Our annual Hungarian Bird Race has just finished in the Hortobágy and we were delighted that Gábor Simay (one of our principal guides) was in the winning team! Gábor Horváth, Szilárd Cser and himself observed 121 species in 24 hours within the Hortobágy Fishpond complex on foot!

Congratulations to all of them!

Sakertour Team

(Gábor Horváth, Szilárd Cser, Gábor Simay – from left to right)

Our 8 days tour with Limosa Holidays just finished yesterday with great success!
We had several sought-after birds which are not easy to see in August at all.

In the Zemplén Hills we managed to get crippling walk-away views of Ural Owl and Eagle Owl. We also had seen 9 species of woodpeckers including the rare White-backed Woodpecker.

The Hortobágy area gave us Great Bustard, Long-legged Buzzard, Saker, Little Crake, Dotterel, Broad-billed Sandpiper and Thrush Nightingale just to name but a few.

On our return journey to Budapest airport we saw an adult moulting Great Black-headed Gull with a flock of 115 Black Storks! A great finish for an action-packed week in Hungary!

János Oláh