Is-Simar was opened in 1995 on a marshy patch of neglected land and is managed by BirdLife Malta volunteers on behalf of the government. More than 180 bird species have been recorded at the site where local and migratory bird life is protected from hunters.The entrance is on the side street Triq Il-Pwales.
Is-Simar Nature Reserve
Northern Malta
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