Parco della Piana di Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

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Location added by Eugenio Cini

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Rank : 9.3 (average on 79 votes)

Coordinates : 43.824163, 11.173761 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : The area is frequented by many species of water birds such as the gray heron, great egret, black-winged Italy, the great crested grebe, the little grebe, coot, kingfishers and various ducks. Among birds of prey that frequent the area are the sparrow hawk, marsh harriers, buzzards, kestrel, tawny owl, the owl and the owl. Abundant also various passerines (greenfinch, goldfinch, Hawfinch, reed bunting, etc..) And green woodpecker. In the area there are 5 species of amphibians: the crested newt, the newt, the Italian tree frog, the toad and the green frog.

Recommended equipment : 300mm for birds, recommended a macro lens in the spring and summer.

Best months : All year round there are photo opportunities, but the best times are spring and autumn.

How to get there : Easily accessible from the motorway A1 Calenzano / Sesto Fiorentino or Firenze Nord, continue in the direction of Sesto Fiorentino center and follow the signs to the park of the plain.

Visits : Open on Sunday 8 months of the year except January, February, August and December. Hours: 9 - 13; 14.30 - sunset, for info contact the manager, Simon Guidotti, email: mamasusi@alice.it

Notes : The Parco della Piana (ANPIL "Podere La Querciola") is located in the town of Sesto Fiorentino, north of the A11, in the territory commonly known as Plain Fiorentina. The protected area covers approximately 50 hectares and includes within it various places of great naturalistic interest. It includes 4 Wetlands: Lake Marsh, chest expansion of New Homes, the Laghino of the Knights and equipped site. In 2008, thanks to the intervention of the Land Reclamation Area Fiorentina, was built a small pond of 300 square meters for the observation of amphibians. Are in progress the "clear of waders" (beccaccinaia), a botanical garden and a butterfly garden water. The works also include the construction of a wall mouse, kingfishers and bee-eaters that nest in cavities.

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