Designer leaves

Riserva naturale Valle Cavanata via Grado 1, Fossalon di Grado, Italia

Let’s frame the autumn! Yellow, red and gold become the leaves in this season, in a thousand different shapes and sizes. Nature provides the colours, the little artists will put their imagination to work to create wonderful pictures to take home and keep. HOW TO PARTICIPATE The event has a limited number of participants. Participation […]

Wintering species

Riserva naturale Valle Cavanata via Grado 1, Fossalon di Grado, Italia

Against the backdrop of a sunset, in the winter stillness that only the Cavanata Valley can offer, we invite you for the last date of 2023 in the Reserve. We propose a walk in the Valley, which in this period is populated by many different species of birds. Flamingos, many species of waders, kingfishers, geese, […]

Birdwatchers at work in the Cavanata Valley

Riserva naturale Valle Cavanata via Grado 1, Fossalon di Grado, Italia

On the occasion of Wetlands Day, we have decided to let you experience becoming ornithologists for a day. We want you to understand the importance of wetlands by giving you a first-hand experience to learn how to recognise the species present, how to monitor them, what methods are used to study them and what information […]

Carnival at the Reserve

Riserva naturale Valle Cavanata via Grado 1, Fossalon di Grado, Italia

If you want to have fun at Carnival, a beautiful mask you have to build! With paper, paints, buttons and imagination You will make the most beautiful mask there is! We look forward to seeing you on Sunday 11 February, at 2.30 p.m. to spend a cheerful afternoon with the children at the Cavanata Valley […]

Birdwatching in Cavanata

Riserva naturale Valle Cavanata via Grado 1, Fossalon di Grado, Italia

A ten-year data collection has just ended, but the work doesn’t stop! Thanks to the support of the FVG Region and the editorial care of the Tringa group, we have published a work that analyzes 180,000 observations of 242 bird species present in the colder months. For each species, a specific distribution map was created […]

The heronries

Riserva naturale Valle Cavanata via Grado 1, Fossalon di Grado, Italia

Herons and associated species such as ibis, spoonbills and cormorants form a well-known group of colonial waterbirds. In Italy since the 1970s, breeding colonies, known as garzaie, are regularly visited in order to check which species are established and the number of breeding pairs. The last national census was carried out in 2023 and in […]