Hungary
The Hortobágy steppe is Europe's largest natural grassland and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tens of thousands of Common Cranes stage here in October, and Great Bustard leks are a spring highlight.
Recorded Species
410
Hotspots
50
Overview
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Hotspot Map
50 mapped locations · click a pin to exploreTop Hotspots
Akademia fish ponds
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Alsó szúnyogos moor-- Apaj
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Andaháza-Földes-Bihari-sík--Berettyóújfalu
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Apaj puszta-Réce tanösvény--Apaj
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Apaj wetlands and forest (Please use more specific hotspots)
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Árasztás-Apaj
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Böddi szék--Dunatetétlen
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Borsodi-dűlő--Fertőújlak
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Borsodi-Mezoseg (Little Hortobagy)
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Borsós fishponds, Bird Park and River--Hortobágy
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Csaj-tó
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Csécsi fishponds--Hortobágy
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Csikóháti tavak--Apaj
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Dinnyési Ferto Nature Reserve
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Dongér-tó Observation Tower--Pusztaszer
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Fancsikai tavak (forested lakes) és erdőspuszták--Debrecen
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Fényes-Pince-Lapos fishponds from road 33--Hortobágy
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Ferencmajor Bird Ringing Camp, Naszály
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Ferencmajori fish ponds
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Fertő-Hanság NP
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Fertö-Hanság NP--Nyirkai-Hany
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Fertő-Hanság NP--observation tower
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Fertő, Szeged
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Halastó 1-2--Hortobágyi Halastó
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Hortobagy NP-Máta puszta--Hortobágy
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Hortobágyi National Park--Marshes and grasslands
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Hortobágyi NP--Elepi fishponds
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Hortobágyi NP, Nagy-szik--Balmazújváros
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K11 Reservoir and Belsőmóka Canals--Bakonszeg
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Kaba sewage ponds and surrounding area--Kaba
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Kecskéri puszta (reservoir and surrounding plains)--Karcag-Kisújszállás
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Kiskunság-gravel pits and surrounding grasslands--Bugyi
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Kiskunsági NP
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Konyár Salt Lakes-Konyári sóstó--Hosszúpályi
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Kösély fishponds and Eastern main canal--Hajdúszoboszló
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Kunpeszéri út--Bugyi
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Lake Fertő--Fertöújlak
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Lake IX-X moorland (water buffalo site)--Hortobágyi-halastó
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Lake Tisza--Poroszló
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Nagy-Nyomás (former saltmarsh reconstruction by HNP)--Derecske
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Ohat-Gyökérkúti-Derzsi- fishponds--Hortobágy NP
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Old Lakes of Hortobágy fishponds--Hortobágyi-halastó
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Péteri-tó
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Rétszilas fishponds
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Szelkó-Lake--Nyíregyháza
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Szepes-Tócó-ér és kommunális hulladékhasznosító (at dumping and sewage)--Debrecen-Tégláskert
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Tiszaalpar
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Tiszavasvári Salt Lake
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Ürbőpusztai-halastavak--Apaj
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Vesszős-szék
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"May on the Hortobagy Puszta delivers Great Bustard leks, European Rollers, and nesting Saker Falcons in one of Europe's most spectacular open-country settings."
Species Guide
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