Tag Archive: Hoopoe

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  Spring hunting 2026: The birds that didn’t make it to Europe

  May 9, 2026 2:17 pm

  This year’s spring hunting season has once again resulted in the illegal targeting of multiple protected species, as hunters took...
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  Police officers monitoring autumn hunting season reduced

  September 18, 2023 12:31 pm

  The first two weeks of the autumn hunting season have already seen various episodes of illegal hunting, as political will...
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  An indiscriminate massacre of protected species including the Turtle-dove

  May 7, 2022 9:26 pm

  Following the end of this year’s spring hunting season, BirdLife Malta notes that it was once again a season riddled...
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  Spring bird migration in the Maltese Islands

  March 21, 2021 9:38 am

  Bird migration is without doubt one of the most spectacular events in a bird’s life. Twice a year, a large...
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  Unabated hunting on Turtle-doves especially in Miżieb

  April 21, 2020 4:27 pm

  In the last few days thousands of Turtle-doves were illegally shot over Malta and Gozo with the weather conditions pushing...
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