This excursion takes you into the vineyards around Salgesch. Some migratory birds return very early in the year and are already singing in the hedges between the vineyards.
This excursion takes us into the water meadows where we will listen to the songs of the birds heralding the spring. They are mainly species that spend the winter with us or are with us for the whole year.
In the rocky steppe and fields around the Brentjong station with its large satellite antennas, the first homecomers from Africa, such as the hoopoe, the bunting fence, the redstart, etc., sing at this time of year.
We will observe birds in Leukerfeld that have returned early from their wintering grounds or are making a stopover on their migration north into the mountain regions.
We roam through the floodplain forest along the Rhone and listen to the birds singing in the morning and try to get some in front of the lenses of our binoculars and telescopes.
The nightingale is a very shy reddish-brown coloured bird species that can only be observed with a little luck and a good deal of patience.
This habitat is desired by various warblers, ammers, branch-singers and in building and garden-proximity also by garden and house-red-tail.
The Rilke Foundation and the Pfyn-Finges Nature Park are together organising an ornithological-poetic walk.
In the rock steppe, the fields and in the forest fire area itself you should hear and see cuckoos, mistletoe and song thrushes, various warblers, ammers, woodpeckers, leaf warblers, redstart, hoopoe, wryneck, red-backed shrike and even nightingales.
The Nature Park Pfyn-Finges organises this excursion in collaboration with the Valais regional office of the Swiss Ornithological Institute. It takes place as part of the ‘Nature Festival’ and is therefore free of charge for all participants.
