NOTES 1)You will find (in this order): DATE HOUR WEATHER CONDITIONS PLACE 2)Keys: m.= male f.= female H = heard S = singing V.M.S.= Via Monte Sabotino (the place where I live in Modena) +-= approximately += probably more than 3)The birds written in capital letters are considered important in the area/period where/when they have been watched. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/1/03 15.30 - 16.05 sun - clouds (cold) Manzolino Mallard +-700 Wigeon 2-3 Great crested grebe +10 Coot +-35 Cormorant +3 Black headed gull +-350 LITTLE GULL 1 adult winter Hen harrier 1 f. Pheasant 1 Meadow pipit H Magpie Hooded crow Hare +12 in the same field. 13/1/03 8.10 - 8.15 sun (cold) V.M.S. Long tailed tit 7 Blue tit 2 Great tit H Robin H (Chaffinch H) House sparrow H Hooded crow 1 Magpie 1 Starling 9 Blackbird +2 Collared dove 3 Pigeon 1 17/1/03 (St. Antony) 13.00 - 15.45 clouds - fog Valli Le Partite BROWN SHRIKE 1 juv. First record for Italy. GREAT GREY SHRIKE 1 (excubitor) RED KITE 1 MERLIN 1-2 m., one captured a sparrow. Buzzard Kestrel Marsh harrier Hen harrier 1-2 f. Grey heron White egret Little egret Cattle egret 2 Coot some hundreds. Moorhen H Mallard some hundreds. Mute swan (6) Greylag goose 6 Little grebe Lapwing Snipe +3 Meadow pipit H Magpie Hooded crow Starling House sparrow Pigeon Chiffchaff +2 Robin +1 Stonechat +5 Reed bunting +3 Pheasant Skylark +2 Coypu 2 babies and 1 adult. DEAD ANIMALS (It was Friday 17) Barn owl (1) and Long eared owl (1). Killed by cars on the same road at a small distance the one from the other. Black headed gull (1 adult winter). Killed by a bird of prey. Coypu (1 baby and 1 adult). 22/1/03 16.40-16.55 sun V.M.S. Magpie 11 Jackdaw 3 Hooded crow H Chaffinch +-35 Pigeon 46 Collared dove 8 Starling 9 Great spotted woodpecker (2) H Blackbird 1-2 Sparrowhawk 1 26/1/03 9.05 sun V.M.S. Great spotted woodpecker H Green woodpecker H 14.15 - 14.40 sun V.M.S. Long tailed tit 4 Blue tit 3-4 Great tit 1+ Chiffchaff H Chaffinch H (SISKIN 3. The voice resembled siskin's and I saw wing bars.) Magpie 3+ Pigeon +-20 Collared dove 6 Starling 13 House sparrow 1+ Great spotted woodpecker H 30/1/03 10.05 sun V.M.S. Great spotted woodpecker, drumming. 4/2/03 10.00 rain V.M.S. Great spotted woodpecker 1 f. on a TV aerial. Sparrowhawk 1 f., frightening sparrows and pigeons. 9/2/03 12.00 sun V.M.S. Magpie 2. One bringing a small branch. 22/2/03 9.35-10.05 sun V.M.S. Hawfinch 2 Great tit 2 Blue tit 2 Long tailed tit 2 H Chaffinch 5 Greenfinch 3 SINGING Jay 2-3 Magpie 2. One was bringing a small branch. Starling +-50 Collared dove 7 House sparrow 6-7 Blackbird 7 Pigeon +-50 25/2/03 17.00 sun V.M.S. Sparrowhawk 1 28/2/03 18.20 clouds V.M.S. Robin H 2/3/03 all day clouds - rain Valli Le Partite THE BIRDS I HAVEN'T SEEN ARE IN BRACKETS Great egret Little egret Cattle egret 1 Grey heron Bittern 1 Herring gull (Common gull) Black headed gull (adult summer not complete and winter). Mallard Gadwall 2 Wigeon Shoveler Pintail 2 Pochard Ferruginous duck 2 Mute swan 3+ Greylag goose 4+ (Bean goose) (White fronted goose) Shelduck 1 Great crested grebe 4+ Little grebe 2+ Coot Moorhen Buzzard Kestrel Marsh harrier 1m. and 1f. Hen harrier 1f. Ruff Black