Marcello Grussu

(Sardinia, Italy)

Marcello lives in Cagliari, in the south of Sardinia. He has been working as a freelance guide for about 15 years for different associations and companies either Italian and other Europeans for ornithological and bird watching trips in Sardinia and Tunisia. He has studied birds in many countries across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East area.
In Sardinia, Marcello has acquired an unique experience above the birds of his own island and discovering new breeding species (some of which: Phoenicopterus roseus and Bubulcus ibis which were on the Italian news), and numerous rarities (some of which: Calidris ruficollis and Lanius isabellinus which were on the Italian firsts). He also published the Checklist of birds of Sardinia (1996 and 2001) and he is the president of the Ornithological Sardinian Association (GOS) and the Editor of the ornithological and bird watching magazine in the Island "Aves Ichnusae".
In Sardinia c. 370 different species of birds (about 75% of Italian avifauna) have been recorded, and you can easily watch birds that are rare elsewhere in Italy, such as Netta rufina, Larus genei, Larus audouinii, Alectoris barbara, Porphyrio porphyrio, Tetrax tetrax, Gyps fulvus, Plegadis falcinellus, Sylvia sarda, Sylvia conspicillata and Serinus corsicana. About 150.000 waterbirds regularly winter in the wetlands, among them Grus grus, Aythya nyroca, and Pandion haliaetus. In summer you can see Glareola pratincola, Gelochelidon nilotica and Falco eleonorae, and watch one of the few colonies of the Mediterranean Phoenicopterus roseus.
Marcello is available as a guide for ornithological tours and personalized trips in Sardinia and organizing groups or single researcher that are interested in bird watching of certain species or whatever the groups are interested on. He speaks French and he will be able to advise/ book on hotel and B&B accommodation.