| Bird specialities and best watchig period |
| Bird specialities |
Best watching period |
| Red-necked Grebe |
Mid-March to September |
| Pygmy Cormorant |
Early March to November |
| European Bittern |
Early April to November |
| Little Bittern |
Late April to late August |
| Glossy Ibises |
Mid-April to late August |
| Black Stork |
April to late September |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose |
Late September to November; February to early April |
| Red-breasted Goose |
November; February to mid-March |
| Ferruginous Duck |
Early March to September |
| Smew |
November; February |
| White-tailed Eagle |
all year round |
| Imperial Eagle |
June-August |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle |
June-August |
| Spotted Eagle |
Mid-October to early March |
| Steppe Eagle |
irregular-best time from May to August |
| Short-toed Eagle |
Early July to early September |
| Booted Eagle |
irregular-best time from mid-June to August |
| Montagu’s Harrier |
Mid-April to August |
| Pallid Harrier |
Last week of March and first half of April; last week of August and first half of September |
| Rough-legged Buzzard |
Early October to mid-March |
| Long-legged Buzzard |
April to November |
| Red-footed Falcon |
Late April to mid-September |
| Merlin |
October to March |
| Saker Falcon |
February to December |
| Little Crake |
Mid-April to early September |
| Spotted Crake |
August |
| Crane |
April to November; peak from late September to late October |
| Great Bustard |
all year round; display in April |
| Black-winged Stilt |
April to August |
| Stone Curlew |
Mid-April to October |
| Collared Pratincole |
May to August (1 hour drive from Hortobágy) |
| Dotterel |
Irregular in May; late August to late October |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper |
Late May; second half of August |
| Marsh Sandpiper |
April; late June to August |
| Great Snipe |
Late April to mid-May; late August to October |
| Mediterranean Gull |
Mid-April to August |
| Great Black-headed Gull |
Irregular-best time from June to September |
| Caspian Tern |
April; July to August |
| White-winged Black Tern |
Late April to mid-May, August; if breeding May to August |
| Whiskered Tern |
Late April to September |
| Long-eared Owl |
All year round |
| Short-eared Owl |
year dependent; all year round |
| Barn Owl |
all year round |
| Little Owl |
all year round |
| Hoopoe |
March to August |
| Bee-eater |
May to August |
| Roller |
Late April to early September |
| Black Woodpecker |
October to early April |
| Green Woodpecker |
all year round |
| Syrian Woodpecker |
all year round |
| Short-toed Lark |
Mid-April to June (1 hour drive from Hortobágy) |
| Tawny Pipit |
Mid-April to August |
| Red-throated Pipit |
Late April to late May; Mid-September to late October |
| Thrush Nightingale |
Irregular-Second part of May and August |
| Bluethroat |
Early April to August |
| Aquatic Warbler |
Early May to late June |
| Moustached Wrbler |
Late March to October; best April and May |
| Marsh Warbler |
Second week of May to June |
| Great Reed Warbler |
Mid-April to August |
| Grasshopper Warbler |
Late April to June |
| Savi's Warbler |
Mid-April to early September |
| Icterine Warbler |
Second half of May and August |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher |
irregular, best in the second half of August |
| Collared Flycatcher |
Mid-April to June (1 hour drive from Hortobágy) |
| Penduline Tit |
February to October |
| Bearded Tit |
February to November |
| Short-toed Treecreeper |
all year round (1 hour drive from Hortobágy) |
| Red-backed Shrike |
Late April to September |
| Lesser Grey Shrike |
Early May to August |
| Great Grey Shrike |
Late September to March |
| Rose-coloured Starling |
23rd to 27th of May; if breeding late May to early July |
| Golden Oriole |
Late April to September |
| Twite |
October to March |
| Serin |
Mid-April to September |
| Snow Bunting |
Late October to February |
| Lapland Bunting |
Late September to February |
