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.

Bagamér, Hungary (Bagamér, Ungarn) (Bagamér, Magyarország) 01.2018.

I visited the Valley of the Kék-Kálló and the Daru Hills of Bagamér, parts of the Natura 2000 Networkon the first day of the year.  Place: Bagamér. Date: 01.01.2018.

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.

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.

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.

Debrecen, Hungary (Debrecen, Ungarn) (Debrecen, Magyarország) 06-08.2016.

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

Nyírábrány, Hungary (Nyírábrány, Ungarn) (Nyírábrány, Magyarország) 04.2016.

Early this April, I was lucky to find Green-Winged Orchids, along with some other plants and arthropods on the Teleki Pasture (Natura 2000) in Nyírábrány, South Nyírség Region. Location: Nyírábrány. Date: 14.04.2016.

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.

Nyírábrány, Hungary (Nyírábrány, Ungarn) (Nyírábrány, Magyarország) 01.2016.

Nyírábrány in the South Nyírség Region is renowned for its relict birch moors, alkaline fens and lowland hay meadows. I visited the hay meadows of the local Teleki Pasture, part of the Natura 2000 network in January. Location: Nyírábrány. Date: 01-31.01.2016.

Debrecen, Hungary (Debrecen, Ungarn) (Debrecen, Magyarország) 10.2015.

Some photos, mainly fungi from the Nagyerdő forest (a Natura 2000 site with Eurosiberian Steppic Oak Woods) in the city of Debrecen. Location: Debrecen. Date: 10.2015.

Hajdúság, Hungary (Hajdúság, Ungarn) (Hajdúság, Magyarország) 06.2015.

I visited the Tócó Valley Natura 2000 site in Debrecen and Debrecen-Józsa in June. A population of Woolly Foxgloves was once found here, now it only survives in the botanic garen of the University of Debrecen. Location: Debrecen. Date: 13.06.2015.

Nyírábrány, Hungary (Nyírábrány, Ungarn) (Nyírábrány, Magyarország) 05.2015. I.

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. In late spring, one can find here the Brook Thistle, the Fibrous Tussock-Sedge, the White Helleborine or the Bay Willow, relict species that are more common in mountainous areas and in Northern Europe. Location: Nyírábrány. Date: 01-31.05.2015.

Vámospércs, Hungary (Vámospércs, Ungarn) (Vámospércs, Magyarország) 05.2015.

I visited the Jónás-rész protected area near Vámospércs, part of a Natura 2000 site in the South Nyírség region in May. This area has Pannonic sand steppes, lowland hay meadows, alkaline fens, and riparian mixed forests (Ulmenion minoris) with some remarkable cold climate relict plants, such as the Buxbaum's Sedge and the Globeflower. May is the best season to find the many orchids of the area. Location: Vámospércs and Nyíracsád. Date: 09.05.2015.

Nyírábrány, Hungary (Nyírábrány, Ungarn) (Nyírábrány, Magyarország) 04.2015.

In April I visited the lowland hay meadows and alkaline fens of the Teleki Pasture and the ash-dominated riparian mixed forests of the Kis-Mogyorós Forest, Natura 2000 sites in Nyírábrány, South Nyírség Region. Location: Nyírábrány. Date: 26-28.04.2015.

Monostorpályi, Hungary (Monostorpályi, Ungarn) (Monostorpályi, Magyarország) 04.2015.

We visited the Natura 2000 area of the Monostorpályi Pasture in the South Nyírség, a part of the Hajdúság Landscape Protection Area in April. This place has characteristic Pannonic sand steppes and Euro-Siberian steppic woods with oaks, and famous for its ground squirrel population. Location: Monostorpályi. Date: 25.04.2015.

Bereg Plain, Hungary (Ebene von Bereg, Ungarn) (Beregi-sík, Magyarország) 04.2015.

We travelled to Márokpapi, a small village in the Bereg Plain in East Hungary, in the Szatmár-Bereg Landscape Protection Area. There is a Natura 2000 site here named Tarpa-Tákos, famous for its rare plant species, including a relict population of the Snake's Head Fritillary. The area's vegetation includes Pannonic woods with sessile oak and hornbeam, Alluvial forests with black alder, and Lowland hay meadows. Location: Márokpapi. Date: 12.04.2015.

Nyírábrány, Hungary (Nyírábrány, Ungarn) (Nyírábrány, Magyarország) 09-10.2014.

In the autumn I visited the lowland hay meadows and alkaline fens of the Teleki Pasture, the birch moor in Keszler-tag, and the ash-dominated riparian mixed forests of the Kis-Mogyorós Forest, Natura 2000 sites in Nyírábrány, South Nyírség Region. Location: Nyírábrány. Date: 09-10.2014.