AUTUMN HUNTING

Hunting on land

• Theautumnhuntingseasonisopenfrom1stSeptember2020to31stJanuary2021• Between15thSeptember2020and7thOctober2020huntingispermittedfromtwohoursbefore sunriseto7.00pm• Fortheremainderoftheseasonhuntingispermittedfromtwohoursbeforesunriseuntiltwohours aftersunset• OnSundaysandpublicholidays,huntingisnotpermittedafter1.00pm• Itislegaltohuntfor40speciesfromland.Allotherspeciesareprotectedbynationalandinternational law• Outofthese,EuropeanTurtle-dove(Streptopelia turtur)canonlybehuntedbetween1stSeptember 2020and30thSeptember2020• TheoverallbaglimitfortheautumnhuntingseasonforEuropeanTurtle-doveis7,000• ItisillegaltohuntorpossessafirearmortrappingequipmentinaBirdSanctuary(Tab.1)• Itisillegaltouseelectroniccallers• Itisillegaltohaveashotguncapableoffiringmorethan3shotsinsuccession• Itisillegaltohuntwithin50mofamainroad• Itisillegaltohuntwithin50mofabeach(Tab.2)• Itisillegaltohuntwithin200mofaresidentialarea(i.e.anareawithmorethan100residents)• Itisillegaltohuntunderthelegalageof18

Hunting at sea

• Huntingofbirdsatseaispermittedbetween1stOctober2020and31stJanuary2021• Itisillegaltohuntatseawithin3kmoftheshoreline• Itislegaltohuntfor12speciesatsea.Allotherspeciesareprotectedbynationalandinternationallaw

Bird SanctuariesAddolorataCemeteryandwithin50metresofanyothercemeterySalinaMarsaSportsGroundSanAntonGardensandallotherpublicgardensManoelIslandGħadira(MellieħaBay)HeliportsWithin200metresfromMaltaInternationalAirportCominoFilflaBuskettTa’ĊenċCliffs,GozoTa’QaliWithin50metresoftransmissionstationsSimar(St.Paul’sBay)SaltMarshatil-Ballut,MarsaxlokkGirgentiWiedGħollieqaIl-Qawra,GozoGħammarHill,Gozo

Tab.1 Bird Sanctuaries

Protected beachesMalta Gozo

ArmierBay Mġarrix-XiniBayAnchorBay Ramlal-ĦamrabeachGħajnTuffieħaBay SanBlasBayParadiseBay Xattl-AħmarbeachĠnejnaBay XlendiBayGoldenBay

Tab.2 Protected beaches

BeanGooseAnser fabalis

Land and Sea CanadaGooseBranta canadensis

Land and Sea

CommonPochardAythya ferina

Land and Sea EurasianTealAnas crecca

Land and Sea

EurasianWigeonMareca penelope

Land and Sea Gadwall Mareca strepera

Land and Sea

LEGALLY HUNTABLE SPECIES IN AUTUMN 2020

GarganeyAnas querquedula

Land and Sea GreylagGooseAnser anser

Land and Sea

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Land and Sea NorthernPintail Anas acuta

Land and Sea

NorthernShovelerSpatula clypeata

Land and Sea TuftedDuckAythya fuligula

Land and Sea

CommonPheasantPhasianus colchicus

Land CommonQuailCoturnix coturnix

Land

GreyPartridgePerdix perdix

Land IrishRedGrouseLagopus lagopus hibernicus

Land

ScottishRedGrouseLagopus lagopus scoticus

Land Red-leggedPartridgeAlectoris rufa

Land

RockPartridgeAlectoris graeca

Land RockPtarmiganLagopus muta

Land

CommonCootFulica atra

Land MoorhenGallinula chloropus

Land

WaterRailRallus aquaticus

Land CommonSnipeGallinago gallinago

Land

EuropeanGoldenPloverPluvialis apricaria

Land GreyPloverPluvialis squatarola

Land

JackSnipeLymnocryptes minimus

Land NorthernLapwingVanellus vanellus

Land

Ruff Calidris pugnax

Land EurasianWoodcockScolopax rusticola

Land

RockDoveColumba livia

Land EuropeanTurtle-doveStreptopelia turtur

Land

CommonWoodpigeonColumba palumbus

Land EurasianBlackbird Turdus merula

Land

Fieldfare Turdus pilaris

Land MistleThrushTurdus viscivorus

Land

RedwingTurdus iliacus

Land EurasianSkylark Alauda arvensis

Land

SongThrushTurdus philomelos

Land CommonStarlingSturnus vulgaris

Land