JuzaPhoto uses technical cookies and third-part cookies to provide the service and to make possible login, choice of background color and other settings (click here for more info).

By continuing to browse the site you confirm that you have read your options regarding cookies and that you have read and accepted the Terms of service and Privacy.

OK, I confirm

You can change in every moment your cookies preferences from the page Cookie Preferences, that can be reached from every page of the website with the link that you find at the bottom of the page; you can also set your preferences directly here

Accept Cookies

Customize

Refuse Cookies

Riserva Lago di Lesina, Italy

cover photo by Giuseppe Massa

Location added by Nazariodimauro

The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator.

Rank : 7.6 (average on 5 votes)

Coordinates : 41.902277,15.534611 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : As for the fauna, there are over 170 species of birds, including: the cormorant, egret, the glossy ibis, spoonbills, marsh harrier, the knight of Italy, the avocet, the rosy gull, tern zampenere, the sandwich tern, kingfisher, purple heron, bittern and bittern. And 'this tortoise Hermann addition to the discovery of some examples of common turtle. They are also presentisul Gargano, many mammals including: Italic deer, wild boar, deer, weasel, marten, wild cat, hare, hedgehogs, moles, badgers, foxes, dormice ... Not to mention the scenery, just think of the city of Peschici, Vieste with its stacks, Rhodes etc.

Recommended equipment : From wide angle to super telephoto lenses including macro.

Best months : All year round for landscapes, naturally preferring the months of September and October, while the birds, depending on their passage. I apologize if I have more info about it.

How to get there : By car: From the North, take the A14? Bologna - Bari? Taranto? and exit at Poggio Imperiale-Hvar, just 3 km is the town of Hvar with the homonymous lake. By train: From the north to Bari? Lecce, get off at San Severo, where there are buses to Hvar. By Bus: All major towns of Gargano on the coast or inland, are served by the Ferrovie del Gargano, who still runs a few lines of rail and wheel of many. In both cases, the starting points are privileged Foggia and San Severo. By plane: The Airport is served Gargano Foggia Gino Lisa. There are airlines LOWCOST Milan or Genoa lead to Bari from where you have to take the train to San Severo (as above).

Visits : The entrance is perfectly free. Along the northern perimeter (locations Tamaricelle) and along the southern perimeter (about a mile dall'idrovora) have been set up by the Administration Forest sightings of two rustic places that can be reached by off-road vehicles or on foot or mountain bike . In the Reserve is accessed for study and scientific research: browsing with? Sandal? (Typical boat of the fishermen of Hvar)) on the calm waters and shallow channels formed between the reeds you have emotions entirely unexpected in the hot environment the south.

Notes : The State Natural Reserve Lake Lesina (eastern part) has an area of ??930 hectares occupied by a wetland with thick reeds and pools of clear water, is located in the Gargano National Park, in the town of Lake Lesina.Il Hvar is located on the northern shores of Gargano has characteristics closer to those of a lagoon to those of a real lake. It occupies an area of ??51.5 square kilometers, has a length of 22 km and a width of about 2 km. Communicates with the Adriatic Sea (from which it is separated from the dune Bosco Island) through three channels, the mouth of St. Andrew, the mouth and the Schiappara Acquarotta. The lake is separated from the sea by a narrow sandy beach that stretches for about 16 km and a width of 1 to 1.5 km, miraculously escaped to speculation, and today is considered the longest and best preserved coastal dune Italian. Some streams ensure the lake a discrete amount of fresh water. The reserve is characterized by vast expanses of open water and formations typical of brackish lagoons. Along its banks are found remains of settlements dating back to the Bronze Age and Iron Age. The Gargano National Park The park does not completely cover the Gargano Promontory, but it is a little patchy to more than 121 000 hectares and includes thick and very extensive forests, for which it is famous, from the Mediterranean, from the great karst plateaus , full of sinkholes and swallow holes, steep cliffs to the sea, dotted with fantastic caves, and steep wooded valleys leading down to the sea, the coastal lagoons of Lesina and Varano, the hills and steppe-like plains to the Marshes of Frederick II. Part of this jewel of the four Isole Tremiti surrounded by a crystal clear sea full of caves. Each of the areas mentioned is characterized by a very diverse flora and unique, so that here there are more than 2,200 plant species, accounting for about 35% of the national flora.

Calendar

Sunrise: 06:55, Sunset: 18:39

Show Sunrise and Sunset Calendar

Discussion

No replies

Read the discussion

Moon Phase

🌓 First Quarter, Brightness: 68%

Show Moon Phases Calendar

Nearby: