Due to the lack of snow, our week's skiing in northern Italy allowed plenty of time to bird watch. On the drive from Geneva, there were plenty of Black Kites and corvids. At the resort itself, there were a great deal of interesting species, many of which passing through on migration. A walk around town every afternoon brought me several unidentifiable birds of prey, one a possible goshawk and one a probable peregrine, woodpigeons, huge numbers of crag martins, my first swallows of the year, several of which passed through the village, lots of white wagtails, another possible dipper, a fantastic female black redstart, fieldfares, blackbirds, a single male blackcap, great tits, blue tits, coal tits, a willow tit, long-tailed tits, nuthatches, magpies, jays, carrion crows, jackdaws, house sparrows, chaffinches, goldfinches and greenfinches. My only new bird of the trip was a singing wood warbler, but the birding highlight of the holiday was a golden eagle that soared high above our hotel for several minutes.
Life total: 1319
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