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European Bee-eaters moving through – Dhahran Hills
The ‘patch’ has livened up slightly now September has arrived. As the temperature start to drop slightly, more passage migrants start to occur and the first groups of European Bee-eaters are now moving through the camp, although they have been seen elsewhere in the Eastern Province earlier. Normally you are alerted to their presence by their calls and then often they come down to rest in small numbers. The largest group I have seen so far is 23 birds with 35 birds being the most seen in a single trip. Many of the birds are juveniles but they still add a splash of colour to the days birding.
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BirdLife Malta remains shocked at how the Maltese government has opted to ignore all reason and remain heard-headed to derogate once again from the European Union’s Birds Directive and allow hunters to kill birds during this spring.
The conservation value on which the EU Birds Directive does not allow hunting in spring remains the main issue against such a practice. Birds that are returning to their breeding grounds during spring should never be hunted. It is unsustainable to kill those birds that have been naturally selected as the strongest and fittest after migrating to Africa, wintered there and are crossing once again the desert and the sea to eventually reach their breeding grounds.
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