Listen. Report. Protect.
Report Illegal Bird Callers
Electronic bird callers are illegal in Malta at all times — yet they run for hours, day and night, luring thousands of migratory birds to nets and guns. If you hear one, report it — 100% anonymously. No account, no name, no contact number needed.
Witnessing illegal activity now? Call Police/EPU: 119 · BirdLife Malta: 2134 7645
Submit online report →Sources: BirdLife Malta Raptor Camp monitoring, CABS field reports, official licensing figures.
Heard an electronic bird caller?
This is the fastest way to act. All reports are treated with strict confidentiality and forwarded to relevant authorities and conservation organisations.
Report an Illegal Bird Caller
A repetitive, looping bird call — often at night, unusually loud, going on for hours — is almost certainly an electronic caller. Mark the location on the map and report it immediately. You’ll get a private tracking code to follow your report’s progress — received, verified, forwarded, concluded — with no account needed. Not sure what you heard? Listen to the calls.
Other illegal activity
Every report gets a tracking code
When you submit a report you receive a unique, private code — like a parcel tracking number. Use it to watch your report move through every stage, from the moment it’s received to its conclusion. No account, no name, no contact number: the code is all you need, and it’s known only to you.
Track a reportIB-XXXX-XXXX
- ✓Report received
- ✓Report verified
- 3Forwarded for action
- 4Concluded
Know the law
Key rules every citizen should know. Full details in the Legal Guide.
Always Illegal
- Electronic bird callers — at all times, day or night
- Finch trapping (illegal since June 2018 ECJ ruling)
- Shooting protected species: raptors, herons, flamingos, storks
- Trapping on unauthorised land / outside licensed sites
- Unattended nets left out overnight or out of season
- Cage traps for any species
Conditionally Permitted
- Autumn hunting: 1 Sep – 31 Jan (40+ listed species)
- Song Thrush trapping: 20 Oct – 31 Dec (quota: 5,000)
- Golden Plover trapping: 1 Nov – 10 Jan (quota: 700)
- Trapping only at WBRU-licensed sites with clap nets
- Live decoy birds (Song Thrush & Golden Plover only)
- Spring hunting (Quail & Turtle-dove) — subject to derogation
Where reports go
You choose which organisations receive your report. Isma’ Bird is fully independent — it receives no funding, is paid for entirely by its creator, and is not affiliated with any organisation or authority.
BirdLife Malta
Malta's leading bird conservation NGO. Coordinates enforcement, runs nature reserves and campaigns for legal reform.
Malta Ranger Unit
Safeguarding the natural environment through education, monitoring and legal action across Malta and Gozo.
Visit website →CABS
Committee Against Bird Slaughter. International NGO running bird protection camps in Malta since 2001.
Visit website →Every report counts
Malta is the only country in Europe with no regularly breeding birds of prey — largely due to illegal hunting. With 35 hunters per km², it has the highest density in the world. Your report helps change this.