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Piano della Corte (Natural Reserve)

Piano della Corte (Natural Reserve)

Piano della Corte (Natural Reserve)

Piano  della Corte (Riserva Naturalistica)
Piano della Corte (Riserva Naturalistica)

This reserve lies in the Erei mountains, in central Sicily and it’s crossed, in the low side, by a stream.

Because of the limestone the water, during the century, digged the rock forming many canyons.

Along the banks of the river there is a dense vegetation in poplar, oak and willow

The reserve host many species of birds among other the bee-eater, the shrike, the barn owl …
You might also meet the frog, the rabbit, the procupine …

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