During the spring and autumn transects we had spotted several species of seabirds which winter in the Mediterranean. Outside the breeding period, these birds move Southwards along the Atlantic Coast. […]

In the annual cycle, Yelkouan Shearwaters are ‘early birds’ – they start visiting the colonies in winter. That is why the team started colony work in February to monitor their […]

In April, the members of the team went to Filfla (a solitary limestone islet 4.5km South of mainland Malta) to monitor the Yellow Legged Gull’ s colony. Trail cameras were […]

During the breeding season of Storm Petrels, the Malta Seabird Project team carried out aerial radio-tracking flights. The transects were performed to pick up the signals from radio-tags previously attached […]

This autumn we completed the last transects of the boat based observations with many interesting sightings of different species. As it was in springtime, autumn is a migration season. The […]

In the middle of September, Head Researcher Ben Metzger and Assistant Researcher Antonio Vilches conducted some epic abseiling at Ta Cenc cliffs, in Gozo. It is the home of the […]

Last Friday, 30th of August, BirdLife Malta and other partners in the Life Yelkouan Shearwater Project (2006-2010) celebrated one of the most significant conservation milestones for seabirds and migrating birds […]

At the end of May, the Malta Seabird Project team carried out land-based-observations (LBOs) at three coastal locations in Malta and Gozo, close to some of the most important breeding […]

On monday evening, 60 guests, including foreign ambassadors, Maltese government officials, eco-tour operators and environmental NGOs, joined BirdLife Malta and the Malta Seabird Project team on a Sunset Shearwater Boat […]