Discovering Malta's Birds

Besides the common English, Scientific and Maltese names, each photo states the location where it was taken. Note that most birds were photographed in one of the very few areas in Malta where constant monitoring is carried out in favour of the protection of birds. Just imagine if all our island was protected in the same manner! I would like to thank the management at Ghadira Nature Reserve for the dedication and professionalism performed throughout the year.


Gadwall (male) Anas strepera kuluvert griz Ghadira Nature Reserve	Gadwall (male) Anas strepera kuluvert griz Ghadira Nature Reserve

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus blongun prim Ghadira Nature Reserve	Get Together greater flamingo,shelducks, ferruginous ducks, moorhen Ghadira Nature Reserve

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea zakak tad-dell Marsa	Mallard (female) Anas platyrhynchos kuluvert Ghadira Nature Reserve

Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Kulvert tas-salib Ghadira Nature Reserve	Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Kulvert tas-salib Ghadira Nature Reserve

Spectacled Warbler [male] Sylvia conspicillata bufula hamra Dingli	Spectacled Warbler [male] Sylvia conspicillata bufula hamra Dingli

Spectacled Warbler [male] Sylvia conspicillata bufula hamra Dingli	Spectacled Warbler [female] Sylvia conspicillata bufula hamra Dingli

Sardinian Warbler [male] Sylvia melanocephala bufula sewda Delimara	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita vjolin tax-xitwa Delimara

Robin Erithacus rubecula pitirross Delimara	Robin Erithacus rubecula pitirross Ghadira Nature Reserve

Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis bufula tal-imrewha Zonqor Point	Robin Erithacus rubecula pitirross Ghadira Nature Reserve

Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Kulvert tas-salib Ghadira Nature Reserve	Mallard (male) Anas platyrhynchos kuluvert Ghadira Nature Reserve

Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla kapinera Ghadira Nature Reserve	Robin Erithacus rubecula pitirross Ghadira Nature Reserve

Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus durrajsa tal-qasab Ghadira Nature Reserve	Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus durrajsa tal-qasab Ghadira Nature Reserve

Eurasian Teal Anas crecca sarsella Ghadira Nature Reserve	Eurasian Teal Anas crecca sarsella Ghadira Nature Reserve

Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Kulvert tas-salib Ghadira Nature Reserve	Dunnock Prunella modularis ziemel Ghadira Nature Reserve

Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri fjamma tat-tunezija	Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri fjamma tat-tunezija

Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri fjamma tat-tunezija	Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri fjamma tat-tunezija

Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri fjamma tat-tunezija	Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri fjamma tat-tunezija

Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri fjamma tat-tunezija	Spectacled Warbler [male] Sylvia conspicillata bufula hamra Dingli

White Wagtail Motacilla alba zakak abjad Pembroke	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis pespus Pembroke

Black Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus kudirross iswed Pembroke	Black Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus kudirross iswed Pembroke

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus fjamingu Ghadira Nature Reserve	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus fjamingu Ghadira Nature Reserve

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus fjamingu Ghadira Nature Reserve	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos kuluvert Ghadira Nature Reserve

Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis pespus Majjistral National Park	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis pespus Majjistral National Park

Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus bucaqq tax-xitwa Majjistral National Park	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita vjolin tax-xitwa Majjistral National Park

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus gawwija rasha kannella Ta' Xbiex	Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus gawwija rasha kannella Ta' Xbiex

All photos taken in Malta by Aron Tanti.