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13 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 19 JULY 2020 CULTURE NATURE Heritage Malta launches summer programme Few people know that we get kingfishers in Malta. It's true we don't have the bubbling streams and rivers these birds seek, but kingfishers are migratory birds, so they must pass through places that don't always provide the ideal habitat. And since we're on their flyway, we get a few kingfishers (M. ghasfur ta' San Martin) turning up for a rest and a bite before flying on north or south. Naturally they won't be turning up in your garden (unless you have a lake in your garden) but wetlands like Ghadira, Is-Simar and Salina draw them like magnets. Having nested early in mainland Europe, kingfishers start flying south even in high summer, and begin to appear at the nature reserves and around our shores. If they find good conditions – i.e. no disturbance and plenty of small fish to dive for – some even stay the winter, as happens every year at BirdLife nature reserves. Text: Victor Falzon Photo: Raymond Vella 720. COMMON KINGFISHER Visit Friends of the Earth's website for more information about our work, as well as for information about how to join us. You can also support us by sending us a donation - www.foemalta.org/donate GREEN IDEA OF THE WEEK 613 Find out more: https://foemalta.org/event/clothes-swap/ ONCE again this year, Heritage Malta has launched the popular Student Passport Summer Pro- gramme which aims to increase accessibility to our cultural her- itage. Starting on July 21 and end- ing on September 17, the pro- gramme includes various ar- tistic and physical activities within Heritage Malta's sites. Students from ages 6 – 10 are invited to attend the Art Blast sessions as follows: Inquisitor's Palace, Birgu on July 21 and August 25. MUŻA, Valletta on July 30 and August 5. St Paul's Catacombs, Rabat on August 12 and September 17. Ġgantija, Xagħra Gozo on- September 3. All sessions are from 10am-11am. Students from ages 10 – 15 are invited to attend the P.E. Activities at Fort St Angelo on the following dates: July 22, August 20 and September 11. All sessions are from 9am – 10am. Each activity is against a €5 donation. Tickets are available from Heritage Malta museums, sites and online at https://shop. heritagemalta.org. Students who have collected all the stamps in their Heritage Malta Passport can attend for free. For more information, visit www.heritagemalta.org/pass- port/ or call 2295 4360. For any queries, kindly send an email to passport@heritagemalta.org Heritage MUZA summer programme Heritage Ghar Dalam summer programme Clothes Swap event! You don't know what to do with your old clothes, or with clothes you used to wear and that do not fit you anymore? A good way to give them away is to swap them! Your clothes will have a new life and you can choose other ones to replace them. Get a maximum of 5 items with you and you will get a token per item, which will allow you to swap with any other item brought by other people to our swap shop. Visit Friends of the Earth's website for more information about our work, as well as information about how to join us. You can also support us by sending us a donation – www.foemalta.org/donate