Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 19:31
Special cameras give rare insight
of Yelkouan Shearwater colonies
Birdlife Malta is offering bird
lovers a rare insight into the intimate behaviour of Malta’s Yelkouan
Shearwaters, through the use of specially designed cameras to observe their
behaviour up close.
Captured on trail cameras, the
recordings give the public the rare chance to witness the secretive lives of
these rarely-seen seabirds as well as giving an insight into their breeding
period from their homes deep within coastal cliffs.
The project, which aims to help
conserve this vulnerable and protected species, uses cameras with no white
flash or sounds for minimum disturbance, to record the daily occurrences of two
particular nesting sites within Yelkouan Shearwater colonies – one
at l-Irdum tal-Madonna in Mellieħa and another at Majjistral Nature and
History Park.
L-Irdum tal-Madonna is where the
main colony of this elusive species can be found, with around 500 breeding
pairs.
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