Missed local rarity

This morning I got a call about the presence of an Eurasian Oystercatcher at the Ferencmajor fishponds. I could not react fast enough but visited our local hotspot in early afternoon. Usually the pond 2 is drained first in spring providing an important food source for migrating birds. We had a very short time toContinue

Increasing wild geese numbers at the fishponds

Just shortly after midday I drove to the Ferencmajor fishponds to find the last shorebirds in this season. Despite suitable feeding habitats are available just a single overflying Wood Sandpiper was heard and seen. It was quite disappointing but on the other hand it was nice to see the increasing number of wintering geese which groupContinue