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Sorrento Italy (1 Viewer)

lemurph17

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Hi,

this is my first posting on this forum. I am going on holiday soon to Sorrento in Italy, and wondered if anyone knew what types of birds I can expect to see and if there are any particular areas around Sorrento where you can see good birds. Thanx
 
Hi lemurh. This is a post from Birding Italy, the unpredicted (!) new web resource for birders visiting Italy. Our website is: http://www.birdingitaly.net/
You may check our site to find some information.
Other resources online are:

Sorrento Nature website:
www.wwfpenisolasorrentina.org

Oasi Le Tore (Le Tore reserve), on the hills between the Neaples and Salerno bays:
http://www.wwfpenisolasorrentina.org/oasitore/oasitore.htm

The fauna of the Le Tore riserve (Zitting Cisticola, Cetti’s Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Firecrest):
http://www.wwfpenisolasorrentina.org/oasitore/ofauna.htm

Regional Park of the Monti Lattari: Blue Trush, Yellow-legged Gull, Hoopoe (Upupa epops), Peregrine (Falco peregrinus), Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni), Alpine Swift (Apus melba):
http://www.proloco.minori.sa.it/parco_dei_monti_lattari.htm

Photos of the Lattari Mountain Park:
http://www.giovis.com/lattari.htm

Along the coast there are Yellow-legged and Mediterranean Gull, e.g. at the Marine Riserve of Punta Campanella:
http://www.puntacampanella.org/leggendeluoghi/itinerari.asp

The page is in Italian but each sub-link contains a map with an itinerary, e.g.:
http://www.puntacampanella.org/leggendeluoghi/cartinaCampanellaMitigliano.jpg

Photos of the areas:
http://www.caisalerno.it/foto/foto1.htm

Not far prom Sorrento there is the Persano reserve, where you may found Ferruginous Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Zitting Cisticola, Cetti’s Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Melodious Warbler:
http://www.amicianimali.it/itinerari/persano.html

Cheers
 
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