A Pallid Harrier, one of Europe’s most threatened birds of prey, was found with shotgun wounds in Gozo, Birdlife Malta said.

The young bird, making only its third journey between Europe and Africa, was not seriously injured.

It was sent to the Centro Recupero Fauna Selvatica, a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Sicily.

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