Italy Ramsar wetland
Palude di Ostiglia
74 bird species recorded; the most from March to May.
Dragoncello64 · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
34 species in January.15 species in February.51 species in March.54 species in April.54 species in May.28 species in June.1 species in July.13 species in August.1 species in September.32 species in October.14 species in November.0 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.
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No records for this month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
74 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).
- 74Speciesrecorded more than once
- 32Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 627Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 7Raptors
- 1Owls
- 4Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 5Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 31Songbirds
- 13Other 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 74 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Songbirds31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Italian SparrowPasser italiaeVU
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- CootFulica atra
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from March to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan7°/0°39 mm
- Feb9°/1°59 mm
- Mar14°/4°58 mm
- Apr19°/8°62 mm
- May24°/13°75 mm
- Jun30°/18°57 mm
- Jul33°/20°49 mm
- Aug32°/20°53 mm
- Sep26°/15°64 mm
- Oct20°/10°72 mm
- Nov13°/5°85 mm
- Dec8°/1°53 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Palude di Ostiglia.
Protected area in Italy (EUAP0324)
Palude di Ostiglia is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Italy.
74 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 627 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey Heron, the Western Marsh Harrier and the Little Egret.
19 species come for the summer, 12 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Italian Sparrow and European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded from March to May.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Agricampeggio Il glicinecampsite · 3.8 km · 4 within 10 km
- Agriturismo Corte Cesonplace to stay · 3.6 km · 16 within 10 km
- Serravalle a Ponearest town · 3.8 km in a straight line
- Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 36 km in a straight lineCar hire at VRN airport (Caselle)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
- 5bird hides within 6 kmOsservatorio Vallona, Osservatorio Vallonzina, Osservatorio Prato umido and 2 more
- 1marked trails within 4 kmCamminaForeste - Tappa 1A
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmAgricampeggio Il glicine, Area camper Pieve di Coriano, San Leone Paradise and 1 more
- 16places to stay within 10 kmAgriturismo Corte Ceson, La Ciminiera, Antica Dimora and 13 more
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Palude di Ostiglia.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmGeminiano Montanari ObservatoryBortle 5 · 27 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.
Palude di Ostiglia
Italy
- 48Birdyas Score
- 74Species
- 32Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3892846) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 627 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 | Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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