The Ecosystem of “La Foppa” as a standard of biodiversity excellence.

The Foppa is a wetland area near Olona river that flooded naturally. Once upon a time, water was accumulated here to irrigate the meadows. Today the Foppa is fed with the water of the river. The nearby Foppa, meadows and forests are ideal habitats for wildlife.The Foppa bordering Olona river was known as the "Lanca of the Marquise", being a land in a remote past owned by the noble Cornaggia family. Since 2009 the Municipality of San Vittore Olona in collaboration with the association Olona viva, the Consorzio fiume Olona and the Parco dei Mulini has restored this wetland. The Foppa is fed with water from the Olona River through the Bellona irrigation ditch. Today, this stretch of water and the surrounding green areas, a forest and a meadow, are home to a rich biodiversity of fauna and flora.
In this area the LIPU has spotted as many as 90 different species of birds . A small wetland such as the Foppa is of fundamental importance for migratory species that travel twice a year thousands of miles to return to reproduce or to overwinter; sometimes they make a stop to feed themselves in this place.
At the Foppa there are also fish and many other animals that feed on eggs and larvae of aquatic insects, which is why there are so few mosquitoes!
Listen to the voice of the Foppa: the croaking of frogs, the chirping of birds, the breath of the river.