Hungary, July 2019.

HERONS.

Just one lake near Tizsaalpar produced ten species of Heron, with Grey, Purple, Night and Squacco Herons  seen daily  alongside Great White and Little Egrets, add a couple of Little Bitterns ,one Great Bittern, a few Spoonbills and Glossy Ibis and you can tell what a super fish filled habitat this is. I did get my camera on a few of them.

Grey Heron

Grey Heron

Grey Heron with Catfish 

Grey Heron with catfish

Grey Heron with Catfish

Grey Heron shake

Purple Heron flight

Purple Heron fishing

Purple Heron fishing

Night Heron adult

Night Heron juvenile

Juvenile Night Heron fishing

Three Juvenile Night Herons flying overhead

Squacco Heron in Yellow water Lilies

Squacco Heron take off 1

Squacco Heron take off 2

Squacco Heron

Little Bittern

Little Bittern flight over reedbed

White Stork bill clapping in flight

Hungary,July 2019

FALCONS,EAGLES,OWLS AND SHRIKES.

I photographed a few birds of prey ( and I'm including Little Owl and Shrikes ) in Hungary. The Red Footed Falcons were still nesting in boxes at the tower hide along with Kestrel. White Tailed Eagle were seen flying over a couple of times, we had an obliging Little Owl and both Red Backed and Lesser Grey Shrike appeared to be relatively common.

Male Red Footed Falcon

Female Red Footed Falcon

Male Red Footed Falcon with rodent prey

Female Red Footed Falcon with Lizard prey

Kestrel with prey

White Tailed Eagle

White Tailed Eagle

Little Owl

Little Owl

Little Owl

Little Owl

Little Owl

Lesser Grey Shrike

Lesser Grey Shrike

Lesser Grey Shrike

Male Red Backed Shrike bathing

A wet Red Backed Shrike

Male Red Backed Shrike shaking water from its feathers

Female Red Backed Shrike

Male Red Backed Shrike

HUNGARY JULY 2019

WADERS.

A very early morning start in a hide placed a little way out in large ( but fast drying out by the day as the weather grew hotter) lake, hoping for some of the resident waders to come close enough to photograph. The light was great, just a matter of wait and see what species may come by. We were not disappointed as a pair of beautiful Avocets came closer and were soon feeding in front of us, very elegant ,handsome birds with their upturned birds sweeping through the water in search of a few tasty morsels. I've tried on quite a few occasions to photograph Avocets at home but never seemed to be able to get quite close enough, so am delighted with these views and photos. A while later a few Wood Sandpiper dropped in plus some Ruff and a Spotted Redshank.

Avocet

Avocet

Avocet

Avocet

Avocet

Avocet

Avocet

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Ruff

Ruff

Ruff