Italy Ramsar wetland
Valle Averto
98 bird species recorded; the most in April.
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This month here
16 species in January.22 species in February.30 species in March.69 species in April.58 species in May.50 species in June.22 species in July.32 species in August.40 species in September.1 species in October.55 species in November.9 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
98 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).
- 98Speciesrecorded more than once
- 36Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,039Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 6Raptors
- 13Waders
- 8Gulls & seabirds
- 7Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 32Songbirds
- 15Other 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 98 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Waders13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Ducks & geese7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Italian SparrowPasser italiaeVU
- Great titParus major
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Other birds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- European SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- 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 April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan6°/0°44 mm
- Feb8°/1°63 mm
- Mar13°/4°66 mm
- Apr18°/9°72 mm
- May23°/13°93 mm
- Jun28°/18°74 mm
- Jul31°/20°71 mm
- Aug30°/20°77 mm
- Sep25°/15°82 mm
- Oct19°/10°81 mm
- Nov13°/6°96 mm
- Dec7°/1°62 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Valle Averto.
Human settlement in Campagna Lupia, Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy
Valle Averto is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Italy.
98 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,039 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Egret, the Black-headed Gull and the Eurasian Collared Dove.
22 species come for the summer, 13 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Italian Sparrow and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Agriturismo La Chiocciacampsite · 2.1 km · 2 within 10 km
- Ostello a Coloriplace to stay · 3.3 km · 45 within 10 km
- Campagna Lupianearest town · 4.4 km in a straight line
- Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 22 km in a straight lineCar hire at VCE airport (Venezia)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
- 16car parks within 3 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmAgriturismo La Chioccia, Camping Fusina
- 45places to stay within 10 kmOstello a Colori, Hotel Antica corte Marchesini, Agriturismo Corte Giove and 42 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 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 Valle Averto.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmAstronomical Observatory of PadovaBortle 9 · 22 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.
Valle Averto
Italy
- 51Birdyas Score
- 98Species
- 36Migrants
- 2Threatened
Valle Cavanata Nature Reserve
Italy · 110 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 233Species
- 141Migrants
- 13Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4008019) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,039 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 | Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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