Tag Archives: CERRANO
The green toad
The green toad (Bufotes lineatus, previously Bufo viridis) is an anuran toad (toads without tail). It has a light colour with greenish spots (from which its name comes), yellow iris with elliptical pupil and glands for cutaneous breathing more subparallel and long than the common toad (Bufo bufo). Usually the male green toad is 6-8 cm long, and the female is bigger, 8-10 cm. The species is strictly protected by the Berne Convention for the Protection of minor fauna and Annex IV of the Habitats Directive. Continue reading
The little egret
One of the many bird species that you can watch at the mouth of Cerrano is the little egret (Egretta garzetta), a small white heron about 60 cm long, with black beak and legs, yellow feet and iris. The little egret catches the fish at the stream mouth with elegant movements that capture the eye of the passer-by or birdwatcher. … Continue reading
(Italiano) Escursione panoramica
(Italiano)
Oltre le verdi colline… l’azzurro del mare
ESCURSIONE PANORAMICA PARCO FILIANI – TORRE CERRANO
Domenica 13 ottobre, ore 9.00 Continue reading
(Italiano) La Torre, la notte, il mare, la musica
(Italiano)
La Torre, la notte, il mare, la musica
Aperitivo cenato e VISITE GUIDATE
Mercoledì 21 e 28 e Sabato 24 e 31 Agosto ore 20.00 Continue reading
(Italiano) Notti Verdi a Torre Cerrano: il Giardino Mediterraneo
(Italiano)
Notti Verdi: visita notturna al Giardino Mediterraneo
VISITA GUIDATA
25, 26, 27 e 28 luglio ore 23.30
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Cerrano Tower, like a lighthouse in the night
On the evening of Sunday, June 23, the full moon was in the closest point to the Earth showing all its brightness in the sky.
The Cerrano Tower was no less so: today, in fact, thanks to the rearrangement of night lighting, we can admire it again, in all its monumental nature, also by night. Continue reading
The coot
The coot (Fulica atra) is a bird in the Rallidae family. It is about 38 cm long. The plumage is black with white beak and facial shield. The legs and webbed feet are greenish. It lives in freshwater river, lakes and pond of Europe, Asia, northwestern Africa and Australia. These photos were taken at the Cerrano stream mouth. The coot feeds on aquatic plants … Continue reading
A beautiful stingray in the waters of the Marine Protected Area
This morning, during the usual Sundays’ guided tour, the Cerrano Guides Mario Cipollone and Alberto Miccadei, along with the scout group of the parish church of Sant’Andrea in Pescara, spotted from the top of the Cerrano tower a splendid specimen of stingray swimming near the shore. The elegant animal, probably a common stingray (Dasyatis Pastinaca, L.), seemed in excellent condition … Continue reading
Botanical orienteering with the schools of Roseto
Today, 31 May 2013, in the botanical garden of Torre Cerrano the classes 2A and 2B of the middle school of Roseto created an exciting botanical orienteering game in the presence of the jury: Prof. Antonio Antonucci of the University of Padua and the Cerrano Guides Mario Cipollone and Alberto Miccadei. The young participants paid a lot of attention to … Continue reading