Birding in Hungary XIX
Thrusday 25 July 2024
Kígyósi Nagyerdő tanösvény és kilátó
This morning, my mother and I went cycling down to the castle and the reserve south of it. On the way we saw a few Marsh Harriers and a Great White Egret. We stopped to explore the castle grounds for a bit since we were hearing many birds. We found a mixed flock of Long-tailed tits, Blue Tits and Great Tits as well as two Golden Orioles. After watching the male Peacocks who were also walking around I noticed some drumming in the trees. This turned out to be my lifer Lesser Spotted Woodpecker! Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers are sparrow-sized woodpeckers that are very rare in the UK, however in Hungary and the rest of Europe they are relitively common. After seeing the rest of the castle we clycled to the forest and continued birding. We first saw the many Wood Warblers which were feeding the canopy of the trees. Afterwards, we heard a Nuthatch and saw a pair of Spotted Flycatchers. We cycled to the lookout tower seeing Song Thursh on the way. Once at the tower we admired at the number of Bee-eaters flying right next to us! Of these we saw some juviniles being fed by the adults. On the way back, we went throught the fields instead of the woodland where we saw Skylarks and many Rollers. My mum was very happy to see these and we got quite good views of the perching on hay bales and telegraph poles as well as on the ground. Nearly at the village we had a flyover Lesser Grey Shrike.
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