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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A lowland agricultural area on the western Padana plain, south-west of the town of Vercelli, covered mainly by rice-fields. The area includes a broadleaved woodland called Bosco della Partecipanza and a wetland called Palude di San Genuario. Part of the site was listed in the previous pan-European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989) as subsite 6 of the IBA `Heronries in the catchment of the upper Po and Sesia Rivers' (former site IT005).
A large mixed heronry (Garzaia di Montarolo) is located in Bosco della Partecipanza. The rice-fields are important for breeding and migrating waders.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The change from `wet' to `dry' cultivation of rice is a very significant threat.
National Low
International None1,068 ha of IBA covered by Regional Nature Park (Bosco delle Sorti della Partecipanza di Trino, 1,068 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vercelli rice-fields (Italy). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vercelli-rice-fields-iba-italy on 23/11/2024.
