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We did it! Malta’s first marine SPAs announced

July 1, 2016by benlanius Leave a comment

Malta now has its first eight marine Special Protection Areas (SPAs), giving our seabirds protection also out at sea. This is a great achievement for the LIFE+ Malta Seabird Project and […]

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Tracking Scopoli’s Shearwaters’ pre-laying journeys

June 20, 2016by benlanius Leave a comment

A few months ago our project team obtained some fascinating results of GPS tagging showing the long journeys Yelkouan Shearwater females make before laying their egg. Yelkouan Shearwaters are early […]

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Exodus – where do Maltese Yelkouans go before egg laying?

May 4, 2016by lizrspb Leave a comment

In early February, Yelkouan Shearwaters come to land and couples meet inside their nests to mate. Afterwards, they fly back out to sea where females spend two or three weeks […]

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Eight Marine Important Bird Areas for Maltese seabirds confirmed by BirdLife International following results from LIFE+ Malta Seabird Project

April 21, 2016by lizrspb Leave a comment

The LIFE+ Malta Seabird Project has been carrying out research for the last 4 years to find the areas at sea that are most important for Malta’s breeding seabirds – […]

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A visit from the European Commission to the LIFE+ Malta Seabird Project

February 23, 2016by lizrspb Leave a comment

Officers from the LIFE Nature Unit of the European Commission – technical desk officer Mr Simon Goss, and financial desk officer Ms Merle Lehtveer and external monitor Ms Chiara Caccamo […]

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Malta’s most secretive seabird.

October 5, 2015by benlanius Leave a comment

by Nicola Cox During the past season, researchers of the Life Malta Seabird Project spent several nights on Filfla, a solitary limestone islet about 4.5 km off the southern coast […]

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Scopoli’s Shearwaters at Hal Far

September 30, 2015by benlanius Leave a comment

by Nicola Cox Researchers from the Life+ Malta Seabird Project have been out recently surveying the Scopoli’s Shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) (Ċiefa) in the south of Malta. Scopoli’s Shearwaters, previously known […]

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Shearwater Spectacle

August 18, 2015by benlanius Leave a comment

By Nicola Cox Once more, Birdlife Malta organised its annual Shearwater boat trips to see the Scopoli’s Shearwater (Ċiefa) (Calonectris diomedea) colony just off the Ta’ Cenc cliffs, Gozo. With […]

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Don’t give rats a free lunch

July 17, 2015by benlanius Leave a comment

In summer, the beauty of Comino attracts hundreds of visitors a day, but how many of them know that Comino is designated as an Important Bird Area? The cliffs of […]

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A trip to Filfla

July 13, 2015by benlanius Leave a comment

By Nicola Cox As I stood in the carpark overlooking Wied iz-Zurrieq, I could make out Filfla on the horizon, shrouded in a sunny afternoon haze. It was only as […]

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