Posted by bill meikle on March 16, 2009 at 1:47 PM
I will be in Italy in April for 9 days between Pisa/Venice/Milan, does anyone know the nature photography opportunities there and can advise on national parks or hot spots? All advice is welcome. Thanks.
Posted by Tony Anderson on March 19, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Hi Bill
You might try
www.lipu-uk.org
this gives you the reserves in Italy, if you require more info try sending an email to
mail@lipu-uk.org
they may be of assistance to you, they may be able to put you in contact with someone in Italy to give you more up to date info.
Tony Anderson
Posted by bill meikle on March 21, 2009 at 9:49 AM
thanks Tony for the tip. I'll check it out.
Posted by bill meikle on March 21, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Nice website, the reserve north of Pisa on Lake Massaciuccoli looks interesting especially since I will be there in April.
Sorry for the delay but I haven’t been the full shilling for the last week or so, but I had seen your thread and thought I would try and help out, even tho’ I’ve never been to Italy
Firstly, Italy is a bit of an in between country re birds. There are two primary migration routes through the Mediterranean, the East & West. The eastern being up thro Israel and the second thro’ Gibraltar. There are some minor migrations thro’ the centre, , going thro’ Sicily, Corsica but they get shot to help and they fly thro’.
Bottom line, Italy isn’t really noted for its wildlife, birds and mammals in particular, but as I understand it it is rich in alpine meadows, which bring in flowers, amphibians, and insects in general.
Did a few serches for you, one of our most comprehensive book outlets here in the UK is “NHBS” here is a link: http://www.nhbs.com/index.html
I did find one book which might be of interest: A Birdwatcher's Guide to Italy - Finding most important Italian birds - ISBN-10: 8487334865
There is a Bob Gibbons who has written quite a number of books, some of which I believe cover Italy, but he is primarily a flower/insect man, do a search on Amazon. He runs a tour company ”Natural History Travel” and I know they have some tours in Italy, here is a link to there home page: http://www.naturalhistorytravel.co.uk/index.html
The only other thing that I can think of is to contact our leading conservation organisation here in the UK, the RSPB, link: http://www.rspb.org.uk/
They might well be able to point you in the right direction.
Sorry I can’t help more. But I’ve never been to Italy and I know of few who have, if you take out the holiday makers.
Hope this helps, if I can help further just let me know, i.e. best identification guides etc.
Discussion
4 repliesYou might try
www.lipu-uk.org
this gives you the reserves in Italy, if you require more info try sending an email to
mail@lipu-uk.org
they may be of assistance to you, they may be able to put you in contact with someone in Italy to give you more up to date info.
Tony Anderson
Sorry for the delay but I haven’t been the full shilling for the last week or so, but I had seen your thread and thought I would try and help out, even tho’ I’ve never been to Italy
Firstly, Italy is a bit of an in between country re birds. There are two primary migration routes through the Mediterranean, the East & West. The eastern being up thro Israel and the second thro’ Gibraltar. There are some minor migrations thro’ the centre, , going thro’ Sicily, Corsica but they get shot to help and they fly thro’.
Bottom line, Italy isn’t really noted for its wildlife, birds and mammals in particular, but as I understand it it is rich in alpine meadows, which bring in flowers, amphibians, and insects in general.
Did a few serches for you, one of our most comprehensive book outlets here in the UK is “NHBS” here is a link: http://www.nhbs.com/index.html
I did find one book which might be of interest: A Birdwatcher's Guide to Italy - Finding most important Italian birds - ISBN-10: 8487334865
There is a Bob Gibbons who has written quite a number of books, some of which I believe cover Italy, but he is primarily a flower/insect man, do a search on Amazon. He runs a tour company ”Natural History Travel” and I know they have some tours in Italy, here is a link to there home page: http://www.naturalhistorytravel.co.uk/index.html
The only other thing that I can think of is to contact our leading conservation organisation here in the UK, the RSPB, link: http://www.rspb.org.uk/
They might well be able to point you in the right direction.
Sorry I can’t help more. But I’ve never been to Italy and I know of few who have, if you take out the holiday makers.
Hope this helps, if I can help further just let me know, i.e. best identification guides etc.