The BBC website in its ‘Nature’ section has highlighted in a series of photographs, illegal bird hunting on the Maltese islands, including injured and rescued birds, entitled ‘In pictures: The migrant birds illegally shot in Malta.’

The BBC said that “each spring thousands of migrant birds cross Malta on their way to breeding grounds in Europe, including the UK.

“In Malta, hunting birds is a cultural tradition, governed by strict rules, but some protected birds are illegally killed.”

A BBC film crew was in Malta last week to record some of the scenes of the spring huntng season.

The BBC feature in photographs can be seen here.

BBC photograph of a member of conservation group BirdLife Malta watching for migrating flocks.

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