It might be that I am new to the birds and birding in the United Kingdom, but probably the basic principle in bird migration hasn’t changed. In the Northern Hemisphere most of the birds are migratory and spend the winter off their breeding grounds. Swallows are no exceptions. They travel as far as South AfricaContinueContinue reading “Have swallows returned… to wintering grounds?”
Tag Archives: Barn Swallow
Common Cranes and Red Kite in Tyringham
Let me go back to the autumns of the past 20 year or more. I regularly visited one of the most attractive national parks of Hungary, the Hortobágy National Park where tens of thousands of Common Cranes stopping over the wetlands of the park before moving to their wintering grounds. I loved that atmosphere asContinueContinue reading “Common Cranes and Red Kite in Tyringham”
Crashing bird populations?
Little bit less than a year ago I posted a news on the extraordinary cold and rainy weather we experienced here. It had been raining like hell for four days which was followed by heavy and never seen floods. Birds struggled the most and we could do nothing just see the death of adults onContinueContinue reading “Crashing bird populations?”
Signs of fall migration
We could ring an extremely low number of birds in the ringing camp this week. Number of trapped birds hardly exceeds 50 while in average years 150-200 caught birds are quite normal. First fall Garden Warblers (new addition to year list…) has been ringed just today. Little Bitterns are moving intensively and seems to haveContinueContinue reading “Signs of fall migration”
Almost empty skies
I should not say that in my childhood the sky was full of Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica and Common House Martins Delchion urbica. Where I grow up we had 3-4 paris of Common House Martin in the balcony on the 7th floor of our block. This year only one pair tried to raise their chicks.ContinueContinue reading “Almost empty skies”
Unusual floods in Tata
Not even the oldest people remember such a terrible weather in May what we have this year. It’s been heavily raining since midday of last Saturday (15. May) and as a result rivers and streams are filled by water rolling down from the mountains. Our town, Tata, doesn’t belong to the regions where floods areContinueContinue reading “Unusual floods in Tata”
SzimiStyle Birding 