Foreign birdwatchers will once again return to look out for illegal hunting and trapping on the islands as from next month.

Spokesman Axel Hirschfeld said the Committee Against Bird Slaughter will be recording the shooting and trapping of protected birds and identifying and reporting those responsible to the police.

Referring to past incidents between the birdwatchers and hunters, he said the committee will now be escorted by security guards for protection and install video cameras on their vehicles to deter and identify vandals.

"All offences will be rigorously documented and the material turned over to the police for use as evidence in prosecutionws," he said.

Birdwatchers will arrive from Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter is an international bird conservation organisation based in Bonn, Germany.