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A volunteer-powered success: Counting White Wagtails at three roosts
January 14, 2025 8:54 amOn 11 January 2025, a remarkable gathering of volunteers participated in the annual White Wagtail roost counts at three key...
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BirdLife Malta launches themed social media days and spreads its wings to Bluesky
January 1, 2025 10:00 amAs of January 1, 2025, BirdLife Malta is launching a fresh social media schedule with daily themes designed to bring...
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EURING condemns Malta’s finch trapping as illegitimate research
December 3, 2024 2:55 pmEURING, the organisation coordinating European bird ringing schemes, declared that finch trapping in Malta is not legitimate research and warned...
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Illegal hunting in bird sanctuaries highlights urgent need for stronger enforcement
November 28, 2024 3:15 pmOver the past week, BirdLife Malta has reported to police two cases of illegal hunting within the protected bird sanctuaries...
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FKNK attempts to greenwash finch trapping by asking BLM Ringing Scheme to provide scientific rings
November 19, 2024 2:33 pmFollowing constant attempts by FKNK to discredit BirdLife Malta and its scientific ringing scheme, BirdLife Malta denies ever rejecting collaboration...
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Dinja Waħda celebrates 30 years of inspiring Maltese children to protect nature
November 19, 2024 1:13 pmBirdLife Malta celebrated the 30th anniversary of Dinja Waħda, its flagship environmental education programme, with a special awards ceremony held...
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Environment NGOs endorse BirdLife Malta’s call to European Commissioner for Environment to uphold rule of law in Malta.
November 4, 2024 3:43 pmEight environmental non-governmental organisations (eNGOs) have expressed support to BirdLife Malta’s call on European Commissioner for Environment to uphold the rule...
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#CitizensAGAINSTtrapping – BirdLife Malta launches its citizen activism campaign against finch trapping
November 1, 2024 1:52 pmBirdLife Malta (BLM) has launched a citizen activism campaign to counter the government’s ongoing finch trapping under the guise of...
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Highly protected Black Stork shot near Prime Minister’s official summer residence
October 30, 2024 12:05 pmBirdLife Malta (BLM) recovered a young Black Stork with severe leg injuries from a reservoir near the Prime Minister’s official...
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BirdLife Malta requests EU to immediately suspend finch trapping season as Prime Minister Robert Abela sides with trappers over and above EU rule of law.
October 21, 2024 2:27 pmBirdLife Malta (BLM) strongly condemns the government’s decision to re-open the trapping season for seven species of finches under the...
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