....Hungarian Birdwatching - this site contains information on 

birdwatching in Hungary, Hungarian Bird Areas and detailed information about the 52 IBA-qualifying birds and contains information on the Hungarian population. 

includes references to birding in Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park.

is now firmly established as one of the very best European birding destinations. With a car, a good map, and a bit of luck many good birds will be seen. 

good birding option! See also the Hungary Birding Sites section.

in "A Guide to Birdwatching in Hungary" by Gerard Gorman. The map is designed to help you plan your birdwatching trip to Hungary. Click on the part of Hungary you will visit to see what birdwatching areas, and what birds are in that part of the country.

Lake Neusiedl in this park has earned the well deserved title of "Jewel of European Nature". With an average depth of only 1.60 metres, the lake, and its salty steppes, is Europe's largest bird sanctuary. More than 300 different species live and breed here, some of them extremely rare and unique to this area. More information about the Neusiedler See.

of the new sites and extensions drawn from the Information Sheets on Ramsar Wetlands. Site includes information on:
• The Rétszilas Fishponds
• Gemenc
• Béda-Karapancsa Nature Reserve
• Lake Kolon
• Biharugra Fishponds
• Pacsmag Fishponds Nature Conservation Area
• Lake Tisza
• Lake Fertö

Birdwatching Society Newsletter- May 8th found us heading for the Kiskungshag National Park on a weeks exchange visit with Leighton Moss's Hungarian twin. Just an hour’s car journey from Budapest, Kiskunshag protects the traditional wildlife and landscape of the Great Hungarian Plain or Pustza. But unlike most National Parks, it covers seven unconnected and widely spread areas. 

returned from an unforgettable 3-week journey through the former East Europe. The ornithological highlights of the trip were the Hungarian Puszta, Transsylvania and the Southern Carpates in Romania and the Higher Tatra in Slovakia.

Budapest (Hungary), July 23 - August 6, 1997, by Terry Witt. My wife and I recently returned from an 18 day tour af Eastern Europe. This was a tourist type trip run by Grand Circle Tours. I had been birding in Europe several times before but hoped to slip away from the group when possible and perhaps even see a few new birds. Using this strategy, I took an early AM walk on most days, and despite being lodged in the middle of 4 large cities still had a modest amount of success. 

This is a summary of a birding trip to Hungary made by me and my son Robert in August 1997. After the fall of the iron curtain, visiting Hungary is as simple as in other European countries: only a passport and no visa is needed. As this was our first time in the country, we visited the most popular birding area, the Hortobagy National Park (HNP), with only two longer day-trips to sites further away.

Dyczkowski. I decided to add some variety to our Easter birding and go to Hortobagy with a friend without special preparations. I wanted to see Great Bustards displaying, and timing was chosen accordingly. Therefore, many migrants (e.g. Red-footed Falcon, Stone Curlew, Great Black-headed Gull) were not yet present. We added Saker and Imperial Eagle to the target list - and got two out of three. 

1999. By Dirk Raes. Just back from guiding a birding-tour for Ro-Travel (ro.travel.twk@ping.be) and the ornithological society De Wielewaal (Belgium) to the Neusiedler-see / Seewinkel (Austria), hereby the trip-report. A great 142 score has been obtained. 

successful Birdseekers Tour.

Summer 2003 - by: Rob van Bemmelen, Kasper Hendriks, Wesley Overman, and Ben Wielstra. July 2003 was the moment for 4 young birders from The Netherlands to do some interesting birding in the eastern part  of Europe. July is of course not the best time to go birding because most birds are relatively non-active in summer. But, as all the participants attain some sort of school during the rest of the year, a trip this long in spring was no option. The  group departed on Saturday the 28th of June and returned on Sunday the 27th of July 2003.

Girdley's BirdTours website by following the Europe/Hungary link from the main page....

has a decade of experience (over 100 group tours alone) in finding and showing visiting birders from all over the world eastern Europe's special and sought after birds. All types and styles of birding can be catered for, from hard-core listers, twitchers and target birders to those into habitat birding and those with a more relaxed generalist approach. Birding by ear is a speciality and remember Gerard wrote the books that others use (Where to watch birds in Eastern Europe and The Birds of Hungary)! Four new Hungary tours this year! Personal Guiding, Group Arrangements, Itinerary Design, Target Birding All levels of ability and experience catered for.

was formed with the intention of popularising Hungary as a perfect ecotouristic destination both for amateur naturalists and for those with a more academic interest in plant and animal species, habitats and geology. Hungary is one of the richest countries in the Old Continent in terms of the species living at various habitats. The birdlist contains close to 400 species.