https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41397 2026-04-04T06:27:56Z 2026-04-04T06:27:56Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40829 2019-03-07T02:29:45Z 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Bird-watching in Gozo Abstract: The same general principles of bird-watching mentioned in the article, Bird-Watching in Malta, by M. Beaman in il-Merill. Issue No. 2 should also be applied to Gozo. I would again stress the importance of wind direction. Gozo has several valleys running seaward. During unfavourable weather, migrants funnel through these valleys against the wind when coming to land, obviously seeking the best sheltered places.

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Title: Raptors in Maltese skies : a review Abstract: One of the many projects that the M.O.S. has taken in hand is the appraisal of the situation of birds of prey in the Maltese Islands. It is very urgently needed and will provide, it is hoped, a basis for future efforts aimed at both the further study of these birds and at the education of the public in its appreciation of raptors - not as plucked carcasses for the pot, not as stuffed caricatures in glass-cases, but as the magnificent monarchs of the sky as they truly are.

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Title: Il-Merill : bulletin of the Malta Ornithological Society no. 03 Abstract: The title of the Society's Bulletin, IL-MERILL, is the Maltese name for the Blue Rock Thrush, Monticola Solitarius, which is one of the few resident species of the Islands. It was chosen as the National Bird of Malta by the local National Section of the international Council for Bird Preservation and has been the emblem of the Malta Ornithological Society since the latter's inception.

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Title: News from the ringing group Abstract: All ringers were very active throughout most of the last five months of the year. The new ringers, S. Borg and J. Grech, completed their training in November and are now awaiting their permits from the British Trust for Ornithology. A number of interesting retraps was obtained in November and December. Some Chiffchaffs were ringed up to four winters back and Robins and Grey Wagtails up to two winters back. The only birds ringed in each of the last five months were Cetti's Warbler, Sardinian Waribler and Spanish Sparrow.

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