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Overview
Buskett is the most extensive area of evergreen woodland remaining in Malta consisting of mainly Aleppo Pine with Evergreen Oak, Norfolk Island Pine and Date Palm. Wied il-Luq a small valley with a strip of deciduous woodland, mainly Ash Elm, Poplar and Oak which lies below Buskett.
Birds
Notable Species
This area attracts many migrant passerines and is a roosting site for passage raptors including occasional Eleonora's Falcon. Not surprisingly this is a popular area with hunters.
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Birds you can see here include:
European Honey Buzzard, Western Marsh Harrier, Lesser Kestrel, Common Kestrel, Red-footed Falcon, Northern Hobby, Eleonora's Falcon, European Turtle Dove, Common Cuckoo, Eurasian Scops Owl, European Nightjar, European Bee-eater, Eurasian Hoopoe, Eurasian Wryneck, Dunnock, Eurasian Robin, Common Nightingale, Common Redstart, Eurasian Blackbird, Song Thrush, Cetti's Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Icterine Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Wood Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Common Firecrest, Spotted Flycatcher, Collared Flycatcher, European Pied Flycatcher, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Woodchat Shrike, Spanish Sparrow, Chaffinch, European Serin, European Greenfinch, European Goldfinch, Hawfinch, (rare), Corn Bunting
Other Wildlife
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Content and images originally posted by Steve
