Autumn migration In Hungary – better than ever?
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As usual the Hortobágy National Park in the Autumn months is hosting large numbers of all kind of birds from thousands of Gadwalls and Green-winged (Eurasian) Teals through hundreds of shorebirds including – this year only several dozen – Eurasian Dotterels and of course the Common Cranes are just coming, their numbers already getting close to 50.000 in the area.
However, this year the National Park was hosting an astonishing number of Red-footed Falcons, whose numbers are usually carefully followed by the officials of the park and volunteers from the area. The census counts done every week, the mid September count producing an incredible result with over 8000 individuals staying around with a megaroost, where over 5000 Red-footed Falcons were coming together for the night forming the largest ever recorded single roost in the Carpathian Basin.
In the recent years numbers between 1000 and 2000 individuals were seen here, but this year’s numbers shooting out was a great surprise and of course fantastic experience to observe.
