Honey Buzzard  
Marsh Harrier  
Common Kestrel  
Red-footed Falcon  
Black Kite  
Hobby  
Montagu's Harrier  
Lesser Kestrel  
Hen Harrier  
Common Buzzard
Eleonora's Falcon
Booted Eagle  
Pallid Harrier  
Osprey  
Egyptian Vulture  
Peregrine Falcon  
Red Kite  
European Sparrowhawk  
Golden Eagle  
Lesser-spotted Eagle
Short-toed Eagle  
Long-legged Buzzard  
Merlin  
Imperial Eagle  
Tawny Eagle  
Greater-spotted Eagle  

Counting migrating raptors can be very tricky. There are many counts conducted at different localities in the Central Med and elsewhere. The Hawk and Owl Trust would like to help co-ordinate these counts by streamlining data collection through portable and home-based computer interfaces into a central database maintained at the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. We need to find a sponsor for this project.

We are hoping that the major radar station at Dingli Cliffs on Malta may be able to provide information on the arrival and departure of flocks of birds (as has been demonstrated by Yosi Leshem and co-workers).

One day we plan to put satellite transmitters on Honey Buzzards
using the CMF and follow their movements in great detail.

Species Name

Average Numbers Counted

These birds face terrible perils on their epic journeys, not just from the guns of Malta but also in crossing hundreds of kilometers of sea (many drown) and thousands of kilometers of desert.

We need to know more about the migration and once we have our facts right we have the best chance for helping win the case for the raptors.

14435
1210
707
639
601
322
210
79
70
66
26
23
21
17
17
13
9
7
6
4
3
3
3
1
1
1
1