Italy Ramsar wetland
Riserva naturale orientata Biviere di Gela
89 bird species recorded; the most in November.
Davide Mauro · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
24 species in January.21 species in February.39 species in March.52 species in April.31 species in May.8 species in June.0 species in July.45 species in August.40 species in September.26 species in October.61 species in November.0 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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VUVUNo records for this month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
89 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 89Speciesrecorded more than once
- 42Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 701Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 5Raptors
- 18Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 8Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Flamingos
- 30Songbirds
- 12Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 89 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
Waders18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- RedshankTringa totanus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Ducks & geese8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Italian SparrowPasser italiaeVU
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great titParus major
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
Other birds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan14°/7°78 mm
- Feb14°/7°66 mm
- Mar16°/8°56 mm
- Apr19°/11°36 mm
- May24°/14°14 mm
- Jun29°/19°10 mm
- Jul33°/22°5 mm
- Aug33°/22°9 mm
- Sep28°/20°53 mm
- Oct24°/16°73 mm
- Nov19°/13°88 mm
- Dec15°/9°82 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Riserva naturale orientata Biviere di Gela.
Lake in Gela, Italy
Riserva naturale orientata Biviere di Gela is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Italy.
89 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 701 open records.
The most recorded are the Great Crested Grebe, the Common Wood Pigeon and the Cetti's Warbler.
21 species come for the summer, 21 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Italian Sparrow, European Turtle Dove and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in November.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Villa Giocolanoplace to stay · 5.5 km · 9 within 10 km
- Gelanearest town · 11 km in a straight line
- Comiso Airport (CIY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 km in a straight lineCar hire at CIY airport (Comiso)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 4bird hides within 6 km
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 9places to stay within 10 kmVilla Giocolano, Hotel Sileno, Villa Peretti and 6 more
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Riserva naturale orientata Biviere di Gela.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmLago Biviere di Gela0.6 km² · 0.2 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
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- 56Birdyas Score
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- 42Migrants
- 4Threatened
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3936843) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 701 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Islandyas, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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