Bird migration between Europe and Africa is a fraught journey,
particularly in the Mediterranean, where migratory birds are shot and
trapped in large numbers. In Malta, thousands of hunters share a
shrinking countryside. They also rub shoulders with a strong
bird-protection and conservation lobby. Drawing on years of ethnographic
fieldwork, this book traces the complex interactions between hunters,
birds and the landscapes they inhabit, as well as the dynamics and
politics of bird conservation. Birds of Passage looks at the practice
and meaning of hunting in a specific context, and raises broader
questions about human-wildlife interactions and the uncertain outcomes
of conservation.