Carpathian Birds and Brown Bears Weekend in April
Early this Spring we had a wonderfull and very productive short break to Transylvania with our partner company. No doubt this will be a regular tour after such a success!
Our main goal was to study Carpathian Brown Bears and to find some local breeding and migrant birds.
We are especially proud to find all the 10 species of European Woodpeckers within this 4 days of birding – as well as many Carpathian Brown Bears and a total of 113 bird psecies.
You can enjoy images in our Transylvania Blog or read the detailed trip report here.
The group encountered 70+ Ring Ouzels in one group (Photo: Zoltán Baczó)
Brown Bear family (Photo: Zoltán Baczó)
Sakertour team
Crane Photography Tour 2015
Although the Crane migration is one of the most prominent feature of the autumn Hortobágy, the photography season is very short. Our Crane photography Tour targeting the Cranes when they are drinking and bathing – this is a unique subject. Every year we run a single tour only in early September. The 2016 tour date is already online and you can book it here!
Another highlight in early September is the arrival of the mighty Dotterels. If the summer is dry – as usual – several trips arriving by late August. Some of them still in the remnants of the breeding plumage and also juvenile birds present. We allways devote some time to photograph these charismatic waders on this tour!
Other possibilities in the late summer period could include waterbirds like Little Crake and migrants from the various drinking hides.
The 2015 tour was yet again a good one with Cranes and Dotterels. Join us for 2016!
Drinking and bathing Crane is one of the main subject. Great to see these birds in action (Photo: János Oláh).
Drinking and bathing Crane is one of the main subject on this tour. Great to see these birds in action (Photo: János Oláh).
Cranes are very social birds and often trumpetting together (Photo: János Oláh).
Dotterels were photographed on the 2015 tour again (Photo: János Oláh).
Juvenile Dotterel (Photo: János Oláh)
Sakertour team
Still some available places for our 2015 Hungary Autumn tour!
The autumn migration is already in full swing with up to 20 000 Cranes now in the Hortobágy area. We expecting the Lesser White-fronted Goose arrival in any day now too – they had an excellent breeding in 2015 so we hoping to a record flock of over hundred birds!
We still have places left on the Hortobágy-Zemplén (Hungary) Autumn tour. If you feel like to join in for a short break in Eastern Europe do not hesitate to contact us!
Long-eared Owl (Photo: János Oláh)
Ural Owl is more tricky to see in the autumn but we usually able to find it (Photo: János Oláh).
Sakertour team