Personal check-list of the flora and fauna species detected so far in Monastier di Treviso (last update April 2022)

This series of check-lists of the different life-groups includes the species I have detected so far in my municipality, since I transferred in Monastier di Treviso the October 2018. Some groups, like birds, butterflies or plants, were surveyed intentionally, with a number of walks along most of the roads and open areas of the municipality, while other taxa were reported only occasionally, but I considered still it was worth to include those scattered observations.

São Miguel (Azores): birding, whalewatching and endemic biodiversity in the “Ilha Verde”

The “green island”, the largest of the Azores, is quite a dream for landscape photographers, with a variety of volcanic structures, calderas, lakes and harsh mountains. The weather conditions change continuously in an endless alternation of rainfall and sunshine, guaranteeing a flourishing vegetation to grow. The endemic biodiversity, although still relevant, is threatened by invasive species. Something to see at least once in the life.

Another winter with plenty of bird rarities in the Veneto, despite Covid19

The birding in winter 2020/21, like many other aspects, was effected by the Covid19 restrictions, stopping almost whatever twitching velleity to other Italian regions but Veneto, my home region. Despite this, I managed to go birding often collecting, after a slow beginning, an amazing number of rare birds and wonderful observations: I added in fact 3 species to my Veneto life-list plus a worldwide lifer!

The pristine nature of the Bay of Orosei and Gennargentu National Park (Sardinia) in mid summertime

Sardinia is such a big island that even in full touristic season is still possible to find some totally deserted places were to escape the beach crowd: of course it is necessary to repair inland and the Parco Nazionale del Golfo di Orosei e del Gennargentu is one of the best options in order to look for wildlife. Most of the endemic and iconic species can be find in this harsh mountains, including Corsican Finch, Marmora’s Warbler or Corsican Fritillary.

“Stay home!”: local birding in Monastier di Treviso

The arrival of the Covid19 in Italy induced, in March 2020, the progressive lock down of the country, starting from the first municipalities affected by the virus and then extending to every region of the peninsula. This forced me to reduce step by step the width of my movements until just my home become allowed.

The end of winter in Valle Vecchia and Brussa of Caorle

Valle Vecchia and Brussa are possibly the best birding area nearby Venice, together with the Po delta. At the end of winter, these grounds show the beginning of the migration turn over in a spectacular way, with flocks of hundreds of birds!

Grave di Ciano, a seriously threatened paradise for birdwatching

“Grave di Ciano“, the riverbed of Piave nearby the village of Ciano del Montello, is probably the best birding spot in the Treviso province, but is recently threatened by the project to excavate there some detention basins.

A day of photography in along the gulf of Trieste

Bird-photography in Italy is not easy like in other countries: decades of hunting pressure made the birds particularly shy and hardly approachable. The reserves along the gulf of Trieste offer one of the best options in autumn and winter.

Winter birding in Paklenica and Pag (Croatia)

Most of the available trip reports about Croatia shows the preference of birders to go there in spring or summer: that’s why I decided to explore for three days the northern Dalmatia in January, looking for some specialties.

A lovely male of Snow Bunting in the Dolomites

Snow Buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) are rather regular in the North-eastern Italy, especially along the Pre-Alps, like for example in Lessinia, but they still represent a pretty unexpected arctic visitor: yesterday I had the pleasure to encounter a lovely male!