is coming soon Our new magazine is on its way to your homes.In it, you’ll find tangible, concrete results from more than twenty years of work on species found in agricultural areas—such as the hoopoe, little owl, scops owl, wild…
Ficedula and the Municipality of Gambarogno Join Forces to Protect Swallows. The Municipality of Gambarogno and Ficedula, an association dedicated to the study and conservation of birds in Italian-speaking Switzerland, are collaborating to protect the house martin through a variety…
Go, Civette! Unfortunately, we must announce that the pair of tawny owls we’ve been monitoring with the birdcam failed to raise a brood. In fact, the eggs didn’t hatch. Unfortunately, that can happen. The birdcam will now be turned off…
Have a safe flight, little hoopoes All six little hoopoes we tracked with our birdcam have taken flight! All six little hoopoes that we tracked for over a month with our birdcam have taken flight! The birdcam has now been…
On June 13, 2026, the new Gipeto from Ticino took flight! Lepontino III has taken off!Last Saturday, June 13, Lepontino III easily left his nest. His parents will continue to care for him for a few weeks. The pair of…
The next ornithology meeting will be dedicated to the world of swifts. Our birdwatching meetings continue. The next session will be dedicated to the incredible world of swifts in Italian-speaking Switzerland! Tuesday, May 5, at 6:00 p.m., online conference. Sign…
Our hoopoes are back online! On the Ficedula website, you can follow live all the stages of nesting by a pair of hoopoes—the “cheerful bird” slandered by poets (quoting Eugenio Montale, *Ossi di seppia*)—which Ficedula has been monitoring for over…
Our owls are back online! On the Ficedula website, you can follow live all the stages of nesting for a pair of little owls that Ficedula has been caring for, together with BirdLife Switzerland, for over twenty years now. All…
Conference on developments and changes over the past 15 years. An evening event dedicated to the swallows of the Magadino Plain will be held next Thursday, April 23. For millennia, this incredible migratory bird has been intertwined with our own…
Bird migration in Ticino is in full swing The Bolle di Magadino Foundation and Ficedula have installed a state-of-the-art BirdRadar to study bird migration through the Ticino region. Operating day and night, this device will help us understand how birds…