{"id":23401,"date":"2025-04-13T01:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T23:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ficedula.ch\/conservazione\/balestruccio-project\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:58:28","slug":"balestruccio-project","status":"publish","type":"conservation_project","link":"https:\/\/ficedula.ch\/en\/conservazione\/balestruccio-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Balestruccio Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23401\" class=\"elementor elementor-23401 elementor-8308\">\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-aac14d5 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"aac14d5\" 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\/10\/Progetto-Balestruccio-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Progetto Balestruccio\" \/><\/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-0bd8387 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0bd8387\" 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 Balestruccio 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>During the spring of 2019, Ficedula, in collaboration with the Office for Nature and Landscape, conducted a cantonal inventory of the nesting sites of the Collared Flycatcher in every municipality and locality in Ticino. The objectives of the project are both research-based and conservation-oriented. <\/p><p>A massive project, one of a kind. Compared to past projects\u2014even at the national level\u2014a comprehensive survey of the territory was conducted, and even single couples were included in the count. <\/p><p>For every building in Ticino, we know the number of occupied nests, unoccupied intact nests, broken nests, nests under construction, artificial nests, and traces of nests, from which it is often possible to reconstruct the evolution of the colonies.  <\/p><p>A total of 131,392 buildings were inspected, of which 3,591 had nests or signs of nests, 1,827 had occupied nests, and more than 3,000 km were covered on foot!<\/p><p>Since 2019, the inventory has been updated annually, and, more importantly, many conservation efforts focused on this species are currently underway.<\/p><p>As of 2025, more than 50 conservation efforts involving colonies or individual nests had been carried out.  <\/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-86a28aa elementor-widget 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