We approached this site by car but one can get pretty close by coach too. The area is composed of three discretes and one of them is found in Romania. We did not visit the fish pond in Romania and mainly explored the Ugrai lakes near Biharkeresztes.
The site is easily reached by a dust road and we walked along the shore to see the avifauna. There were a few mute swan (Cyngus olor) on the lake, I have seen several coot (Fulica atra) and wild geese flying over our head.
Reed is harvested and bumped into stacks in the nearby meadow.
The road within the territory allowed us to get barely close to the waterbody thus the observation was quite easy. It is migration time so we spotted several flock of migrating waterfowl, mainly geese.
The mud showed us some quadrupeds footprints. Some of them were pretty small and indicated mammal presence for the area.
Observation tower and the open gate is visible at the entrance. We were lucky and not got stuck in the mud but as it was raining the night before our way was quite slippery.
The water was certainly not full of birds but even with this lenses we captured a few swans for the record.
Brave Dad with his son in the distance...
It is possible to get an inside view of the lake by boat BUT not with this one...
Burnt reed trunks. It supposed to stop the extensive floral habitat expansion and also helps a healthy regeneration for the reed bed.
Mild pollution and the unseen water quality the 'Dark side' of this area.
