This 3 day photo holiday was organised by Mr. Janos Olah, Saker Tours
M.S. and I travelled to Hungary to arrive at Hortobagy late evening on Saturday 9th July.
Day 1
Sunday, 10th, we were up at 03.45 hours, a couple of strong coffees and then picked up at 04.30 hours to be taken to the Red-footed Falcon hide, arriving at 05.00 hours.
On route we saw
Grey Partridge
Stonechat
A very nice blue sky and the temperature rising
from the hide we saw
Red-footed Falcon
Roller
Red-backed Shrike, (only 1 brief showing)
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Harrier
Kestrel
Common Snipe (1 fly past)
Great White Egret
Night Heron
White Stork
Reed Bunting, m
Nightingale, juv.
Lapwing, Swallow, Magpie, Starling, Blackbird,
Tree Sparrow, Blackcap, f
Crow, Mallard and Wood Pigeon
Red-footed Falcon, m
Red-footed Falcon, m
Red-footed Falcon, m
Red-footed Falcon, f
Roller
Roller
Roller
Roller
Roller
White Stork
Tree Sparrow
Kestrel
At 13.00 hours, VERY HOT, we were picked up and taken to the Great Forest drinking hide 1.
Here we saw
Chaffinch, m and f
Hawfinch, m, f and juv.
Greenfinch
Red-backed Shrike, m and f
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Song Thrush
Blackbird
Turtle Dove
Nuthatch
Blackcap, m and f
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Jay
Robin
Wood Pigeon
Red-backed Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Greenfinch
Hawfinch
Day finished at 19.45 hours.
We then was told that the temperature this day had reached 39* C, yes, a VERY HOT day.
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