Hungary - 12-19 June 2011
Owen and Conor Foley, Robert Vaughan. Images by Owen Foley and Robert Vaughan Arrived late in the evening to Budapest airport on Sunday 12th, flying with Aer Lingus. Hired a car (a Ford Fusion) from Fox Auto Rental at a cost of 285 Euro for the week. Species seen are logged on the days they were encountered. Left the airport environs at 9 p.m and drove straight to Josvafo, in Aggtelek hills. Tawny Owl was encountered en route. This took the guts of 3 and a half ours, with stops for food etc, and meant an over night in the car as it was too late to get a hotel. This was not exactly comfortable, but we rose with the sun and found interesting birds straight away, including numerous Hawfinch feeding on the common wild cherry trees, Syrian Woodpecker, Golden Oriole , Willow and Marsh tit, Nuthatch, Wood Warbler and Little Owl . Golden Oriole Aggtelek - Superb Woodland Birding We then moved to the crossroads recommended by Gosney, finding River Warbler, Red Backed Shrike, Grey head...