Move to the Aggtelek

Following a very noisy thunderstorm in the night, a walk round the area and another hearty breakfast we set off for our next stop driving through some lovely Beech woods after which the Bukk National Park is named. Stop in Eger for wine tasting, We made a few stops on the way and scanned for Moufflon as well as checking out Marbled White butterfly and flower filled road and track edges.
Our first stop was at a park centre where there was a children's summer camp and a ringing demonstration with the majority of birds being Great Tits. We also saw 1 Marsh Tit and 1 Tree Creeper. Scanning with the torches in the crevasses under the tiles found 40-50 Pipistrelle roosting. Some of the children took a keen interest in seeing the bats as did some of the adults. We were invited to do a net round and it was interesting to see the methods used and the poles.
We stopped in a town for ice creams where the choice was bewildering, such as melon, pistachio, apple, chocolate, poppy seed, and you can buy single or double so the choice of combinations is great.








Our next stop was down a gravel track towards some settling pools. In the fields were several Great White Egrets, Grey Heron and on the wires were Bee eaters and Turtle Doves. Parking near the reservoir we scanned round as a Sea Eagle took off and flew across the fields to a dead tree. Walking round the reservoir to some pools and scanned through the fence. Black Stork and Garganey flew over head and Black-winged Stilt, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Ruff, Greenshank were feeding in the shallows. Several butterflies were flying, including Large Copper, which was nice to see.
We settled into our new hotel, had dinner at 6.30 and then met Sandor at 8.00 for mist netting on the River Joszevo. Noctules were the main species with Leischler's and a Daubenton's recorded. We returned to the hotel around midnight and turned in after another great day.




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