Birdwatchers from eight countries joined Birdlife Malta's Spring Watch camp that started yesterday. It aims to monitor migratory patterns and report illegal hunting and trapping to police.
Fifty-eight international ornithologists and volunteers joined the second Spring Watch camp that will run until April 26.
Malta is on one of the three main migratory flyways used by birds to travel between their African wintering grounds and European breeding grounds.
Last month, the government said it would not open the spring hunting season for the second consecutive year pending the decision by the European Court of Justice.
Legal action against Malta over the spring hunting issue was started last year following a series of EU warnings over the hunting of quails and turtle doves.