HUNGARY in the autumn
Cranes and Geese in the Puszta
Hungary has established itself as one of Europe’s best birding destinations and with good reason. The endless expanse of East Hungary with its wetlands, marshes and fish ponds
provides natural habitats for many bird species that have become rare in our regions: Saker Falcon, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Pygmy Cormorant, Lesser White-fronted Goose,
Ferruginous Duck, Great Bustard, Corncrake, Ural Owl, Aquatic Warbler and nine speciesof woodpecker.
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"Magical Lake Bafa", Report by Andrew Wilder,
September 2006
As a family we have always taken our holidays in the Greek Islands, but with the kids living away from home and having
just retired we were open for other alternatives. Since joining Ornitravel last year my
wife had mentioned Lake Bafa to me on several occasions. By chance, when browsing through
a second-hand bookstall I came across “South from Ephesus” by Brian Sewell. The book fell
open at a page where he described a visit to Lake Bafa in South-western Turkey.
“I cannot explain the hold that Heracleia has; the cella of a small temple to Athena perched
on a rock overlooking the lake, the grand Byzantine castle, the city ramparts running high
into the wild hills behind, the Sir Walter Scott air of the offshore island ….” I had found
our ‘somewhere different’!
As my wife is a keen birdwatcher and I am trying to learn to watercolour paint Ornitravel seemed
to offer an ideal combination of peace and quiet, exotic wildlife and beautiful locations.
