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Full of cramp balls
thnx to edwin for confirming

It has been a long time since i posted... Just wanted to update you on Natura 2000 process. Below is extract from Nature Truts's recent newsletter Il-Kampanja. I would like to thank all those on the forum who sent me feedback re species. Also, as i told stephen - the malta wild plants website was ...

Any ideas on what the attached could be?
Sorry dont have any other info or close-ups.
Photo was taken a few weeks ago (i almost stepped on the plant before i noticed it as it was growing along a path and was quite low and small)

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here are some more photos (reduced in size)

thanks a lot . maybe it is the same thing then. unfortunately my camera is not working so i dont have photo

cheers

Yes the Mediterranean endemic Posidonia oceanica
fruits hadnt been seen for quite a few years. Some two years ago though they were all over sandy beaches

this is reply i got from mepa: "the word 'endemic' has to be used relative to a context/location, e.g. endemic to Gozo, endemic to the Maltese Islands, endemic to Europe, etc. The word 'endemic' in the context of LN 257/03 is defined in Regulation 2 of LN 257/03 as species "whose native distribution ...

Dear all For your info. I was just told that info from mepa seminars on habitats directive are on this site http://www.mepa.org.mt/environment/index.htm?nptwinning/twinning.htm&1 i attended the seminar on EIA's and Natura 2000 sites and this is one of our only hopes to stop certain development from ...

hint: these are the fruits of a flowering plant. they are seen only on rare occasions.... to photograph the plant in its natural habitat you would need some special equipment

have a look at this
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/bioco ... tesia.html

i dont know that there are so many botanists in Malta they are not such a common species

nope

allow me to share a different viewpoint. i think it should work both ways. cioe, it has been thanks to people like guido and edwin lanfranco who dedicate so much of their time to maltese nature, that we now have information on plants, scheduled areas, etc And this also at a time when the few people ...

hi
how would you describe this fungus in laymen terms? is it like black spots only on one side of leaf? As i noted this at wied il ghasel

dont know much about bird identification.could it be a crane? Grus grus?
but photo is not clear - how large was wing span and what were colours of the bird?

????????thnx for noting this. i now see there are many others not endemic in schedule VIII
i will enquire about this

here is a simple one

an adult specimen. VERY common. Highly invasive.

keep in mind that narcissus is also cultivated and u cant be sure whether those on sale are cur or not in any case there is no law against this if you want stephen we can join forces and use a nice photo of narcis and issue a press release - wither now or when next season comes.we do so every year ...

hi there zurrija :) well i guess parts of malta in winter appear a bit deserted if compared to a city in europe but we are not really the only ones to think so :) as malta is ranked third in the whole world in terms of highest population globally! add to that a million tourists each year and the ...

Just thought I would direct you to this website for your info
http://islands.unep.ch/IBX.htm

i have no idea on plant identification but at first glance it reminded me of centaurea jacea which i had come across at ricasoli and if i recall well was identified as such by e.lanfranco and d.stevens

hi this is persicaria lanigera which was recorded for the first time thanks to edwin lanfranco when we located it in the valley mentioned. it is very lucky to be still there as we had done very quick report and site visit upon learning that site was going to be "cleaned" in 1997. the south contains ...

Just a short note to let you know that if you ever encounter injured or stranded dolphins (or turtles) please notify asap Nature Trust's team of trained volunteers on 99422085/6. Any other sightings of dolphins, whales, turtles in our waters are appreciated and may be reported to mlcg@waldonet.net ...

A gem of a valley. And another shameful "embellishment". So much for the site being proposed as a Natura 2000 site. I thought the trapper on the site was already bad enough - but to add bulldozers and mounds of rubble on the Coronilla and the garigue is really too much. I'd like to see more people ...

Hi
what is the species and where is this site?