Ptarmigans in the snow
At least half a metre of snow had fallen during the night and now a total whiteness had transformed the mountain. All was silence, only the occasional weak gust of wind. The now impassable road [...]
Young Peregrine in flight
I hear unmistakable screams and turn around, trying to figure out where he is flying. A split second and I find him in front of me. The pilgrim suddenly emerges from behind the foliage of [...]
A nightjar in the oak-wood, Umbria Italy
The photo is a scan of a slide taken in the 1990s. I don't remember the exact year, but I do remember the situation very well and the great surprise when, turning around, I saw [...]
A winter evening, Abruzzo National Park, Italy
The sun is receding behind the high peaks of the Central Apennines and, below, a last beam of light lingers on the frozen, snow-covered surface of Lake Barrea in the Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise National Park. [...]
Daybreak on the Sibillini national Park, Italy
By the very day break, I had already climbed up to the spot I had chosen for the photos. At a certain point, the tense east wind became stronger and began to lift patches of [...]
A surprise in the marshland. A wolf in the Alviano protected area, Umbria, Italy
It is almost dawn. The first faint light reveals a landscape dominated by fog. A group of spoonbills appears in the distance, looking like white ghosts suspended in an indistinct atmosphere. Noises are muffled, there [...]