IMG_5828 HFF with the storks
The Oasi of Quadris is situated northwest of the centre of Fagagna. Within the European network of Natura 2000, it is classificated as natural protected area.
The area of approsimately 100 hectars owes its name to the artificial ponds once used for the quarrying of peat and clay.
With a various natural habitats, the oasis boasts numerous species of floating plants and parts of hydrophilous wood with weeping willows, black alders and Englilsh oats.
Small and large mammals and a rich population of birds live here.
In 1989 the oasis was established as a Fauna Center and currently houses 69 white storks (42 free and 27 in the aviary) and about 80 Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita), an endangered species.
The Centre' permanent exhibition is dedicated to the reintroduction projects of these two species.
The centre was founded in 1985 with the initial aim of working for the conservation and the reintroduction of threatened breediing species of birds (in Italy or Europe) such as the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in Italy , or at a global level, such as the case of the critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita).
The EFC cooperates with other conservation institutions working wordldwide.
The "Quadris" area is so-called in the Friuli language for the square shape of numerous clay pits, which are now flooded but in the past were excavated for brick production.
The wildlife sanctuary has been created on an area once used as a dump; it has been completely restored and remodelled from a naturalistic point of view.
IMG_5828 HFF with the storks
The Oasi of Quadris is situated northwest of the centre of Fagagna. Within the European network of Natura 2000, it is classificated as natural protected area.
The area of approsimately 100 hectars owes its name to the artificial ponds once used for the quarrying of peat and clay.
With a various natural habitats, the oasis boasts numerous species of floating plants and parts of hydrophilous wood with weeping willows, black alders and Englilsh oats.
Small and large mammals and a rich population of birds live here.
In 1989 the oasis was established as a Fauna Center and currently houses 69 white storks (42 free and 27 in the aviary) and about 80 Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita), an endangered species.
The Centre' permanent exhibition is dedicated to the reintroduction projects of these two species.
The centre was founded in 1985 with the initial aim of working for the conservation and the reintroduction of threatened breediing species of birds (in Italy or Europe) such as the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in Italy , or at a global level, such as the case of the critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita).
The EFC cooperates with other conservation institutions working wordldwide.
The "Quadris" area is so-called in the Friuli language for the square shape of numerous clay pits, which are now flooded but in the past were excavated for brick production.
The wildlife sanctuary has been created on an area once used as a dump; it has been completely restored and remodelled from a naturalistic point of view.