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  1. 3Italianbirders

    Spring migration on Ventotene island at Easter

    I forgot to attach this video of a Yellow Wagtail. Taken with my phone: I was sitting on the ground ad it didn't mind me in the least 😃
  2. 3Italianbirders

    Spring migration on Ventotene island at Easter

    I can't compete with your migration in Saudi Arabia, but I think we had fun particularly because the place was so small and there was always something to see. A few times we nearly stepped on dog-tired birds resting by the side of the path!
  3. 3Italianbirders

    Spring migration on Ventotene island at Easter

    Seabirds were by far the less conspicuous group with only four species: Cormorant, Shag, Scopoli’s Shearwater and droves of very territorial Yellow-legged Gulls, which attacked everything in sight. There were a few species that others saw and we dipped on: the most frustrating were a...
  4. 3Italianbirders

    Spring migration on Ventotene island at Easter

    Birds of prey were a bit underwhelming, as apart from the resident Peregrines and Kestrels, we had a few Marsh Harriers, mostly males, roughly one or two a day, a Hobby (or two - we saw one the same day at different times and in different places), and lastly an unidentified Harrier, which could...
  5. 3Italianbirders

    Spring migration on Ventotene island at Easter

    There was also a good flow of herons, with Night Herons seen in flocks heading for the mainland most days; Great White and Cattle Egret were dazzling when seen flying against the blue background of the sea, while a single Purple Heron was foraging at the bottom of a field full of Yellow...
  6. 3Italianbirders

    Spring migration on Ventotene island at Easter

    more photos...
  7. 3Italianbirders

    Spring migration on Ventotene island at Easter

    Barn Owl was the first bird, at around 4am, roughly half an hour after having set off to make the 9.15 ferry. The crossing itself was a bit disappointing as there was no way to go outside and look for seabirds. The first day it was Robins: all over the place, everywhere you looked, then the...
  8. 3Italianbirders

    Spring migration on Ventotene island at Easter

    We spent the Easter break on the island of Ventotene, off the coast between Rome and Naples, a famous migration hotspot as are most of the other small islands along the western coast of Italy, in the Thyrrenian sea, all belonging to a monitoring and ringing project. Somehow we had never managed...
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