SeeUinHungary.com Lake Tisza, Bird Natural Reserve

Offering splendours by the thousand Lake Tisza is most willing to reveal its hidden treasures and unrivalled assets to those who would approach them by water. The bird reserve located in the Tiszavalk inlet at the north of the lake is a rigorously protected natural resource entered on the list of internationally recognised waterfowl habitats and it is also part of the Hortobágy National Park which was designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO.

There is one means of approaching the site: it is by boat (however access is forbidden in the hatching period), and the multitude of experiences awaiting us is an abundant reward for the hard work of rowing.
Much to the joy of professional and amateur ornithologists a bird life unique in Europe has emerged here since Lake Tisza was created. Nature has repossessed what once belonged to it. Numerous bird species have repopulated this area, rich in food, fish and bugs and the migrant species were happy to discover the change of quiet rest in this "aquatic oasis" where no man ever disturbs them.
Before hitting the trail in the trackless reeds, it will be worth buying a map, because this wonderful water land is a real labyrints. If we abide by the written and unwritten rules of our hosts, we should be in for breathtaking moments.
This is the land where the most beautiful and most abundant heron colony on the Hungarian part of the Tisza has developed. The common heron similar in size to the stork, the crow-like restless night heron (quawk), the squacco heron, the common egret and the increasingly rare spoonbill, live here in peaceful co-existence, even the black kite and the saker falcon (which jealously guards its nest) feel quite at home among them. The heron colony is surrounded by water, as the medieval castles were surrounded by their moats, but here we cannot advance even in boats because of the jumble of branches and fallen trees.
It is worth rowing into a clearing in the trackless reeds and waiting for a member of the bird population in search of food.
If we are lucky enough, we can glimbse the emblem of Hungarian wildlife preservation, the tufted heron, gliding in the wind with its extended wings like a veil of white silk, we can see the blue-green flash of a kingfisher flying by at a high speed or the industriously fishing cormorant, which is not much appreciated by the fishermen due to its appetite.

Some good advice
We are guests in the home of these rare flying creatures so we should not pursue them intrusively or follow them into the narrow alleys and inlets.
It is forbidden not only because the majority of the plants are protected but also, because we can be in for unpleasant surprises. In this aquatic realm, loud with the noise of birds, human assistance is rarely at hand. It is most advisable to visit it in the company of a skilled guide