Séjour dans le delta du Pô et les Valli di Comacchio (Italie) en mars 2003

The river Po, which is called the « sweet giant », is the longest river in Italy. With its 650 km (about 400 miles), it runs through the Po Valley and it flows into the Adriatic Sea forming a delta and one of the largest wetlands in Europe and in the Mediterranean area. The habitats are varied : pinewoods, fresh water wetlands, brackish water wetlands, dunes, beaches, shoals, and thus it is a real paradise for birds, both migratory and non-migratory, for fishes and molluscs.
The delta of the river Po is in the middle of the migratory routes of different bird species, which from Northern Europe cross our peninsula to reach Africa or the Southern Mediterranean areas where they spend the winter. At the limit between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, its a very good place for watching Oriental species such as the Pygmy Cormorant, the Great White Egret or the Ferruginous Duck.
Thanks to François Diemert, who visited the delta in March 2003, we present you the best areas of this unknown birding place.