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Hungary, Slovakia & Transylvania GT 2012 with Sakertour

Oláh János — 2012-05-17 23:37:24

Our longest and most productive Spring tour just finished with a great success. The 12 days long tour covering all the main habitats of the Carpathian Basin recorded 205 species this year. Our leader Sándor Borza will soon prepare a trip report which will be available at the 'tri report' section. Highlights were the 9 species of owls seen, 10 species of woodpeckers, Capercaillie, Great Bustard, Saker, Eastern Imperail Eagle, Little Crake and others! Our next year dates for this superb tour is now online with all other informations as well, please check it out.

Limosa Hungary & Romania 2012

Oláh János — 2012-05-12 22:57:44

We had a wonderful tour with our partner Limosa Holidays yet again with a whole range of exciting species. The weather was fantastic, in fact it was sometimes too hot. We managed to see all European woodpeckers, Ural Owl, Wallcreeper, displaying Great Bustard and a Brown Bear!

Danube Delta 2012

Baczó Zoltán — 2012-04-23 02:35:10

On the second week of April all of our key destinations in the Danube Delta were visited in order to gain actual information`s and complete preparation works before our photography season starts. During this time we have made bird observation in the northern part of Delta, along Sulina branch, in the Macin Mountains National Park and around Sinoe lagoons. Beside bird watching our photo boat and drinking hide were improved and now ready for the season!

Photography Season 2012/1

Oláh János — 2012-04-18 15:07:34

Our first photography guests arrived and busily clicking away in the variety of subjects already on offer! This is still the very beginning of the photography season but some subjects already good enough. We have two pairs of Common Kestrels and a Long-eared Owl already breeding near the 'Red-footed Falcon Tower Hide' and also the first Redfoots arrived on the 17th April. We also have a hide for Hoopoe and the 'Pygmy Cormorant Hide' already performing well.

Spring Photography with Sakertour just about to start!

Oláh János — 2012-04-11 15:27:43

Our team has been working hard in the last few weeks on our hide-system in Hungary. We have been installing new hides, maintaining the classic ones and elaborating new feeding places. Our season just about to start from mid April when the Great Bustard hide will be accepting the first photographers. By the last week of April we will have our full system of 8 hides ready for the season!

Lesser White-fronted Goose numbers

Oláh János — 2012-04-05 13:24:25

A flock of 80!! Lesser White-fronted Goose staging in the Hortobágy at the moment (2012 April 5th). Last time we had such a large flock together was back in 1997. In 2011 they had a great breeding year in Norway largely because of the eradication of red foxes. The project is still strongly implemented so in the autumn of 2012 we very much hope to see over 100 Lesser Whitefronts on the Hortobágy Plain!

2012 is going to be a good OWL year!

Oláh János — 2012-04-02 06:57:47

We have started to check out our extensive network of owl nest-boxes in Hungary, Slovakia and Romania (Transylvania) and we can already see a good year coming up! We have lots of Ural Owls in boxes and also Eurasian Pygmy Owls very active. We have heard several Tengmalm's Owls in different territories but its a touch early for nesting (two more weeks). So all in all we are hoping for a good owl year!

Hawfinches, Hawfinches, Hawfinches

Oláh János — 2012-03-28 15:19:03

Early Spring is the very best time to capture Hawfinches. This time there is no foliage in the forest and up 100 individuals visiting our drinking hide daily. 2012 March is particularly good as we have an absolute rainless period and the forest is very dry. It is simply amazing to watch the Hawfinches in all sort of plumages and their behaviour.

The end of winter 2011/2012

Oláh János — 2012-03-22 15:29:08

The weather continous to be unusually warm and dry. Following the driest autumn for 50 years with very little winter precipitation and a rainless early Spring we moving into a dry Spring in Hungary!

Wild Images report 2011

Oláh János — 2012-03-18 12:39:35

The report of our 2011 tour with Wild Images has now been uploaded and you can see it here. We are delighted to tell that Wild Images will run two tour to Hungary in 2012. The first one is fully booked but there is still some places left for the second tour!