Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTens of thousands of flamingos, known as 'fenicotteri', are now wintering in the Venetian Lagoon, appearing in unprecedented numbers. Venice's lagoon recorded a peak of nearly 24,000 wintering flamingos in 2025.Environmentalists view the flamingos' presence as a positive indicator of the lagoon's health and its suitability as a feeding ground. A project to reconstruct salt marshes in the more isolated southern lagoon has raised prospects that flamingo numbers will further increase, while also drawing the birds away from competing human uses in the north.Flamingos, typically associated with nesting sites in Spain and France, first began to appear in the vast Venetian Lagoon in the early 2000s. In fullFlamingos flock to Venice in record numbers as wetlands are restoredThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Venice welcomes record flamingo numbers as wetlands are restored
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTens of thousands of flamingos, known as 'fenicotteri', are now wintering in the Venetian Lagoon, appearing in unprecedented numbers. Venice's lagoon recorded a peak of nearly 24,000 wintering flamingos in 2025.Environmentalists view the flamingos' presence as a positive indicator of the lagoon's health and its suitability as a feeding ground. A project to reconstruct salt marshes in the more isolated southern lagoon has raised prospects that flamingo numbers will further increase, while also drawing the birds away from competing human uses in the north.Flamingos, typically associated with nesting sites in Spain and France, first began to appear in the vast Venetian Lagoon in the early 2000s. In fullFlamingos flock to Venice in record numbers as wetlands are restoredThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
