Saturday, 6 December 2014

Budapest Birding (with a guide this time)

At last we got see some target species! Today we hired the services of Bence Kokay who took us to an area south of Budapest. I don't know the exact locations but once of the areas was called Kiskunsag. Bence was a great guide who I would strongly recommend to anyone. We only had a short amount of time as we fly home toady at 17:30 (I'm writing this from the airport).

The birds!

Hen Harrier - Male and Female. Females abundant and 2 male sightings (just metres away).
Marsh Harrier
White-tailed Eagle - Immature and adult birds. Abundant. Appx 3 visible at any one time.
Eastern Imperial Eagle - 2 sightings, both birds perched. Excellent views of contrasting markings.
Caspian Gull (no doubt DMG's bird of the day)
Raven
Great Grey Shrike - 2 sightings
Great White Egret - Abundant
White-fronted Goose - Abundant
Red-breasted Goose - 4 sightings
Dunlin (No doubt LG's bird of the day)
Rough-legged Buzzard - 1 sighting
Great Bustard - c10 sightings

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