Bird watching destination on lake como

Are you are looking for a perfect bird watching destination on lake como? we suggest a day at lake Novate Mezzola.

The lake Mezzola is surrounded by a wide reed-thicket and its slimy plate hosts large colonies of invertebrates. Towards the mountains there are tree-lined sown fields and meadows with lacustrine plants.
In the past centuries, the presence of a wide marshy area  was considered as a hindrance to development, but nowadays, since Pian di Spagna has been recognised a damp area of international interest, it has become a place for tourists who want to do Bird Watching.

Which bird species you can see

Mallards
Gadwall
Teal
Wigeon
Little Egrets and Grey Ducks
Shelducks and Passerines
Beautiful Northern Ducks, Eider Ducks and Sea Orcas (during particularly harsh winters and with frozen Swiss lakes
Royal Swans and rarely also Wild Swans
Coots, very numerous during winter
Grey Crake, very rare, also sighted
Great Crested Loon
Grebes
Common and Herring Gulls 
Gulls
Saffreys
Grey Herons
Purple Herons
Great white herons
Storks
Buzzards 
Kites
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier and Montagu's Harrier
Honey Buzzards
Sparrowhawks
Peregrine Falcons
Kestrels
Goshawks and Porbeagles (in winter)
Golden eagle
Tawny Owl
Tawny Owl
Eagle Owl
Woodpeckers
Hoopoe