May 14, 2016

Eger Lake - Local Quarry - Bukk National Park - Local fish ponds Our last full day went off with a fizz rather than a bang, it was dull and overcast with rain to start with but warmed and brightened a little by the afternoon.

May 13, 2016

HORTOBAGY PONDS AT HOLOSTÒ - HORTOBAGY PLAINS It is now getting hard to find new birds for the trip we have seen nearly 140 species and just a few 'goodies' are missing from the list, today we tried to fill the gaps a little and to get better views of some special species.....

May 12, 2016

LOCAL BIRDING - NOVAJ VILLAGE - EGER PARK - TISZA LAKE - EARLY FINISH A good day out in great May weather, plenty of sunshine with some cloud. We saw plenty of species but very few new ones for our trip list. Bird of the day was a LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE which showed extremely well.

May 11, 2016

BÜKK HILLS NATIONAL PARK -BORSUD-MEZO PLAIN - LOCAL LAKES AND REFUSE TIP! A mixed bag of sites and species today, we had great success with the afternoon target species but dismal results during the early morning outing.........

May 10, 2016

EGER ZSOLOK LAKE - POLGAR WETLANDS A very nice dry day with lovely temperatures and little wind produced a number of excellent sightings including some very hard to find Locustella warblers...........

May 9, 2016

The Hortobágy is an 800 km² national park and is Hungary's largest protected area, also the largest natural grassland in Central Europe with cattle, sheep, oxen, horses, tended by herdsmen, and it provides habitat for various different species (342 bird species have been recorded in this puszta (great plain). We spent all day there and recorded over 90 species of birds in some wonderful habitat.

May 8, 2016

LONDON TO BUDAPEST - TRANSFER TO EGER - SHORT WALK AROUND HOTEL GROUNDS Our flight was delayed by 30 minutes but we touched down in Budapest more or less on time. The weather was good with sunny spells and 17C.

May 7, 2016

TSIKNIAS RIVER – KALLONI SALT PANS – TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT.......... The final day was here, we awoke to a brilliant morning, a cloudless sky, perfectly calm with exquisite light, what a dream. We had time for a few hour’s birding before driving to the airport so we made the most of it.

May 6, 2016

TSIKNIAS RIVER – LARDIA VALLEY – IPSILOU MONASTERY – SIGRI – SIGRI FIELDS – MELADIA TRACK FROM SIGRI TO ERESOS – KALLONI SALT PANS – TSIKNIAS RIVER Our final full day had arrived and boy did we go out with a bang! It was by far the most enjoyable day with some fantastic sightings and nice weather - sunny but still a cold northerly wind.

May 5, 2016

RIVER CHRISTOS MARSH - EASTERN KALLONI SALT PANS - MESA MARSH - NAPI VALLEY - PLANTANIA The cold northerly wind continued, we had a cloudy day with some sunny spells, no rain but it was chilly.