OASIS OF ALVIANO
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Oasis of Alviano
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It's the period when more than 300 cormorants can be observed along with the skilful manoeuvres they use in fishing, sometimes chased by a heron or a seagull who's trying to rob them of a fish.
Spring is instead the period of the biodiversity in the sense that any day is good for watching different species. It's the period of migration to Centre or Northern Europe where the birds will go for reproducing.
The marsh of Alviano is too small a place for many of them. Much better the large plains of Lapland, but before getting there it's necessary to supply themselves with food and that's the important part places like the marsh of Alviano play for.
One day we will be able to see the avocets and the stilts which are going to the Po delta, the next day the spoonbills going to Holland or the black shanks, waders who prefer the tundra of the Kola peninsula. The lover of this activity can choose these days for longer holidays, to enjoy at ease the incredible variety of the species he or she can watch.
For the youngest, the scoolboys, there's something more, which can enrich their curiosities and knowledge: a laboratory where it's possible to study the microscopic life of the marsh.
We mean the world usually referred to as: "Life in a water drop".
This life can be really lived shooting a proper documentary.
In fact the little classrooms where the boys make their experiences are equipped with microscopes, telecameras and monitors, so that the operators can follow all the stages of a real research, although it's made in a short time.
A cycle track about four kilometres long links the Alviano railway station with the entrance of the Oasis at Madonna del Porto. It allows another possibility of visit, especially if one comes from Rome. It touches some spots alternative to the nature trails which are for pedestrians only.
From these spots which are particularly suitable to watching, providing you don't cause any inconvenience, it's possible to make observations at a distance with binoculars. The track, made mainly to favour the "train+ bicycle" tourism is useful to those who take their own bike with them, as most of the camper users do. They find a well equipped "camper service", located right at the entrance of the Oasis.
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