now the spring hunting season is finished. The season, which opened for the...
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  A journey with the Yelkouan Shearwater

  May 2, 2022 3:52 pm

  The Yelkouan Shearwater is one of the resident Mediterranean seabirds. Malta is an important place for the species as it...
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