How do birds manage their arduous flight to Europe? A webinar for nature lovers
Find out where best on the Maltese Islands to view harriers and falcons, where to observe the movements of waders, herons, and egrets, and how birds fuel and sustain themselves during their long passage in the air
22 May 2021, 10:00am
Lapwings in flight
Could smaller birds be migrating by riding on the backs of larger species? And come autumn, where did the swallows and martins disappear to? Were they burying themselves in the mire on lakebeds, only to emerge in spring?
Every year millions of mammals, fish, insects, and birds cross continents and seas in search of shelter, food, and places to breed. However, this fluctuating appearance and disappearance of a food source was not always understood by early man.