Dwejra Bay to San Dimitri Point Important Bird Area

The Dwejra Bay to San Dimitri Point Important Bird Area comprises a 36 ha linear strip of cliffed coastline in San Lawrenz and Għarb, at the north-western end of the island of Gozo, in the Maltese archipelago of the Mediterranean Sea. Its steep and rugged cliffs rise from sea level to a height of 105 m. It was identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports 400–500 breeding pairs of Cory's shearwaters and 30–50 pairs of yelkouan shearwaters.[1]

Cliffs at Dwejra Bay

See also

List of birds of Malta

References

"Dwejra Bay to San Dimitri Point". BirdLife International. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

Important Bird Areas of Malta
Buskett Gardens Comino Island Dwejra Bay to San Dimitri Point Filfla Island Iċ-Ċnus to tal-Bardan Cliffs Il-Kullana to tal-Ġifen Cliffs Malta–Gozo Channel Rdum tal-Madonna Ta' Ċenċ Cliffs West of il-Ħaġra s-Sewda to ix-Xaqqa Cliffs West of Wied ix-Xaqqa to Wied Maqbul Cliffs Xlendi Bay to Wardija Point Cliffs

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