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  1. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    More pics from last few days in the Val d'Orcia and the Monte Labbro (mentioned several times in this thread - a 30 minute drive on the other side of the mountain) areas. So far it seems like a good year for Rollers and Montys, but a poor one for migrating small falcons (Lesser Kestrels and...
  2. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Unfortunately it wasn't me, but G who saw it - I wasn't there that day. We went back the following day to try and find it but it was so windy we could barely stand... so no Tarsiger for me... 😞. July is a dead month for birds here, and especially further south, unless you are in high mountain areas.
  3. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    with audio!
  4. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    And a sequence with probably the most common bird in our parts: a singing Corn Bunting
  5. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Thanks Mike! And now a brief photographic account of what we've been seeing in the past few days in our local patch (the Val d'Orcia). The photos are not great as I have now got a new zoom lens for myself (so that I don't have to badger G for his pics every time)and am still trying to achieve...
  6. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Thank you Dragnil!
  7. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    4 - April With Spring migration very slow in our area, on April 18 we drove down to the coast again, this time to a WWF-managed wetland near the busy port town of Piombino. The morning there was pretty good with a single Whiskered Tern and a Marsh Sandpiper, a small flock of Glossy Ibis, plus...
  8. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    3 - March Our first spring trip saw us in neighbouring Lazio again, where we attended a conference on the (nearly extinct) European Lanner Falcon. On the way we logged the first Lesser Kestrels and the first House Martins of the year. The town where the conference was held used to host Egyptian...
  9. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    2 - December, January and February The main event was an Imperial Eagle at the Diaccia Botrona wetland, one of our regular haunts, we had good scope views, but our friend Marina flushed it from a tree by the side of the road, so the photo is hers. We also spent a morning on the beach near...
  10. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Apologies if I’m resurrecting this thread AGAIN, but I do it mostly because it’s easier for me to keep everything in one place. I have been mostly absent from BF even I can’t explain why. Sorry about that. Anyway I thought I’d write a brief post with the main birding events of the past few...
  11. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Summer birding! Since coming back from our holiday in the North-east we have rarely strayed from the relative coolness and peace of our mountain town, especially since in mid-July temperatures in the lowlands and in cities reached 40C and above. However we monitored closely the pair of Lesser...
  12. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Thanks Mike! I know the Plover was stunning - and the videos don't do it justice as it was indeed golden!
  13. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Thanks Pete!
  14. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Big news from our patch! After several years of Lesser Kestrels spending the summer in the Val d'Orcia, this summer we have found the first breeding pair for Tuscany! Watch this space for more news!
  15. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    This is a belated report of a twitch of June 1st. In a spring mostly devoid of exciting birds and tbh also of fairly common migrants, there was one outstanding bird which we couldn’t miss, especially since it was just over an hour’s drive away, in one of our favourite haunts, the Diaccia...
  16. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Hello, unfortunately we are about 400 km from Lake Garda and we don't know the Lake Garda area, sorry about that. Have you tried posting in the "Information wanted" forum? There May be someone who has been there who could help you.
  17. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Unfortunately I got only one reply to my post in the ID forum: Common Gull, maybe heinei subspecies. 🤔
  18. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Cheers Mike, will do! And then post the answers here
  19. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    🤔😬 We don't see many Common Gulls in Italy. They do winter here, but we don't often go to places where they do. We are familiar with summer plumage adults as we have seen them often in northern Europe, but we are not very good at gulls' moults in general, so we relied on the identification of...
  20. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    the last ones... we also have some of the birds of prey somewhere, will post them asap!
  21. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    and more...
  22. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Lots of seabirds and 3 Eagles! We spent a long Saturday at the other end of Tuscany, in its north-western tip: a pelagic trip in the morning and the early afternoon at a well-known migration watchpoint for Short-toed Eagles and other birds of prey. Our day started very early, but soon after...
  23. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    A couple of months ago there had been reports of a Great Northern Diver off the Tuscan coast near one of our usual haunts, and also of a Red-necked Grebe and Horned Grebe in the nearby lagoon. We drove down full of expectations but we dipped on all three and the whole expedition was pretty...
  24. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Thanks Mike! And Jan, you should! Also Bologna is close to the Po Delta, one of the best places to go birding in Italy, any time of the year! And if you do give us a shout! Happy New Year all!
  25. 3Italianbirders

    Birding in Southern Tuscany and thereabouts

    Another pleasant winter day spent at and around the Diaccia Botrona wetland (see above post #92), although the temperature was more early autumn-like, with a maximum of 17C 🥵, a bit too much for my liking tbh. Maybe for this reason the usually lively fields around the wetland area itself were...
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