Showing posts with label Landscape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Landscape. Show all posts

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, July 24, 2017

Panama City, Panama (Panama-Stadt, Panama) (Panamaváros, Panama) 07.2017.


In July 2017 we visited Panama City. South of the skyscrapers there are still relatively large but vulnerable mangrove habitats, called Los humedales de la bahía de Panamá (ecoregion of the South American Pacific mangroves). We took some photos of local species in Costa del Este and Palo Grande. Location: Panama City. Date: 24.07.2017.

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Columbia River, Oregon, USA (Fluss Columbia, Oregon, USA) (Columbia-folyó, Oregon, USA) 06.2017.


I visited the Columbia River Gorge on a short trip from Portland. At the Boneville Dam, fish ladders with observation windows give a glimpse into the local fish fauna. Most notably, Pacific Lampreys can be spotted while the migrate. The local fish hatchery also displays gigantic White Sturgeons. Location: Boneville, OR. Date: 27.06.2017.

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Ape Cave, WA, USA (Ape Cave, Bundesstaat Washington, USA) (Ape Cave, Washington állam, USA) 06.2017.


In June I drove up to Mount St. Helens from Portland, Oregon mainly to visit the Ape Cave. The cave is located in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and with its 4023 m length, it is the longest continuous lava tube in the continental United States. The Ape Cave is sustains a population of the endangered Mt. St. Helens grylloblattid or ice crawler, a member of the rarest insect order on the planet. Location: Ape Cave. Date: 22.06.2017.

Monday, April 17, 2017

Nyírábrány, Hungary (Nyírábrány, Ungarn) (Nyírábrány, Magyarország) 04.2017.


In April I visited the ash-dominated riparian mixed forests of the Kis-Mogyorós Forest, a Natura 2000 site in Nyírábrány, South Nyírség Region. Location: Nyírábrány. Date: 17.04.2017.

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Zemplén Mountains, Hungary (Tokajer Gebirge, Ungarn) (Zempléni-hegység, Magyarország) 04.2017.


We visited the Castle Hill of Füzér and the village Telkibánya in the Zemplén Mountains in April 2017. Location: Zemplén Mts. Date: 15.04.2017.

Sunday, January 1, 2017

Nyírábrány, Hungary (Nyírábrány, Ungarn) (Nyírábrány, Magyarország) 01.2017.


Nyírábrány in the South Nyírség Region is renowned for its relict birch moors, alkaline fens and lowland hay meadows, especially at the Keszler-tag Birch Moor and the Káposztás-lapos Meadow, parts of the Natura 2000 network. I took a short trip here on the first day of the year. Location: Nyírábrány. Date: 01.01.2017.

Friday, December 23, 2016

Debrecen, Hungary (Debrecen, Ungarn) (Debrecen, Magyarország) 12.2016.


I visited the Tócó Valley Natura 2000 site in Debrecen and Debrecen-Józsa after the first considerable snowfall of the year. Location: Debrecen. Date: 17-23.12.2016.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

South Nyírség, Hungary (Süd-Nyírség, Ungarn) (Dél-Nyírség, Magyarország) 09-11.2016.


Some photos I took of animals and plants in Nyírábrány and some other parts of the South Nyírség Region in autumn 2016. Location: South Nyírség. Date: 09-11.2016.

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Bükk Mountains, Hungary (Bükk Gebirge, Ungarn) (Bükk-hegység, Magyarország) 10.2016.


We visited the montane beech forests of the Bükk Plateau (in the Bükk National Park) in northeast Hungary in early October. Location: Bükk Plateau. Date: 06-08.10.2016.

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Mire of Álmosd, Hungary (Moor von Álmosd, Ungarn) (Álmosdi Daru-láp, Magyarország) 08-09.2016.


The wet meadows of the Daru Mire of Álmosd in the southernmost part of the Nyírség Region are remnants of the postglacial period, when former river valleys were closed by sand dunes. It has many relict plants of cooler eras. It is located next to the even wetter Mire of Kokad and both are parts of the Kék Kálló Valley Natura 2000 area. Location: Mire of Álmosd. Date: 08-09.2015.

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Middlesex Fells Reservation, USA II. (Middlesex Fells Reservat, USA II.) (Middlesex Fells Rezervátum, USA II.) 05.2016.


The Middlesex Fells is a forest of 3,400 acres just north of Boston, protected since 1894. The Fells are an upland with narrow north–south ridges and valleys, vulcanic bedrock, glacial kettle ponds and water reservoirs. Despite being on the edge of the Greater Boston Metropolitan Area, its flora is remarkable, with Rich Mesic Forests, Rocky Summits, Pitch Pine-Scrub Oak Communities, Vernal Pools, etc. The area is one of the few surviving sites of the Boston Basin Ecoregion. For the second time, I visited the Oakldale Park, the eastern Cross Fells Trail, and the Virginia Wood Trail in late May. Location: Middlesex Fells. Date: 28.05.2016.

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Ponkapoag Bog, USA (Ponkapoag Moor, USA) (Ponkapoag-láp, USA) 05.2016.


I went on a cycling tour to visit the Blue Hills Reservation and the Ponkapoag Bog south of Boston. The bog is famous for its red cedars the carnivorous plants. The whole area is a popular tourist destination but preserved a remarkable biodiversity in the Boston Metropolitan Area. Location: Blue Hills Reservation. Date: 22.05.2016.

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Middlesex Fells Reservation, USA I. (Middlesex Fells Reservat, USA I.) (Middlesex Fells Rezervátum, USA I.) 05.2016.


The Middlesex Fells is a forest of 3,400 acres just north of Boston, protected since 1894. The Fells are an upland with narrow north–south ridges and valleys, vulcanic bedrock, glacial kettle ponds and water reservoirs. Despite being on the edge of the Greater Boston Metropolitan Area, its flora is remarkable, with Rich Mesic Forests, Rocky Summits, Pitch Pine-Scrub Oak Communities, Vernal Pools, etc. The area is one of the few surviving sites of the Boston Basin Ecoregion. For the first time, I visited the Wrights Pond, Spot Pond and the Skyline Trail near the North Reservoir in mid-May. Location: Middlesex Fells. Date: 21.05.2016.

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Cape Cod, USA (Cape Cod, USA) (Cape Cod, USA) 05.2016.


We visited the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts in May and found diverse plant, animal and fungal communities in the forests and marshes. Location: Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Date: 07-08.05.2016.

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Bagamér, Hungary (Bagamér, Ungarn) (Bagamér, Magyarország) 03.2016.


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: 05-27.03.2016.

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Eastern Bükk Mountains I., Hungary (Östliches Bükk-Gebirge I., Ungarn) (Keleti Bükk-hegység I., Magyarország) 03.2016.


In March I visited the beech forests around Bükkszentlászló in the Eastern Bükk Mountains to photograph the early spring flora. Location: Bükkszentlászló. Date: 03.2017.

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Nyírábrány, Hungary (Nyírábrány, Ungarn) (Nyírábrány, Magyarország) 09-11.2015.



From September to November 2015 I regularly visited two protected areas near Nyírábrány: the places called Káposztás-lapos and Teleki-legelő. Location: Nyírábrány. Date: 09-11.2015.