Italy Ramsar wetland
Saline di Margherita di Savoia
139 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Cadangelo-haiku · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
65 species in January.27 species in February.72 species in March.82 species in April.93 species in May.47 species in June.60 species in July.73 species in August.68 species in September.80 species in October.56 species in November.83 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.
NT
NT
VU
VU
NT
VUVU
VU
VU
NTNTVU
NT
NT
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
139 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).
- 139Speciesrecorded more than once
- 65Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,871Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 10Raptors
- 1Owls
- 29Waders
- 15Gulls & seabirds
- 12Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 43Songbirds
- 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 139 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Gulls & seabirds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Ducks & geese12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds43 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Italian SparrowPasser italiaeVU
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Other birds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
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 May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan12°/7°61 mm
- Feb12°/7°46 mm
- Mar14°/9°52 mm
- Apr18°/11°46 mm
- May22°/15°38 mm
- Jun27°/20°36 mm
- Jul30°/23°28 mm
- Aug30°/23°28 mm
- Sep25°/20°55 mm
- Oct21°/16°61 mm
- Nov17°/12°70 mm
- Dec13°/8°60 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Saline di Margherita di Savoia.
Nature reserve south of the Gulf of Manfredonia in Apulia, Italy
Saline di Margherita di Savoia is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Italy.
139 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,871 open records.
The most recorded are the Greater Flamingo, the Little Egret and the Yellow-legged Gull.
36 species come for the summer, 26 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Italian Sparrow, Curlew Sandpiper and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Ola Kala Sosta Campercampsite · 3.1 km · 6 within 10 km
- Holygold Suiteplace to stay · 4.9 km · 14 within 10 km
- Trinitapolinearest town · 4.2 km in a straight line
- Foggia Gino Lisa Airport (FOG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 km in a straight lineCar hire at BRI airport (Bari)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.
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
- 3bird hides within 6 kmPostazione Bird Watching, Osservatorio bird watching
- 2observation towers within 6 kmTorre Pietra a Margherita di Savoia
- 1marked trails within 4 kmVia Francigena - Variante Micaelica e Litorale
- 1visitor centres within 6 km
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 6campsites within 10 kmOla Kala Sosta Camper, Tamerigi Village, Millennium Salt Village and 3 more
- 14places to stay within 10 kmHolygold Suite, Hotel Belvedere, Hotel del Sole and 11 more
- viewpoints within 5 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Saline di Margherita di Savoia.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmMargherita di Savoia · 7.7 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.
Saline di Margherita di Savoia
Italy
- 68Birdyas Score
- 139Species
- 65Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3936711) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,871 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 | Coastya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
The family
Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?
Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.
beaches
Find your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit 
lakes
Every lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit 
mountains
Every summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit 
waterfalls
Every waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit 
islands
Every island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit 
rivers
Every river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit 
canyons
Every canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit 
caves
Every cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit 
dark skies
Where the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit 
viewpoints
Every viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit 
birdwatching
Every bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.You are here
forests
Every forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit