Data Zone
Country/territory: Italy
IBA criteria met: A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 (2002)
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Area: 1,137 hectares (11.37 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
The site lies along the Sesia river and its tributaries, on the west Padana plain, north-west of the town of Vercelli. The main land-use is nature conservation. The site was listed in the previous pan-European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989) as subsites 1-3 of the IBA `Heronries in the catchment of the upper Po and Sesia Rivers' (former site IT005).
Key biodiversity
The site includes four large mixed heronries: Garzaia di Carisio, Garzaia di Vettignè, Garzaia di Villarboit (Torrente Druma), and Garzaia di Oldenico/Parco Naturale Lame del Sesia.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: River Sesia heronries (Italy). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/river-sesia-heronries-iba-italy on 27/12/2024.