Birding in the most unknown region of Italy

Explore with me the amazing birds of my local birding patch in a quiet countryside corner of the most unknown italian region: Molise!
This is the most exciting time for birdwatching and bird photography with many migratory species arriving to breed!

We start literally around my house where some sparrow drama is ongoing - my Italian sparrows now have to deal with new neighbours, the Spanish sparrows! We then move to explore fields and trees, looking for great species including European rollers, kites, bee-eaters and shrikes.

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[chiaratalia_wild]

But I also want to hear from you! Do you have a birding patch and where it is? 🔽

[tonyesposito]

Hey Chiara, I have lived in the UK from 1966 from when I was just 40 days old, but I was born in Ripabottoni, a tiny village in the Molise region, I have not been back for 30 years, but travel the world for wildlife photography especially birds, never thought of going back to do this.

[MrTmiket]

Hello from New York City, thanks so much for sharing a very nice video and information about Italy 🐦👍🤗

[shreecreativearts]

Sparrows are everywhere, thanks for sharing 👍

[andek_foto]

Hi Chiara, just found your channel while I was searching for birding in Sicily videos..gathering information for a 5 week trip to Sicily in the Fall of 2024. Looking forward to more of your videos.

[Fotografiamo.]

Hi Chiara Welcome home. Beautiful explanation of our bird specimens and the difference with the same non-Italian species. Well done

[NikkoWildBirds]

I really enjoyed your video of birdwatching in Italy. Thank you for introducing us about the world I didn't know. It's so much fun to see bird watching landscapes around the world.
I'm looking forward to the next video distribution.

[michaelball]

Winderful video! Thank you so much for posting it :)

[sirdaggoo]

Ma che bello, complimenti! Qui nelle marche la tortora selvatica quest'anno é quasi spartita...

[lyndalewit]

This is an informative and well done video. Thanks

[ivancast]

Wow so many neat species. I live in Texas so all of the birds on your video are new to me. Love the rollers and red footed falcons wow. Nice birding patch 🙂 i have some here as well that are great for locals and migrants

[joncothranphotography]

Looks like a great place to go birding! Thanks!

[kevinbatesphoto]

It's a nice list for your local bird patch! Mine is when I go home to Eastern Ontario. It's the countryside too, so it's nice to see some different species than downtown Montreal :)

[ammadoux]

beautiful. thanks so much for sharing. European rollers are passing by Jeddah (where i live) now but not in my local patch. just today i had nightingale, not sure if common or thrush but mostly i get thrush or oriental. i have now blackcap came yesterday and whitethroat. around the city lots of yellow grey and citrine wagtails.

in my local patch have recorded 70+ species in 22 years18 are present all year others are either summer or winter visitors. and lots of birds passing. the spanish sparrow came only once 6 years ago.

thanks again for you lovely video . wish i can visit the area you said. love the Sardinian warbler saw it in Sharm alsheikh once. but we get its Asian cousin Menetreis's warbler as winter visitor.

[SerPedons]

Ciao Chiara!
a very nice video with a lot of interesting tips for wildlife photography. I usually do macro photography to flowers, insects, dragonflies and so on, but since a few month I've started my new adventure to bird photography. I'm going to be familiar with some woods in Piedmont, maybe they will probably be my birding patches. Thanks for this beautiful video!!!

ps: quando hai detto "molisn't" e "mimi&coco" mi hai fatto scassare! 😀😀😀

[torinkyifh]

What a beautiful place! Thank you for sharing it with us, I would love to go birding here :D

[jakereich]

Really interesting and enjoyable video. Thank you!

[neddelamatre]

Good advice on local birding. Greetings from Ohio, U.S.A.

[windyface]

I'm birding in Québec city, my local birding path is along the Saint-Charles river, where they've planted the river banks very nicely! Springtime brings us a large variety of little migratory birds, ducks, cormorants, even herons.

[seforadinucci]

Che bel giretto 😍 Il tuo local patch (abitanti compresi ahah) ha molto in comune col mio!
Comunque mi fanno troppo ridere i passerotti sardi, sono proprio buffi nei movimenti 😂
Hai pure l'averla cenerina 😯🔝