Malta’s most secretive seabird.
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
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 […]
Shearwater Spectacle
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 […]
A trip to Filfla
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 […]
First Trip to Comino
By Nicola Cox Last month I was lucky enough to visit Comino for the first time since arriving in Malta to help with the Malta Seabird Project. Comino is a […]
Life+ Malta Seabird Project 