This is an easygoing tour, available as a week or a long-weeked, based at the Kondor Farm Inn in the heart of the Kiskunsag. |
On-site birding provides many excellent species in the garden, or within a short walk, like Roller, Bee-eater, Red-footed Falcon,Hobby, Scops, Little & Tawny Owl, Lesser-spotted and Syrian Woodpecker, Wryneck, Tree Sparrow, Tawny Pipit, Nightjar, Cuckoo, Hoopoe, Black Redstart, Stonechat, Whinchat, Wheatear, Nightingale, Hawfinch, Tree Pipit,Corn Bunting, Golden Oriole, Turtle Dove and many more. Outside of the birds, there are several endemic wildflower species, including orchids, and we can also seek out Souslik, Roe deer, Hare, Green Lizard, Southern Festoon, Swallowtail is also common. |
A short drive away, we can look for some of the more sought-after species, including: Great Bustards, Stone Curlew, Short-toed Eagle, Imperial Eagle, White-tailed Eagle, Saker Falcon, Middle Spotted & Black Woodpecker, Black Stork is possible. |
Depending on the season, alkaline lakes attract a wide variety of birds, including: Avocet, Redshank, Black Winged Stilt, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Kentish Plover, Bittern, Pygmy Cormorant, Ferruginous Duck, Shoveler, Garganey, Black-necked Grebe, Squacco Heron, Purple Heron, Night Heron, Spoonbill, Spotted Crake & Little Crake, Montagu's Harrier, Penduline Tit, Bearded Reedling, Great Reed Warbler, Savi's Warbler, Moustached Warbler and Reed Warbler , Corncrake, Whiskered Tern and during wet-years Black & White-winged Black Terns, Red-crested Pochard and Mediterranean Gull. |