Hunters are installing 400 nesting boxes in schools, public gardens and bird sanctuaries around Malta and Gozo to encourage bird species breeding on the islands. Kaċċaturi San Ubertu (KSU) announced on Tuesday that the boxes had already led to the first ever successful breedings of spotted flycatchers żanżarell tat-tikki, with four fledglings recorded in the man-made nests just weeks after they were installed. The Bejta (nest) project is targeting several other species known to breed in Malta, including the swift, pallid swift, Spanish sparrow, tree sparrow, swallow, house martin, grey wagtail, starling, common kestrel and peregrine falcon.