Italy Ramsar wetland
Lago di Tovel
46 bird species recorded; the most in July.
ValeJappo · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
2 species in January.4 species in February.2 species in March.2 species in April.14 species in May.8 species in June.38 species in July.19 species in August.7 species in September.1 species in October.2 species in November.2 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
46 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 46Speciesrecorded more than once
- 11Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 223Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,176 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 2Raptors
- 1Ducks & geese
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 39Songbirds
- 3Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 46 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors2 species
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- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Ducks & geese1 species
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- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
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- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Songbirds39 species
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- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Snow FinchMontifringilla nivalis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Italian SparrowPasser italiaeVU
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Citril FinchCarduelis citrinella
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Other birds3 species
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- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PtarmiganLagopus muta
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-3°/-12°34 mm
- Feb-1°/-11°36 mm
- Mar4°/-6°46 mm
- Apr9°/-1°65 mm
- May14°/2°97 mm
- Jun18°/7°107 mm
- Jul20°/9°114 mm
- Aug19°/8°126 mm
- Sep15°/4°88 mm
- Oct10°/0°87 mm
- Nov4°/-4°82 mm
- Dec-1°/-10°46 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lago di Tovel.
Lake in Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
Lago di Tovel is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Italy, 1,176 m above the sea.
46 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 223 open records.
The most recorded are the Alpine Chough, the Eurasian Chaffinch and the Coal Tit.
7 species come for the summer, 4 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Italian Sparrow.
The most species are recorded in July.
Get there and watch
- Camping Dolomiticampsite · 9.7 km · 2 within 10 km
- Casa delle fateplace to stay · 6.7 km · 222 within 10 km
- Campodennonearest town · 6.6 km in a straight line
- Bolzano Airport (BZO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 36 km in a straight lineCar hire at BZO airport (Bolzano)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 29marked trails within 4 kmVia ferrata alpinistica "Claudio Costanzi", Via attrezzata "Gustavo e Natale Vidi", Sentiero della Val Scura and 26 more
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmCasa del Parco Lago Rosso
- 5viewpoints within 5 km
- 9car parks within 3 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmCamping Dolomiti, Andalo
- 222places to stay within 10 kmCasa delle fate, Albergo Pezzi, Albergo Genzianella and 219 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lago di Tovel.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas239 mountains within 25 kmCima Brenta3,151 m · 9.8 kmCrozzon di Brenta3,135 m · 13 kmCima Tosa3,136 m · 13 kmCima d'Ambiez3,102 m · 14 kmCima d'Amola3,271 m · 22 kmPresanella3,556 m · 22 km↗Cima di Vermiglio3,321 m · 23 kmMonte Gabbiolo3,341 m · 23 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 kmLago di Tovel0.3 km² · 0.1 kmLake Molveno2.4 km² · 14 kmLago di Santa Giustina2.7 km² · 15 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmBus della Spia · 7.2 km
Cascadyas2 waterfalls within 15 kmUpper Vallesinella waterfalls · 8.8 kmMiddle Vallesinella waterfalls · 9.8 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Lago di Tovel
Italy
- 38Birdyas Score
- 46Species
- 11Migrants
- 1Threatened
Europaschutzgebiet Soren, Gleggen–Köblern, Schweizer Ried und Birken–Schwarzes Zeug
Austria · 163 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 269Species
- 170Migrants
- 11Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1432181) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 223 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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