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Subjects :the night heron and egret, and there dwell many other species of birds mostly immigration, such as gray heron, purple heron and egret, Squacco, little grebe, cormorant, mallard, moorhen, coot, warbler, Pendolino and sometimes kestrels and other birds of prey including nightlife. you can find all 'inside many species of ungulates, foxes, badgers, hedgehogs and hares.
Recommended equipment :cosigliati at least 400 mm for birds and a macro lens in the spring
Best months :spring - winter
How to get there :Spread over an area of ??10 hectares, the Garzaia is easily accessible from a side dell'Aretina east of downtown abitatodi Figline Valdarno. It is a wetland present along the Arno river in a forest of ancient farm Serristori realized as a form of re-naturalization of old cavities, "Lakes Figline" abandoned mining industry of alluvial materials and storage of aggregates.
Visits :free admission
Notes :The Garzaia Figline, situated 124 meters above sea level in a small forest owned by the farm Serristori in the locality Carresi. The site on which stands the heronry is part of a wetland complex of artificial origin known as "Lakes Figline." It is more than twenty basins remnants of past quarrying operations in a state of neglect and a small part still used for washing and storage of aggregates. The area affected by the heronry covers about 3.5 hectares, while the heronry real occupies about a hectare. The area of ??the heronry is characterized by the presence of a large washing apparatus inert. Just on some environmental changes (creation of the sedimentation tanks of sewage sludge) have originated the conditions necessary for the growth of small hygrophilous. On 20 February 1995, the Province of Florence, at the request of the municipality of Figline, established in this area a Protected Area along the routes of migration of birds.