We spent this morning at the Isola della Cona nature reserve in north east
Italy. What a place, easily the best wildlife site we have seen so far with
several bee-eaters, greater flamingos, 27 little gulls, 50+ Mediterranean
gulls, several golden orioles, nightgales in full song, spoonbills, great reed
warblers, purple heron, pygmy cormorant and the biggest surprise, 2 Russian
white-fronted geese lingering from winter, when a few thousand can be present
here. From the looks of my photos it appears that one of the pair has an
injured wing and is probably unable to take the long flight back to Siberia,
though it must be able to fly short distances because the reserve wardens were
surprised when I showed them the photos and said that this was the first time
that they had seen them.
None birdy highlights included a couple of snakes, several Italian Wall
lizards and best of all a wild boar, only the third I have ever seen.
As usual on this holiday, camera photos will be uploaded to these posts when I
get home.
This great Peter Scott like painting was hanging in the cafe and shows white-fronted geese and two red-breasted geese coming in to land at Isola della Cona.
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