Rdum Tal-Madonna Important Bird Area

Rdum tal-Madonna

The Rdum tal-Madonna Important Bird Area comprises a 4 ha linear strip of cliffed coastline about 200 m long near L-Aħrax tal-Mellieħa, at the north-western end of the island of Malta, in the Maltese archipelago of the Mediterranean Sea. Its rugged cliffs rise from sea level, where there is much rock debris, to a height of 25 m. It was identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports 500 breeding pairs of yelkouan shearwaters.[1]

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References

  1. "Rdum Tal-Madonna". BirdLife International. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

Coordinates: 35°59′N 14°22′E / 35.983°N 14.367°E / 35.983; 14.367


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