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The Danube Delta in winter is an exciting adventure and it did not dissapoint us in 2025 with many great photo opportunities! The breeding plumaged Dalmatian Pelicans in the snow, magical Eurasian Otters on ice, Golden Jackals fighting in their magnificent winter coat, full breeding plumaged Pallas’s Gulls, Wildcats at night, fishing White-tailed Eagles and even a few sightings of the critically endangered European Mink were certainly the highlights of the 2025 season! Please take a look at the tour description and you will see theat the Danube Delta has so much more to offer compared to a visit to Lake Kerkini. And there are even more opportunities to those aformentioned highlights such as Long-eared and Tawny Owls at night, breeding plumaged Great Cormorants, fantastic drone photography and winter-mode delta fishermens. It is a superb tour indeed if the weather is in our favour and most of February was excellent in 2025. The window for this tour is very limited hence this is a rather exclusive tour and definitely a great experience for those who up for the winter challenges! If you are interested in such an adventure you can find the 2026 tour dates online now!

It has been a great autumn for birding in the Hortobágy region. The very spectacular Crane season, where more than 150.000 Common Cranes are staging inside the Hortobágy National Park was again providing some unforgettable experience for birders visiting the area with seeing them on their night roost being the highlight of every birding tour this time. Of course, other specialities of the area still present at the same time and probably this time of the year is the best to see as many Eastern Imperial Eagles as possible in the region if someone is mainly after the raptors, although Saker Falcon is usually harder this time we still have good chances of finding one.
The other spectacle later Autumn is when the huge numbers of wild geese arriving from Siberia are flooding the area giving a great chance to find the endangered Lesser White-fronted Goose and Red-breasted Goose in the seemingly endless flocks of Greater White-fronted Goose. However, this year the geese were a bit late, fortunately, it seems they arrived in good number by the second half of November and both endangered species are now presenting in good numbers inside the safe borders of the Hortobágy National Park.

Our Bee-eater hide was excellent throughout June and most of July with some excellent actions. These colorful birds are always firm favorites for our guests and spending a few hours with their daily activity offers a great chance and unique experience. Europe’s most colorful birds usually arrive back in early May and start their activity around the breeding places. Normally from 15 or the latest from 20th May their photography can start. In 2024 it was an extreme years when the first Bee-eaters were observed as early as mid April in Hungary and the entire breeding season was early. We had fantastic mating activity already from 10th May and action never stopped until late July. Great fun! Come and join us for our June 2025 Hortobagy Bird Photography tour: https://www.sakertour.com/hide-photography/hungary-photo-tours/spring-summer-hide-photography-tour/#price-and-date