Bird watching at Ghadira
Video: Mark Zammit Cordina
Eco-school delegates from 45 countries spent time bird watching at the Ghadira Nature Reserve this afternoon.
The 60 delegates are here to take part in an operators' meeting, being held until Saturday, as part of the 10th anniversary since the EkoSkola programme was set up in Malta.
The programme aims at mobilising whole schools to empower students to adopt an active role in environmental decision-making and action. Schools that have successfully achieved this goal are awarded a Green Flag - a prestigious international eco-label testifying the school's commitment to fostering sustainable
The programme tomorrow includes a turtle release session at the Mellieha Bay Blue Flag Beach and a beach clean-up activity.
A Green flag award will take place in the evening.
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Ray de Bono
Nov 8th 2012, 08:47
This video summerises the sorry state of our local birds: just a few species are all that's left, and the ones filmed in the Ghadira lake are probably not migratory. If one had to take a 30 minutes flight away to neighboring Sicily, a much wider range of bird species can be enjoyed all-year-round, most of which most likely lived here at some stage in our history. We all know why, right?
J Scicluna
Nov 8th 2012, 10:40
Of course we know why, overpopulation and the lack of fresh water all year round. (just in case you are trying to blame the hunting community)
The wider range of birds 30 minutes away are local, not migratory, taking up residence due to the better environment there is.
Birds just hop over our islands on migration.
J Scicluna
Nov 8th 2012, 07:49
A wider variety of birds can be found in my local urban area.
Francis Grech
Nov 7th 2012, 22:47
What 60 delegates from 45 different countries came to Malta just to watch a few ducks none of them Mullards they should have come to London Victoria park and see all the different kind of water fowls or better still to Hyde Park I hope that they paid for their expenses what a laugh.
Anthony A. Mifsud
Nov 7th 2012, 22:11
Those white ducks are they migratory birds?
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