HIDES > PASSERINE DRINKING HIDE NO.1

Location and installation year:
This hide is located in the Debrecen Great Wood reserve which is a superb old oak forest. It is due to be ready by October 2008. We have a drinking pool in front of the hide and we also feed the woodpeckers and seed eater birds throughout the winter.

Access:
It is about 300 meter gentle walk to the hide.

Size and style:
It is 180 cm wide, 250 cm long and 140 cm high. It has 230 cm by 45 cm photo-through windows. It is comforatble for three photographers.

Comfort and accessories:
- Three chairs with back support
- Curtains
- Gas operated mobile heating system (while -5°C
  outside it can be 20°C inside the hide) from
  October to March
- Shelf
- Ventilators against the steaming up of the glass
  window
- Different size slippers

Regulation:
This hide usually entered at dawn or around noon. It is possible to leave the hide any time but has to spend minimum 5 hours in a row once entered.

Recommended Photo Equipment:
The distance to the end of the drinking pool where most birds appear is 5.5 meter from the hide. All sort of lenses recommended but a 300 mm is the best. Also take a 500mm if possible, especially for woodpeckers in winter. Occasionally some species perch closer to the hide so a zoom lens can be useful too.

What to bring:
No essential items

Photo period:
Throughout the year

Possible species:
Common Buzzard (winter); Sparrowhawk (winter and August, September); Pheasant (winter); Woodpigeon (May to September); Turtle Dove (May to September); Tawny Owl (August); Bee-eater (May and August); Black Woodpecker (May to September); Green Woodpecker (May to September); Great Spotted Woodpecker (all year round); Middle Spotted Woodpecker (all year round; best in April, May or winter); Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (May); Tree Pipit (May); Robin (April and May, August to October); Nightingale (April to July); Common Redstart (September); Song Thrush (April to October); Mistle Thrush (October to December) Redwing (winter); Blackbird (all year round); Fieldfair (winter); Blackcap (April to September); Garden Warbler (May); Barred Warbler (May); Icterine Warbler (August); Willow Warbler (April to May and August to September); Wood Warbler (August); Chiffchaff (April to October); Spotted Flycatcher (July to September); Pied Flycatcher (May and August); Collared Flycatcher (April and May); Great Tit (all year round); Blue Tit (); Marsh Tit (all year round); Long-tailed Tit (all year round); Nuthatch (all year round); Short-toed Treecreeper (April and May); Red-backed Shrike (May to August); Jay (all year round); Starling (April to July); Tree Sparrow (all year round); Chaffinch (all year round); Brambling (winter); Goldfinch (winter); Greenfinch (all year round); Sisikin (winter); Hawfinch (all year round); Yellowhammer (April to September);

Latest image in the gallery: Red-backed Shrike (2010-07-23 02:43:03)

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