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Trees near Triton fountain to be moved to Lascaris ditch

Wednesday 22 May 2013 - 13:30
The new design for the Triton fountain includes the removal of a number of tress which will be replanted in the Lascaris ditch.
Two Black-winged Stilts copulating at the Ghadira nature reserve.(Photos by Raymond Galea)

Black-winged Stilts successfully breed in Malta for second time

Monday 20 May 2013 - 16:36
BirdLife reserve welcomes back gracious Black-winged Stilts as breeders.

Newest threat to century-old Norfolk pine alarms residents

Monday 20 May 2013 - 11:10
Residents say excavations close to Sliema's Norfolk pine tree would jeopardize its survival.

Creepy-crawlies? Let the children come to them...

Wednesday 8 May 2013 - 10:10
JAMES DEBONO catches up with biologist Dr David Mifsud upon the Entomological Society of Malta’s publication of Volume 5 of its journal, which records 1,400 insect species in Malta
The Spoonbill at Ghadira (Photo: Alex Casha)

Rare Spoonbill resting at Ghadira Nature Reserve

Saturday 4 May 2013 - 13:27
Rare Spoonbill, known in Maltese as ‘il-pallettuna’, resting at the Ghadira Nature Reserve since Thursday.

Majjistral hunting concession ‘a move in the wrong direction’

Saturday 4 May 2013 - 09:00
Former natural park chairman Ian Castaldi Paris blames procrastination and new Labour compromise with hunters for extension of hunting hours.

Hunting hours extended at Majjistral natural park

Friday 3 May 2013 - 11:26
Head of Labour Party think-tank will chair Majjistral Park committee

[WATCH] CABS publish video evidence of poaching

Thursday 2 May 2013 - 13:09
A total of more than 590 contraventions of hunting and nature protection legislation were recorded by the 20 international Bird Guards.

‘Hype, not hunting’ harms ecological tourism – hunters

Saturday 27 April 2013 - 17:56
Hunting federations FKNK and St Hubert Hunters says damage to ecological tourism is inflicted by the hype around hunting.

Two more hunters apprehended inside nature reserve

Friday 26 April 2013 - 16:47
Poachers try their luck despite deployment of armed forces on surveillance duty.

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