Amalfi Coast and Campania Wildlife: 7 Animals You Can Spot

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1. 0:00FALCONS ABOVE POSITANO. Peregrine falcons nest right above the Amalfi Coast road. The rarest find hides on a volcano.
2. 0:06Alpine Swift. Across the Amalfi Coast and Campania, alpine swifts scream around the cliffs all summer.
3. 0:11Common Wall Lizard. Wall lizards bask on every lemon-terrace wall, the default reptile of the Amalfi Coast and Campania.
4. 0:17Mediterranean House Gecko. After dark, geckos hunt moths around hotel lights in Sorrento and Positano.
5. 0:22Red Fox. On Vesuvius, foxes patrol the crater car parks at dusk.
6. 0:26Wild Boar. Wild boar now raid gardens in Naples' hills. Rooted ground gives them away.
7. 0:31Hoopoe. The rarest? The hoopoe, probing Vesuvius lava scrub from April to September.
8. 0:37Captures still thin. Almost nobody logs these animals here yet. You could be first.

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