Four young shearwaters have been successfully released after they were found on land, disorientated by coastal light pollution, researchers from the Birdlife’s EU Life+ Malta Seabird Project said.

During their first flying attempts, young birds can easily get distracted by lights from nearby urban areas.

Manager Nicholas Barbara said the prime solution to this problem was reducing coastal light pollution. He appealed to authorities and developers to take regard of this.

Birdlife will be running a shearwater boat trip on Saturday, enabling participants to experience the birds flying just above the sea surface.

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