{"id":23355,"date":"2021-11-27T12:51:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T11:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ficedula.ch\/conservazione\/assiolo-project\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:58:18","slug":"assiolo-project","status":"publish","type":"conservation_project","link":"https:\/\/ficedula.ch\/en\/conservazione\/assiolo-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Assiolo Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23355\" class=\"elementor elementor-23355 elementor-455\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-247a81a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"247a81a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ed208a\" data-id=\"6ed208a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3036ff elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"c3036ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Carosello d&#039;immagini\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 1\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ficedula.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Assiolo-1.avif\" alt=\"Progetto Assiolo - Ficedula\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Foto di: Ismael Invernizzi<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bcbe18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bcbe18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Assiolo Project<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbf2f27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbf2f27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For nearly twenty years, Ficedula and BirdLife Switzerland have been working to conserve species associated with intensively farmed areas.  <\/p><p>The Assiolo is one of these species that are priorities for conservation in Switzerland and require conservation measures.  <\/p><p>For several years now, the two organizations have been monitoring this species.  <\/p><p>The first practical conservation effort was carried out by BirdLife Switzerland in the Bolle di Magadino as early as the 1990s, when the first nest boxes were installed to encourage the species to nest there.  <\/p><p>In recent years, to promote the Assiolo, Ficedula and BirdLife have installed over sixty special nest boxes and, above all, they have been working closely with farmers to encourage measures that benefit the species, such as mosaic mowing to promote the presence of grasshoppers, which this nocturnal bird of prey feeds on.  <\/p><p>In 2022, Ismael Invernizzi completed his master\u2019s thesis, titled \u201cDistribution and Diet of the Eurasian Scops Owl (<em>Otus scops<\/em>) in Ticino,\u201d in collaboration with BirdLife Switzerland and Ficedula. Thanks to the support of Kristy Deiner, an ETH professor and genetics specialist, it was possible to develop a new method for sampling environmental DNA, which provided important insights into the diet of this species. <\/p><p>In addition to genetic analysis, monitoring the Assiolo population in the Magadino Plain\u2014and specifically a nesting pair\u2014has provided essential information on the phenology of this species.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb7de77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb7de77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"591\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/ficedula.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sfalcio-mosaico.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-23359\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ficedula.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sfalcio-mosaico.jpg 591w, https:\/\/ficedula.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sfalcio-mosaico-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">As part of this project, alternate mowing using a mower bar is being promoted on more than 25 hectares of meadows.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1a660e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1a660e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>For more information:<\/em><\/p><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 88\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Invernizzi, I. 2022. Distribution and Diet of the Eurasian Scops Owl (<em>Otus scops<\/em>) in Ticino. 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