Filfla

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Filfla is a very small uninhabited island which is one of the islands of the Maltese archipelago. This island is found five kilometres out from the island called Malta. In the year 1971 the royal navy and royal air force used the island as target pratice and because of this the island was destroyed a little. Then in 1980 Filfla was a bird reseve and three species of sea bird settled on the island, these were: the European Storm Petrel , Cory’s Shearwater and Yellow-legged Gull. There is also a type of Wall Lizard which is only found on Filfla. In 1988 this island was established as a protected site, no one could go on it except for scientific purposes.