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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The heronries are located in small woodlands surrounded by rice-fields, on the west Padana plain, north-west of the town of Novara. The site was listed in the previous pan-European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989) as subsite 4 of the IBA `Heronries in the catchment of the upper Po and Sesia Rivers' (former site IT005).
Two mixed heronries: Garzaia di Morghengo-San Bernardino, and Garzaia di Casaleggio.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threat is disturbance to birds by activity at a game reserve at Garzaia di Morghengo-San Bernardino and by gravel extraction close to the same heronry. This is causing breeding pairs to move to Garzaia di Casaleggio. The Garzaia di Morghengo is included in a game reserve.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Novara heronries (Italy). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/novara-heronries-iba-italy on 23/11/2024.
