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🌊Every year, the LIFE PanPuffinus! Steering Committee get together to discuss technical and financial progress and the plans for 2025. This year, our lovely partners in Portugal, SPEA hosted us in Figueira da Foz This seaside town is made up of different harbours where fishing

🐟🌊Happy International Fishers Day! 🌊🐟 Today, on Fisher’s Day, we want to honour the incredible work of fishers who dedicate their lives to work at sea. 🎣 Fishing plays a multifaceted role in shaping our world and their efforts not only sustain communities but also highlight

🎄 Guess who’s spending Christmas in Malta? While we’re preparing for the festive season, so are the Yelkouan Shearwaters! These incredible seabirds are returning to Malta, ready to prepare their nests and begin a new chapter in their life cycle. At this time of year, Yelkouans

🧗‍♀️ Climbing for Conservation! With the quieter season here and the Yelkouan Shearwater returning to Malta, the Seabird Team is gearing up for the busy breeding season ahead! To stay sharp and ready for the challenges we’ll face during that critical time, we spent a morning

🌊 Tackling seabird bycatch together 🌊🐦 LIFEPanPuffinus! kicks off the year with the release of a position paper that anticipates the impacts of the new fisheries control regulation, which came into force in 2024. Since 2021, BirdLife Malta has been collaborating with fishers

🌊 Did you know? 🧗‍♀️🚤 Reaching the seabird colonies we monitor around Malta is no easy task! Whether their nests are perched at the top, hidden in the middle, or tucked away at the base of a cliff, we use a variety of techniques to get there. From abseiling down towering

Better fisheries management for seabirds and fishers! 🐦🌊 BirdLife Malta highlights the importance of sustainable fisheries under the new EU Fisheries Control Regulation. Improved practices can protect seabirds from bycatch while supporting Malta’s small-scale fishers.

Today we dedicate a special post to our amazing seabird volunteer Ana! ❤️ She will unfortunately be leaving us soon, and we couldn't thank her enough for her work and dedication! Ana is an all-rounder, and has shared her skills in fieldwork, data analysis and reporting, and

Did you know? 🐦 Yelkouan Shearwaters and Balearic Shearwaters may look similar, but there are key physical differences! The Yelkouan has darker, more defined wing markings and a slightly longer, narrower bill. Their underbelly is an icy-white colour. On the other hand, the

Love is in the air… and at sea! 💕🌊 Yelkouan Shearwaters (Garnija) are seabirds that take ‘soulmates’ to the next level—95.5% of them return to the same partner every breeding season! 🥰 Not only that, but they also stick to the same nesting site year after year, making them

Every evening, just before returning to their burrows, Yelkouan Shearwaters gather in large groups at sea, floating together in what is called rafting. 🏝️🌊 But why do they do this? ✅ Safety – Rafting helps them avoid predators like gulls and falcons. ✅ Social time – They

🪶 Seabird Team's Field Update 🪶 Exciting news from last Friday's fieldwork! 🎉 The first egg of the 2025 season has been discovered at the Yelkouan Shearwater colonies! 🥚✨ A promising start for this year's breeding season. Stay tuned for more updates! #SeabirdConservation

Inspiring the Next Generation of Conservationists! 🌍 The LIFE PanPuffinus! team recently hosted 6th form and university students for the Malta Science Students Forum at Salina Nature Reserve. This year’s theme? Bird Migration! Students researched and presented studies on bird

Our LIFE PanPuffinus! Project was featured on EU researcher, a magazine reaching millions of EU citizens and policy makers. Penned by project manager Manya Russo, this article not only provides an introduction to the project, but also addresses the policy work that needs to be

The Yelkouan Shearwater (Garnija) depends on the dark to safely return to its nests along our precious Maltese cliffs. But light pollution is putting them at risk. Artificial lights can force these seabirds to abandon their nests, leaving their chicks hungry and threatening the

In advance of World Migration Day, have you ever wondered how scientists study bird migration? Through advanced tracking technologies such as satellite tags and geolocators, researchers can monitor birds' movements across vast oceans. Using lightweight tracking devices,

Spring cleaning, seabird style! 🧹🐦 As the breeding season continues, shearwaters return to their nests not just to care for their eggs and chicks, but to get their homes in order. Shearwaters, like many seabirds, engage in moments of burrow and nest maintenance, where both

🌿🐣 It’s nestling season! 🐣🌿 We’re now in the fluffiest and sweetest moment of the year: the Yelkouan Shearwater eggs have hatched, and the chicks are growing fast! Right now, they’re still in their nests, completely dependent and alone during the day while their parents are

📍 On the occasion of the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) currently taking place in Nice (France), LPO France organized, on the 5th of June, a conference on the prevention of seabird bycatch. 🐦 Representatives from BirdLife International, BirdLife Europe & Central Asia, and the