Data Zone
Country/territory: Italy
IBA criteria met: C2, C6 (2002)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 18,761 hectares (187.61 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
A stretch of the River Po on the west Padana plain, including riparian woodlands, freshwater wetlands, poplar Populus plantations and other cultivation.
Key biodiversity
Four heronries define this area: Garzaia della Tenuta Baraccone, Garzaia di Camino (or di Ghiaia Grande), Garzaia di Valmacca (or G. di C. Mezzano) and Garzaia di Valenza. The first and the last heronries were listed in the previous pan-European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989) as subsites 5 and 13 respectively of the IBA `Heronries in the catchment of the upper Po and Sesia Rivers' (former site IT005).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: River Po from Dora Baltea mouth to Scrivia mouth (Italy). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/river-po-from-dora-baltea-mouth-to-scrivia-mouth-iba-italy on 23/12/2024.