We spent a successful 9 days with our Swiss group visiting the Zemplén Hills, the Érc Mountains in Slovakia and the Hortobágy. Despite we had two rainy and a windy days we saw an impressive range of species, including Pigmy, Ural and Eagle Owls, very good views of Lesser Spotted, Golden and Eastern Imperial Eagles (latter was seen six times during the trip), Saker Falcon, displaying Great Bustards and even a Great Snipe. We also managed to see 9 species of woodpeckers – the rare White-backed was seen not less then three times!

Ural Owl (Photo: Simay Gábor)

Black Stork in the Zemplén Hills (Photo: Simay Gábor)

Sakertour team