tailed godwit 97+ Curlew 6+ Little stint Lapwing Snipe Cormorant Pigeon Collared dove House sparrow Chaffinch Skylark, some singing. Black redstart 1 Cetti's warbler H Reed bunting (FIRST SWALLOW) 4/3/03 13.30 sun V.M.S. Robin H Chiffchaff H 5/3/03 7.30 sun V.M.S. Robin singing 15.30 - 16.10 sun V.M.S. Starling 11 (also singing) Blackcap 1, singing. Blackbird, singing. Collared dove 7, singing. House sparrow H Greenfinch 2, singing. Great tit H Blue tit H Long tailed tit 4 Chiffchaff 1 Chaffinch 2-3 Pigeon 20 Hooded crow 1 Magpie 1 Jackdaw 1 Great spotted woodpecker 1m. and 1f. 6/3/03 18.40 sun V.M.S. Robin H 8/3/03 8.30 sun V.M.S. Hooded crow 1 Magpie 1 Jay 1 Robin H Long tailed tit H Hawfinch 2H Collared dove H House sparrow H Great tit H Chiffchaff H Pigeon 12/3/03 7.30 sun V.M.S. Jackdaw 2 Hooded crow 1 Magpie 2 Jay 1 Great tit 1 Blue tit 2 Chaffinch 2+ Robin H House sparrow 3+ Collared dove Pigeon 13/3/03 13.30 sun V.M.S. Robin H 14/3/03 afternoon sun Giardini Ducali - Parma FIRST HOUSE MARTIN 16/3/03 afternoon sun Valli Le Partite (Class from Groningen - HOLLAND) FIRST SWALLOW 4+ Black tailed godwit 100+ Ruff Lapwing Snipe Cormorant 30+ Yellow legged gull Grey heron 1+ Little egret 4+ White egret Bittern 1 Mute swan 2 Shoveler Mallard Garganey Great crested grebe Marsh harrier 2+ Starling Hooded crow Barn owl 1(at night). Coot Moorhen Water rail 1+ Coypu SPOTTED CRAKE 2 Hare 1 RINGING OPERATION Bluethroat 2, of which 1 with completely blue throat (maybe Luscinia svecica magna) Cetti's warbler 1 MOUSTACHED WARBLER 1 Starling +-20 Moorhen 1+ Garganey 6+ Reed bunting Penduline tit Chiffchaff TOTAL : 49 birds 18/3/03 8.00 sun V.M.S. Jay 4 Magpie 1 Collared dove H Pigeon Robin, singing House sparrow H 20/3/03 17.30 sun V.M.S. Sparrohawk 1 Robin H 22/3/03 12.20 - 12.25 sun V.M.S. FIRST SERIN 1, singing. Magpie 1 Pigeon 25 Collared dove 4 Starling 1 Blackcap, singing Blue tit 1 Great tit H Chaffinch 1 House sparrow H 27/3/03 18.45 V.M.S. : FIRST BAT 29/3/03 9.15 clouds V.M.S. Collared dove 1, without the tail. Hooded crow 1, bringing a prey. Blackcap 1m. and 1f. 15.00 Robin 2H 30/3/03 13.00 sun V.M.S. FIRST WRYNECK H 31/3/03 18.00 - 20.00 clouds Casse di espansione del Secchia Swallow Grey heron 83, of which more or less a half on nest. Little egret 3 Cormorant 42, adult and juvenile. Mallard 8+ Great crested grebe 2 Jay Magpie Hooded crow Jackdaw 30+ Robin H Blackcap Great tit Starling Blackbird 4/4/03 18.30 sun V.M.S. SWALLOW 1 Great tit 4, territorial singing. Blackbird 3 Greenfinch H Starling 1 Collared dove 1 Magpie 1 9/4/03 19.15 clouds S.Biagio (Modena city centre) FIRST SWIFT 2. 13/4/03 19.45 sun V.M.S. Swift 17-20 Greenfinch 2H Serin 1H Blackbird 2H Jackdaw 1 Collared dove 3 14/4/03 16.30 - 17.45 sun Manzolino FIRST COMMON TERN 3. Cormorant 7 Great crested grebe 25+, some in courtship. Little grebe 4 Little egret 1 White egret 3 Grey heron 5 (Bittern 1) Greylag goose 2 Mute swan 1 Mallard Coot 2+ Hen harrier 1m. Kestrel 1 House sparrow Pigeon Collared dove Magpie Pheasant 3+ Great spotted woodpecker 1 Barn swallow Swift Coypu 1+ 16/4/03 12.30 sun V.M.S. Sparrowhawk 1f. frightening some pigeons. Pigeon Swift Blackcap H 17/4/03 V.M.S. : Magpie (2) bringing a small branch. 