Ramla tat-Torri/Rdum tal-Madonna Area

As its name implies this site extends from ir-Ramla tat-Torri, which represents the best sand dune community of Malta and is home to the endemic Maltese sand broomrape, to Rdum tal-Madonna, which is one of the most important bird areas in the Maltese islands, supporting large colonies of threatened sea-birds.

This Natura 2000 site represents a variety of coastal habitats. The cliff faces offer habitat to a number of plants such as the Maltese salt tree and the spiny caper.

The maritime garigue found further inland supports a number of threatened species mostly plants. A relatively small sand dune community is also found along the northern coast.

The coastal cliffs and boulder screes occupy a substantial proportion of the site and these constitute the largest breeding site for the yelkouan shearwater, with one third of all the yelkouan shearwaters in Malta breeding here.

This site has in fact been the focus of a recent EU-funded project, whose primary aim was to conserve this bird species at this site.

This Natura 2000 site will be subject to the preparation of a management plan and/or legislation in the near future, as part of an EU funded project that MEPA is undertaking for the management planning all the terrestrial Natura 2000 sites of the Maltese islands.