During a custom tour we spent a few days both in the Zemplén Hills and the Hortobágy. We had great birding, depite the first two days were rather rainy. Later we had good weather with lots of sunshine.

In the hills we had eight species of woodpeckers, Ural and Eagle Owl (altogether we had 6 species of owls) and also Eastern Imperial Eagle.

In the lowlands we had multiple encounters with flocks of Great Bustrads, several Red-breasted Geese and fantastic views of Lesser White-fronted Geese just to name a few. To our biggest surpriese we also saw an immature Greater Flamingo – a rarity in a Hungary.

Female White-backed Woodpecker (Simay Gábor)

Red-breasted Goose (Simay Gábor)

Sakertour team