Bihar Mountains (Island Mountains)

Carpathian high elevation birding near the Hungarian border

Why Bihar Mountains (Island Mountains)?

1. Subalpine Carpathian spruce forest with mixed deciduous forests in Romania
2. Only a few houres drive from the Hortobágy
3. Easily done from the Hortobágy as a day trip to increase your bird list
4. The nearest extensive spruce forests to the Hungarian /Romanian border
5. Easily driveable road from foothill grassland habitats through old oak and beech woods to the spruce forsets
6. Easily accessible Three-toed woodpecker habitat
7. Red-breasted and Collared Flycatcher are quite common breeders
8. Ural Owl also a regular breeder
9. Other specialities of spruce forests are Ring Ouzel, Nutcracker, Firecrest and Crested Tit
10. The foothill habitats are good for Black Stork, Bee-eater, Barred Warbler, Great Grey Shrike and Ortolan Bunting