27/4/03 17.30 sun Le Meleghine (MO) WHITE WINGED TERN 1 Black tern Whiskered tern Common tern Black headed gull 15+ LITTLE GULL 1, 1st winter. Black winged stilt 15-20 Ruff +-120 Greenshank 2 Mute swan 2 Mallard Garganey 1m. and 1f. Coot Moorhen Little bittern 1 Grey heron Great reed warbler H Cetti's warbler H Barn swallow Swift Buzzard 1 Skylark H Cuckoo H 18.10 sun Valli Le Partite Black winged stilt SACRED IBIS 1, probably escaped. Wood sandpiper Ruff, lots. Captured a wounded female ruff and brought to a vet. LAPWING 1 on nest. TEMMINCK'S STINT 6. Little ringed plover 1 Black headed gull Yellow legged gull Common tern, some on nest. Whiskered tern, some on nest. Mallard Pochard Grey heron Hooded crow Starling Pigeon House sparrow 1/5/03 all day sun Collegara FIRST TURTLE DOVE H Starling, nesting. Blackbird, singing. NIGHTINGALE 2 singing. Jay 1-2 Swift Pigeon 7/5/03 8.30 - 8.55 sun V.M.S. SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 Blackcap 1m. singing. Serin 2 singing. Greenfinch 1 singing. Magpie 2 Hooded crow 1 Swift Pigeon 7 Collared dove 8 Starling H Blackbird 2 House sparrow 5 8/5/03 6.30 sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher H Morning sun Valli del Mincio (MN) Grey heron Purple heron Squacco heron 1 Night heron Cattle egret 1 Little egret Black kite 2+ Marsh harrier Kestrel 1 Cuckoo Reed warbler H Great reed warbler Cetti's warbler H Nightingale H Coot, adults with some chicks. Moorhen Mallard, 1 adult with some chicks. Garganey Mute swan, 1 adult with some chicks. Great crested grebe, adults with some chicks. Little grebe Swift House sparrow Greenfinch Pigeon Starling Hooded crow Magpie Midday sun Centro reintroduzione cicogne Bertone (MN) White stork, some in courtship. Blackcap H Nightingale H Starling Blackbird H Collared dove Some frogs (Rana lessonae) Afternoon sun Bosco Fontana (MN) Black kite 1 Rana lessonae, Rana latastei 1, Triturus vulgaris 1. 9/5/03 11.30 sun Orto Botanico Blackbird 1 f. bringing some food. Jay 1 19.30 sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher 1 Great spotted woodpecker 1H Blackbird H Blackcap H Hooded crow H Jackdaw Magpie 1, mobbed by 2 starlings. Swift House sparrow Collared dove Pigeon Greenfinch H Serin H 10/5/03 9.00 clouds V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher 1 11/5/03 9.50 sun-clouds V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher 2 Magpie frightening 2 starlings. 12/5/03 8.00 sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher 1 Collared dove 2 singing. Swift Blackcap 2 singing. Greenfinch 1 singing. Serin 1 singing. House sparrow Blackbird 2, 1 singing. Great tit H 13/5/03 8.00 sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher H House sparrow 5+ Collared dove 2 Hooded crow 1 Swift Great spotted woodpecker H Greenfinch 1 singing. 14/5/03 7.25 sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher H Blackcap H (singing). Hooded crow 1 Magpie 1 Pigeon Collared dove 3 House sparrow H Greenfinch H Blackbird H (singing). Swift 15/5/03 6.00 sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher H (singing). 