Protected Area
Identity Card
- Land Surface Area: 206.88 ha
- Regions: Sicilia
- Provinces: Agrigento
- Municipalities: Cattolica Eraclea, Ribera
- Establishment Measures: DARTA 216 04/07/1984 - DAR 30/05/87
- PA Official List: EUAP0376
Mouth of the River Platani Nature Reserve with Specific Purposes
The mouth of the river Platani is a place of great naturalistic beauty dominated by Capo Bianco cliff. It represents the first staging area for several migratory birds coming from Africa and, thanks to the diversification of the environments, it offers shelter to a luxuriant and variegated flora and, as a consequence, to a rich and heterogeneous avifauna. The reserve includes the final stretch of the river Platani (which, before flowing into the sea, forms a large bend) and the long sandy stretch of Borgo Monsignore, bordered by a bar of low dunes.
Further information (Italian text)
Flora
Sea Daffodil
It is one of the most beautiful and showy flowers characterizing the dune vegetation. From winter to spring, only its ribbon-shaped fleshy leaves emerge from the sand, and they wither in summer.
Further information (Italian text)
Fauna
Penduline Tit
It is only 11 cm long and weights 8 grams. It can be easily recognized thanks to its characteristic black eye-mask.
Further information (Italian text)
