The Farmhouse Le Occare guest house, with its location close to Ferrara and not far from the “Delta del Po” park, is a very good starting point for your birdwatching tours in the Po Delta area.
The guest house, encircled by a 30000 square meters
wooden area densely populated by birds, and by a large area of
crofts in a hunting protected area, with a great hedge more than 1
km long and two old ponds, has some interesting attractions for
birdwatchers and lovers of birding.
Here is the check
list of the birds frequently seen at Le Occare.
Not far from Farmhouse Le Occare you have the birdwatching spots of
“Valli di Campotto” and “Valle Santa”
marshes of the Delta del Po park. If you go a little farther
you can reach Comacchio and his marshes, the “Sacca di
Goro”, Mesola and its wood and all the other areas of the "Parco del Delta
del
Po", very interesting naturalistic reserves and a real paradise
for birdwatchers and for the lovers of nature and birding.
You will find a very fine interactive map of the
Delta del Po park here
You will find useful resources about birdwatching in the Po Delta
at birdingitaly.net.
Checklist of the birds seen at the Occare
farm:
House Sparrow, Gold Finch, Chaffinch, Wren, Robin,
Greenfinch, Gold Crest, Chiffchaff, Great Tit, White-pie Wagtail,
Yellow Wagtail, Blackcap, Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Northern
Lapwing, Cuckoo, Hoopoe, Long-Eared Owl, Little Owl, Wryneck, Green
Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Collared Flycatcher, Pied
Flycatcher, Skylark,
Jay, Magpie, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Blackbird, Nightingale,
Starling, Song Thrush, Black Redstart, Carrion Crow, Night Heron,
Grey heron, Purple Heron, Great Egret, Little Egret, Little
Bittern, House Martin, Barn swallow, Kestrel, Goshawk, Sparrow
hawk, Stonechat, Montagu's Harrier.
