Cory’s Shearwater shot dead near to Gozo nesting burrow

Birdlife Malta said this morning that researchers studying the Cory’s Shearwater (Ciefa) colony in Gozo as part of the EU LIFE+ Malta Seabird Project, found one of the study birds dead in front of its nesting burrow last week. The X-ray taken by a veterinarian confirmed that the protected bird had been shot. “The researchers [...]