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Departure EARLY BOOKING PRICES From* 02-Apr Malta - Piraeus - Chania - Katakolon - Zakynthos - Malta € 768 09-Apr Malta - Civitavecchia - Livorno - Monte Carlo - Ajaccio - Malta € 768 16-Apr Malta - Kotor - Split - Venice - Zadar - Malta € 768 23-Apr Malta - Piraeus - Nafplio - Katakolon - Cephalonia - Malta € 768 30-Apr Malta - Olbia - Villefranche - Livorno - Civitavecchia - Malta € 742 07-May Malta - Hvar - Venice - Zadar - Dubrovnik - Malta € 794 14-May Malta - Piraeus - Mykonos - Heraklion - Gythion - Malta € 794 21-May Malta - Olbia - Villefranche - Livorno - Civitavecchia - Malta € 768 28-May Malta - Zadar - Venice - Rijeka - Hvar - Malta € 794 04-Jun Malta - Cannes - Livorno - Olbia - Naples - Malta € 896 11-Jun Malta - Piraeus - Santorini - Heraklion - Rhodes - Malta € 896 18-Jun Malta - Dubrovnik - Rovinj - Venice - Split - Malta € 896 25-Jun Malta - Civitavecchia - Livorno - Olbia - Naples - Malta € 896 02-Jul Malta - Piraeus - Chania - Katakolon - Zakynthos - Malta € 960 09-Jul Malta - Zadar - Venice - Split - Kotor - Malta € 960 16-Jul Malta - Civitavecchia - Livorno - Monte Carlo - Ajaccio - Malta € 960 23-Jul Malta - Piraeus - Nafplio - Katakolon - Cephalonia - Malta € 960 30-Jul Malta - Zadar - Venice - Sibenik - Dubrovnik - Malta € 960 06-Aug Malta - Olbia- Villefranche - Livorno - Civitavecchia - Malta € 1,024 13-Aug Malta - Piraeus - Mykonos - Heraklion - Gythion - Malta € 1,024 20-Aug Malta - Zadar - Venice - Rijeka - Hvar - Malta € 1,024 27-Aug Malta - Cannes - Livorno - Olbia - Naples - Malta € 1,024 03-Sep Malta - Piraeus - Santorini - Heraklion - Rhodes - Malta € 1,024 10-Sep Malta - Dubrovnik - Rovinj - Venice - Split - Malta € 1,024 17-Sep Malta - Civitavecchia - Livorno - Olbia - Naples - Malta € 999 24-Sep Malta - Piraeus - Chania - Katakolon - Zakynthos - Malta € 1,024 01-Oct Malta - Zadar - Venice - Split - Kotor - Malta € 768 DAVID HUDSON A juvenile flamingo was shot in the Munxar area of Marsascala, BirdLife CEO Mark Sultana claimed. In a video he posted on Facebook on Tuesday afternoon, Sultana said that he witnessed the bird getting shot, describing the incident as "disgust- ing." "In these fields behind me, they just shot a fla- mingo, juvenile, one out of three that were flying very low in Marsascala bay trying to find refuge because they were very tired," Sultana said. He added that viewers of the video will have to take his word for it but promised that he would show his followers footage and pictures of the other flamingos which he claims were flying in the area. "Unfortunately in 2019, our country still allows this to happen. I am sure that [the perpetrators] are individuals but they are also using a smoke- screen because in Malta today you can go out with a gun just because there might be a rabbit for you to shoot. "We have weakened our laws, we have weakened our enforcement. We do not know how to protect the birds, which are there for the enjoyment of everyone," Sultana lamented. In the video, Sultana claimed that he had called the police and had been waiting for twenty min- utes, adding that the police were far away and only operating two cars. Police sources speaking to MaltaToday later in the evening said that a search in the Munxar area uncovered nothing so far — no sight of a downed flamingo or any poachers. It is likely that the per- petrator approached the area on foot and did not traverse the meandering pathways around the fields using a vehicle. Police surveyed the area, making sure that the other flamingo birds were safe. They said that two of the birds went to sea to rest. Earlier in the day, BirdLife activists rescued an exhausted juvenile flamingo at Daħlet Qorrot. An- other flamingo was spotted at Għadira Bay. THERE were 368.3 hours of bright sunshine in July, more than four hours above the norm, as Malta baked in the hot weather, figures out to- day show. Coming on the back of a hot June, last month saw temperatures reach a maxi- mum of 39.6°C and more than 13 hours of sunshine recorded on the month's brightest day. The Meteorological Of- fice at Malta International Airport said the below av- erage cloud cover resulted in above-average hours of sunshine throughout the month. While the average stood at 11.9 hours of bright sun- shine per day, on 4 July a to- tal of 13.1 hours of sunshine were recorded. The maximum tempera- ture was registered at the height of a heatwave be- tween the 8 and 10 of the month, when the mercury hit 39.6°C on 9 July. The stifling heat eased on the 5 and 20 July when the temperatures dropped to a minimum of 21°C. But the hot weather also contributed to a warmer sea. The sea surface tem- perature stood at 26.4°C, one degree warmer than the climate norm. Despite the spike in tem- peratures, July was not as dry as expected, with 0.8mm of precipitation be- ing recorded throughout the month by the Met Of- fice. July was also slightly wind- ier than expected, exceed- ing the climate norm of 6.8 knots by 0.6 knots. Warmer sea, more sunshine, and a high of 39.6°C in July Juvenile flamingo shot in Marsascala, BirdLife CEO claims A juvenile greater flamingo like the one shot down in the Munxar area of Marsascala