Saturday, September 14, 2019

Körös-ér, Hungary (Körös-ér, Ungarn) (Körös-ér, Magyarország) 09.2019.


We visited the Körös-ér Landscape Protection Area in Southern Hungary. This region protects the remnants of the loess and sand meadows between the Danube and Tisza rivers. The pasture in Bácsborista has a large population of the strictly protected Sand Colchicum that flowers in the autumn. Location: Kelebia. Date: 14.09.2019.

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Debrecen-Haláp, Hungary (Debrecen-Haláp, Ungarn) (Debrecen-Haláp, Magyarország) 01.2019.


On the first day of the year I visited the Álló-hegy Natura 2000 site near Debrecen and its relict Euro-Siberian steppic oak woods. Location: Debrecen-Haláp. Date: 01.01.2019.

Monday, April 2, 2018

Bagamér, Hungary (Bagamér, Ungarn) (Bagamér, Magyarország) 03.2018.


Most of the isolated remaining natural landscapes of the South Nyírség Region are integrated into the Hajdúság Landscape Protection Area. Here, on the north-eastern part of the Great Hungarian Plain, a slight depression may be called a valley, and small elevations are referred to as hills. Hence the names of some protected areas: Valley of the Kék-Kálló, or Daru Hills of Bagamér, parst of the Natura 2000 Network. Pannonic sand steppes, sand dunes, Molinia meadows, and lowland hay meadows sustain a remarkable biodiversity here. I visited Bagamér in spring, when the rare endemic Hungarian Pasque Flowers are in blossom.  Place: Bagamér. Date: 31.03.-02.04.2018.

Friday, March 30, 2018

Debrecen, Hungary (Debrecen, Ungarn) (Debrecen, Magyarország) 01-03.2018.


Some photos I took of animals, fungi and plants in the city of Debrecen early 2018. Location: Debrecen. Date: 01-03.2018.

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Eastern Bükk Mountains, Hungary (Östliches Bükk-Gebirge, Ungarn) (Keleti Bükk-hegység, Magyarország) 03.2018.


In March we visited the beech forests around Bükkszentlászló in the Eastern Bükk Mountains to photograph the early spring flora. Location: Bükkszentlászló. Date: 17.03.2018.

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Hortobágy National Park, Hungary (Hortobágyi-Nationalpark, Ungarn) (Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park, Magyarország) 10.2017.


We visited the Hortobágy National Park in late autumn and found a diverse invertebrate life in puddles. I took photos of these using an improvised aquarium. The local Hortobágy Wild Animal Park also offered an opportunity to see some members of the once-abundant megafauna of the Great Hungarian Plain. Along with other mammals, Przewalski's horses and Heck-cattle are kept here under semi-wild conditions. The Heck-cattle are part of an ongoing program to "breed back" domestic cattle to resemble their extinct ancestral form, the auroch. Location: Hortobágy. Date: 22.10.2017.