Hunting season opens on Thursday

The autumn hunting season opens on Thursday and runs until January 31, with that for turtle dove ending on September 30.
A hunting curfew will be in place between September 15 and October 7 during which shooting is not permitted after 7pm.
The group Kaccaturi San Ubertu called for reciprocal respect from hunters and countryside users.
It called on its members to respect all hunting laws and regulations and to report any illegalities on telephone number 119.
Meanwhile, Birdlife Malta reminded those who like birdwatching that the coming weeks will bring "a spectacle in the skies" as the autumn migration slowly picks up.
The stars of this spectacle are birds of prey, though a number of other birds can already be observed at this exciting time of year, such as herons, egrets, bee-eaters and smaller passerines.
As the weather starts changing, raptors flying from Sicily will start landing on Malta with marsh harriers and honey buzzards usually flying in in their hundreds, looking for a place to spend the night.