Description
The area around Malta International Airport is at its best in spring, particularly with north-west winds. On good days there can be good numbers of harriers, mostly kaňa močiarna but also kaňa stepná (early-mid spring) and kaňa popolavá (mid-late spring). The site can also be good for sokol bielopazúravý and sokol kobcovitý (late spring). In practice any migrating species can be seen from the area since it is open, such as flocks of herons, waders, včelárik zlatý and krakľa belasá. škovránka krátkoprstá arrive in spring and remain to breed in small numbers. Other passerines include hirundines, including lastovička červenochrbtá, and pipits, including ľabtuška červenohrdlá. In late autumn, the site is also one of the best places in Malta to see kulík zlatý and cibík chochlatý. Several rarities have been seen here over the years.
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Access
The site is easily accessible by any means of transport.