A real rarity
La Bocca di Caset ringing stationin Trentino Alto Adige, provided his usual update on the activity that is taking place in the structure. Here's what you can read in the last post Facebook"The greengrocer is a very common bird in Italy in good weather. It arrives in April and starts again in September […]. Thus reads a paragraph of the work Fauna d'Italia of 1872".
A greatly reduced population
Il post then he continues: "The last decade of August coincides with a peak in the migration of this species that just this morning came across our nets. Today, however, it has become a real rarity! In Europe, its populations have shrunk by 84% and in Trentino it is considered locally extinct".
The role of the landscape
Finally, there is room for further clarifications"Its disappearance is linked to that of a particular landscape: cereal crops (millet, wheat, barley, oats) interspersed with hedges, groves and rows, ideal for the delimitation of territories. Meanwhile, the migration continues with a nice variety".