8.00 - 12.00 sun Valli Le Partite Sqacco heron 1 Purple heron 1 Grey heron Great egret Little egret Little bittern Whiskered tern, lots. Common tern Black headed gull (adult summer, adult winter, 1st summer) Yellow legged gull (adult summer, 1st winter, 2nd winter) Black winged stilt Little ringed plover 2 Lapwing (very noisy in some areas, probably nesting). Ruff 2 Mute swan, 2 adults with 6 chicks. Mallard Shoveler 1m.+ Coot Moorhen Great crested grebe Little grebe Great reed warbler H Reed bunting 1m.+ House sparrow Starling Cuckoo Buzzard 2 in courtship. Swift Barn swallow Yellow wagtail H Red backed shrike 1 17/5/03 9.05 sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher 1, singing. 18/5/03 10.10 sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher 1, singing. 15.45 sun Valli Le Partite Black tern 1 Little tern 1 Common tern Whiskered tern, 147 nests (so some 300 individuals) by the "Tower". Yellow legged gull, 2nd winter/summer. Mute swan, 2 adults with 7 chicks. Some other adults. Mallard, 1 f. with 7 chicks. Lots of other adults. Shoveler Garganey Pochard 2m., 2f. Coot, at least 17 nests by the "Tower". 1 adult with 7 chicks, and 1 with 3 chicks. Moorhen CRANE 1, eating far in a field. Great crested grebe Little grebe, at least 7 nests by the "Tower". Grey heron Purple heron 1 Squacco heron 1 Great egret, some adults. At least 1 with black bill (breeding). Little egret Night heron 1 Little bittern 1m., 1f. Black winged stilt, certainly nesting. Lapwing, probably nesting. Wood sandpiper 1 Ruff 1 Little ringed plover 2 Great reed warbler, lots singing. Reed warbler, 1 singing. Zitting cisticola Reed bunting Corn bunting 1 Skylark Yellow wagtail Cuckoo (Red footed falcon 2f.) Pheasant House sparrow Tree sparrow Starling Pigeon Collared dove Greenfinch Magpie Hooded crow Swift Swallow Coypu Rana lessonae, Rana catesbeiana 19/5/03 afternoon sun V.M.S. Long tailed tit H 22/5/03 morning sun Villa Sorra (MO) Night heron Green woodpecker Blackbird Etc. 23/5/03 7.55-8.00 sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher 1 Blackcap 1, singing. Swift House sparrow 5, singing. Jackdaw 2 Collared dove 3 Pigeon 3 Long tailed tit H Blackbird 3, singing. Starling 1 24/5/03 19.00-23.00 sun Valli Le Partite BIRD RINGING Reed warbler 10 Great reed warbler 5 Marsh warbler 1 Reed bunting 1 Night heron Little egret Great egret Grey heron Purple heron Bittern 2 S Mallard Greylag goose H Black winged stilt Lapwing Whiskered tern Coot Moorhen Water rail H Cuckoo, lots. House sparrow Tree sparrow Starling Pigeon Collared dove Little owl S 27/5/03 18.30 sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher 2 S Great tit S Blackbird 4 S House sparrow S Collared dove S Jackdaw 1 Swift 1/6/03 morning sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher S 2/6/03 morning sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher S Parco Novi Sad (Reed warbler ? H) 7/6/03 12.40 sun V.M.S. Jay 1 Magpie 1 House sparrow S Spotted flycatcher S Collared dove 4S Pigeon 2 Swift H 12/6/03 morning sun - hot Casse d'espansione del Panaro Night heron Grey heron Common tern 2+ Moorhen Coot ] Great crested grebe ]-with chicks Mallard ] Kingfisher H Golden oriole H Nightingale H Cetti's warbler H Cuckoo Jay Magpie Turtle dove Pigeon Swallow Swift 13/6/03 