In the fall, migrating birds flock to Kiskunsag, on the Southern Great Plain of Hungary. The fishponds of Lake Feher, near Szeged, and the surrounding fields are filled to the brim by thousands of migrating Cranes, and Greylag, Bean and White-fronted geese. At this, the most sensational time of the year, it is not unusual to see as many as
30-40 thousand birds resting at the fishponds.
The Directorate of the Kiskunsag National Park now invites nature enthusiasts to join one of their
guided tours to the area, and to partake of this wonder.
November 10, 2007:
Crane watching – all-day program at
Lake Csaj and
Lake Feher
- By private bus leaving from Kecskemet. Registration by November 5
- Contact: KNP Educational Department
- Phone: +36-76-501-594 or 500-068
- Registration fee: adult 2,000 HUF; student and pensioner 1,500 HUF
November 17, 2007:
Crane watching – half-day program at
Lake Feher
- By private bus leaving from Kecskemet. Registration by November 9
- Contact: KNP Educational Department
- Phone: +36-76-501-594 or 500-068
- Registration fee: adult 1,800 HUF; student and pensioner 1,300 HUF
Please pay the registration fees on check or in person
at the House of Nature in Kecskemet, by the indicated deadline.
Dress warmly, and bring binoculars and cameras, if you can.
December 29, 2007:
Farewell 2007 nature walk
- From Orgovany to Agasegyhaza on the red square nature trail
- Contact: KNP Educational Department
- Phone: +36-76-501-594 or 500-068
- Participation is free.
Please check in with the tour guides at least three days before the departure date.
More information:
Kiskunsag National Park Management Center
House of Nature
6000 Kecskemet
Liszt F. u, 19
Phone: +36-76-501-596, or 501-594
E-mail:
mailknp@knp.hu
Hungarian source:
http://knp.nemzetipark.gov.hu/index.php?pg=menu_1570
Photo: Toth Csabadr http://www.puszta.com/photo/galeria/?sorszam=78
http://www.puszta.com/photo/szavazas/index.php?id=908 (nagy)
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Crane
Birding, fishing, and backpacking in Hungary
Hungarian Birdwatching
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