bittern
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I had always believed that (White-winged) Snowfinches were never found below about 1'500 metres altitude, the Collins says 1'000. I recently saw a group of about a dozen among a mixed finch flock in a field at only about 550 metres ASL. That started me thinking and I did a search on ornitho.ch and found that recently three were observed on the aerodrome at Locarno (Ticino) which is at only around 200 metres ASL.
I guess that this is nothing new but my personal lowest altitude sighting many years ago had been of a small group in the Jura at 1'400 at the Creux du Van. They are very rare in the Jura.
How common are sightings away from the mountains? Both the recent sightings were close to the Alps.
Mike
I guess that this is nothing new but my personal lowest altitude sighting many years ago had been of a small group in the Jura at 1'400 at the Creux du Van. They are very rare in the Jura.
How common are sightings away from the mountains? Both the recent sightings were close to the Alps.
Mike