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NEWS maltatoday | SUNDAY • 22 JULY 2018 2147 0944 2147 0999 Email: juanal@juanal.com.mt Cellular: 9949 3594 Facsimile: 2147 0944 Telephone: 2147 0999 www.creditratingmalta.net Nearly 300 members of the public experienced first-hand one of Malta's most spectacular natural phenomena: hundreds of Scopoli's Shearwaters (cief) 'rafting' on the water before returning to their nests in Ta' Cenc cliffs. The conservation NGO BirdLife Malta organised no less than five sunset boat trips during June and July for the general public to witness this unique spectacle. This annual summer adventure takes place during the breeding season of these secretive seabirds when large numbers of Scopoli's Shearwaters can be seen congregating on the sea after they return from their foraging trips at dusk, before flying to their burrows in the cliffs to take their turn in incubating their egg. Adult shearwaters spend all day at sea, searching for food to bring back to their single chick, and only return to their nest under cover of darkness. Malta is home to 3% of the global population of Scopoli's Shearwater (4,000-5,000 pairs), with around 1,000 pairs nesting at Ta' Cenc alone. Shearwater 'rafting' at dusk A man was seriously injured yesterday morning when part of a parapet wall sur- rounding a roof collapsed and fell on him. At approximately 8.30am, police were summoned to Triq Żinżel in Qormi, where the 23-year-old Ni- gerian had been injured. An ambulance was im- mediately called and the victim was taken to Mater Dei Hospital for treatment, where he was diagnosed with a number of serious injuries. A police investigation is ongoing. TWO people from Bangla- desh were taken to hospital after two vans crashed in Triq Clarence, Pieta yester- day morning. The accident happened on the corner of Triq Clar- ence and Triq Qrejten when two vans, a Peugeot Expert and a Suzuki Carry collided. The driver of the Peugeot, a 36-year-old man from Fgura, was not injured. The driver of the other car, as well as his passen- ger, who are both from Bangladesh, were taken to hospital. Police said that while the driver suffered only mi- nor injuries, the passenger needed assistance to be re- moved from the car. The passenger, who is 32-years- old, was seriously injured. Police investigations are ongoing. Man grievously injured in Qormi Two hospitalised in Pieta van crash PHOTO ARON TANTI