Pian di Spagna Nature Reserve-Lake Mezzola, Site of Community Importance (SCI) was established in 1985 is one of the areas most important stopover for migratory birds to the south of the Alps were left only four (the other three are the bubbles Magadino in Canton Ticino, Lago d'Iseo peat bogs and lakes of the Brianza).
It is located along one of the shortest corridors for crossing the Alps, the one that goes from Spluga.
Lake Como about 2000 years ago it extended to the Valchiavenna to Samolaco, following the deposit of the Adda and the floods of 1600 formed a marshy area that divided the lake into two parts, forming the lake to the north Mezzola; its present form is derived from the work of channeling Adda by the Austrians in 1858.
Did you know that in the Reserve, as well as bird watching can make beautiful walks and cycle along the flight paths.
So the other day, starting from Piazza Garibaldi fitted with an ordinary city bike, I had a good lap in the map. You can see this on Gpsed or more''special effects''(but heavier) on EveryTrail . The GPS logger turned it off at the end of going to the tracks do not overlap because the return did the same route.
My advice is to turn possibly the morning because the afternoon is often incurs a nuisance for those who ride, short blows from the lake.
If you are with the children is the only dangerous to cross the bridge over, but you can stay on the narrow sidewalk protected by guardrails.
Warning . This is what the next post is a description of my round-trip. Decline any responsibility for what may happen on these roads if you want to go back.
Information
www.piandispagna.it
Bibliography
L. Bordignon, W. Corti - Between sky and water: migratory flight in the Pian di Spagna - Bird Observatory and Lodoletta Consortium Pian di Spagna Nature Reserve and Lake Mezzola, 2003
Cartography
Pian di Spagna Nature Reserve-Lake Mezzola - Regione Lombardia with information on reserves and routes of access
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