morning sun V.M.S. (Zitting cisticola H) 14/6/03 late afternoon sun Casse d'espansione del Panaro Bee eater +-20-25 Little egret 1+ Grey heron Night heron Coot Moorhen Mallard Great crested grebe etc. Collegara Redstart 1 17/6/03 all day sun -> clouds -> rain and wind Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime (Entraque -> Rif. Soria -> Rif. Genova) BLACK EARED WHEATEAR, some singing too, males and females. Red billed chough 1+ Black redstart, singing too. Great tit H etc. Marmot ] ]- lots Chamois ] Lacerta vivipara Lacerta viridis Aspis sp. 18/6/03 all day sun Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime (Rif.Genova -> Terme) Black eared wheatear Black redstart Red billed chough Alpine chough Cuckoo H (1300 m above the level of the sea) Great tit H Chaffinch H Chiffchaff H Chamois ] ]- lots Ibex (males, females, young) ] 19/6/03 12.30 - 17.30 sun, crossed sea Santuario dei cetacei (Mar Ligure - Imperia) Yellow legged gull WHALE WATCHING Stenella coeruleoalba, lots Balaenoptera physalis 2 30/6/03 19.20 sun V.M.S. NIGHT HERON 1 Greenfinch S Magpie 2 Jackdaw 1 Blackbird S Pigeon 2 Great tit S Collared dove S House sparrow S Starling +-40 Swift 2/7/03 11.45 sun V.M.S. Sparrohawk 1 f. Blackcap 2S Collared dove 7+ House sparrow 4+ Blackbird 2+S Spotted flycatcher H Blue tit H Great tit H Jay 1 Magpie 2 Hooded crow 1 Jackdaw 2 Pigeon 7 Serin 2S 4/7/03 7.45 sun V.M.S. BEE EATER H Blackcap S Greenfinch S House sparrow S Pigeon Collared dove 1S 5/7/03 14.00 sun Fonti di Poiano(RE) GOLDEN EAGLE 1 with prey and mobbed by 2 Buzzards. Roe deer, some females, heard too. 9/7/03 9.40 sun V.M.S. Hooded crow 1 Magpie 1 House sparrow S Blackcap S Greenfinch S Collared dove 2S Swift 8+ Spotted flycatcher H 12/7/03 23.00 - 24.00 Collegara 5 Pipistrellus savii enter our house. 13/7/03 18.30 - 19.30 sun Manzolino Common tern 1 ad., 2 juv. Yellow legged gull 1 juv. Mallard ] Gadwall ] Shoveler ]- eclypse Garganey ] Teal ] Wood sandpiper 1 Ruff 1 Night heron 3+ Grey heron Purple heron 1 Little egret 5+ Moorhen H Great crested grebe, ad. with chicks. Cormorant 4+ Swallow Sand martin 1+ Swift Marsh harrier 1m., 1f. Reed warbler H Green woodpecker H Skylark H Collared dove H Pigeon Hare 1 15/7/03 17.40 - 18.50 sun Casse d'espansione del Panaro POND "ON THE RIGHT" Bee eater +- 50 Golden oriole H Kingfisher H Great crested grebe Coot Common tern 6+ Grey heron Little egret Green sandpiper 1 Black winged stilt 1 -------- Moorhen Jay Magpie Hooded crow Turtle dove Collared dove Pigeon Blackcap Starling Swallow Pheasant 24.00 - 24.45 Collegara SCOPS OWL S, answering the recall. Little owl H 16/7/03 24.00 Collegara Scops owl H 17/7/03 24.00 Collegara 5 Pipistrellus savii entered our house. 18/7/03 18.15 - 19.10 sun Casse d'espansione del Panaro Coot ] Moorhen ]- adult and juvenile. Great crested grebe ] Little grebe 1 Mallard Grey heron Little egret Common tern 6 ] ]-in the "pond on the right". Bee eater ] Turtle dove Collared dove Pigeon Swallow House martin House sparrow Hooded crow Green woodpecker H Blackcap 20/7/03 17.00 sun V.M.S. Long tailed tit H 23.40 V.M.S. Magpie H 29/7/03 morning sun Orto Botanico Sparrowhawk 2 4/8/03 7.45 sun V.M.S. Spotted flycatcher H