Be the first to comment!BirdLife Malta monitoring injured Mute Swan in Gozo
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BirdLife Malta is monitoring a Mute Swan which appears to be injured. It was first spotted on Wednesday at Mgarr ix-Xini in Gozo.
BirdLife Malta officers together with officers from ERA – Environment and Resources Authority and the police immediately went on site to check but the Mute Swan was seen moving out of the bay until it eventually left the area.
On Thursday morning the Mute Swan re-appeared at Mgarr Harbour, near the Gozo Channel ferries.
BirdLife said that this is clearly not an area where such birds are usually seen, and it is evident that the Mute Swan ended here because it is in difficulty. “In fact it has its head covered in blood, and also an evident injury on its belly.”
BirdLife Malta teams are still monitoring the situation together with officers from the respective entities and if the need arises for the bird to be recovered, BirdLife Malta will be assisting accordingly, it said.
“We call on members of the general public to keep an eye out for such cases especially in times of inclement weather similar to the conditions we had over the past hours.”
BirdLife Malta said that it should be contacted immediately “if birds that are observed close to our shores are in evident need of assistance due to injuries they may have sustained, or because they would have been targeted by illegal hunting at sea or from the coast,” contact telephone 21347645 or out of hours bird reports on 79255697.
Photos: BirdLife Malta
