John J. Borg Senior Curator Natural History Section REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
Migration origins and evidence REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
The Pleistocene REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
Migratory Species REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
Quaternary deposits REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
Archaeological Deposits REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
Migrant birds and the circum -Sicilian Islands (incl. Malta) REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
European Species and their migratory routes Most birds avoid crossing open water but island- hopping is common in the Mediterranean where birds migrate over a “broad front” . REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
REMASI & The Central Mediterranean Flyway 1. Are there seasonal variabilities in the use of small islands by migrating birds? If so...are these triggered by: FOOD? WEATHER? OTHER? 2. Establish common protocols for the collation of data among partners. REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
MIGRATION & RESEARCH PROJECTS REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
Adverse weather and migratory birds Nocturnal vs Diurnal Migrants Food supplies in spring & autumn REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
REMASI – THE ISLANDS USTICA MARETTIMO Malta Gozo Comino Filfla REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
The Sicilian Bird Ringing Stations Lampedusa Linosa REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
The Maltese Archipelago The REMASI “stations” REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
Bird Ringing Constant Effort Sites (CES) Ghadira NR Simar NR REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
COMINO BIRD OBSERVATORY Ringing Station APRIL - MAY OCTOBER - NOVEMBER REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
MIGRATION COMPILING & COMPARING DATA REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
Small islands – a stepping stone for migrant birds 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 Stiaccino Canapino Sterpazzola Pigliamosche Averla Capirossa Maggiore 1965-1990 1991-2008 REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Barn Swallows ringed in 18 European countries and recovered in the Maltese Islands. Three ringed in Malta and controlled in Africa ( n = 134) REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
Diurnal Migration - Raptors Italy; 2 Germany; 1 Estonia; 1 Poland; 2 Hungar Finland; 5 Sweden; 16 y; 1 Lithuania; 2 Finland; 27 Latvia; 5 Czech Rep; 4 REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
ADDENDA REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
Pelagic Seabirds REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
Movements 2 7 3 Ringed on Marettimo REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
REMASI REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012
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