Hortobágy National Park is an 800 square kilometer protected area in eastern Hungary that was designated as a national park in 1973 and is known for its cultural history and folklore. Some of its iconic sites include the Nine-holed Bridge and traditional T-shaped sweep wells. The park provides habitat for 342 bird species and is an important stopover site for migrating cranes. It is also home to various animal species like Hungarian Grey Cattle, Racka sheep, horses, water buffalos. Since 1991, the bird hospital in Hortobágy National Park operates a bird repatriation station that treats and cares for injured and ill protected birds, with around 40% being successfully released back into the

1. HORTOBÁGY NATIONAL PARK

2. SOME DETAILS ABOUT
HORTOBÁGY
• Hortobágy is an 800 km2
national park in Eastern
Hungary rich with folklore
and cultural history. The park,
a part of the Great Plain was
designated as a national park
in 1973 and elected among
the World Heritage site since
1999. The Hortobágy is
Hungary's largest protected
area, and the largest semi-natural
grassland in Europe.

3. • One of it’s most
iconic sites is
the Nine-holed
Bridge.
NINE-HOLED BRIDGE

4. TRADITIONAL T-SHAPED SWEEP WELL

5. • Hortobágy is a
steppe, a grassy
plain with
Hungarian Grey
Cattle, Racka
sheep,
ANIMALS

6. • Horses and
Water
Buffalos.
ANIMALS

7. • It provides habitat for various species including
342 species of birds.
• Red-footed Falcon
BIRDS

8. • Great Bustard • Aquatic Warbler
BIRDS

9. • The area is an
important
stopover site for
migrating
Common Cranes
CRANE

10. •The Foundation's goal is
primarily the veterinarian
treatment of protected birds
and their release to freedom
in nature following their
recovery.
•In addition to natural
damages and infections due
to human activities - such
as poisoning, damages on
highways, poaching, etc. -
many birds suffer injuries
from which they can be
saved under the proper
conditions.
BIRD HOSPITAL IN HORTOBÁGY

11. •Since 1991 the veterinarian
treatment of birds has been
covered by the bird repatriation
station operated by Hortobágy
National Park, where damaged and
ill protected and highly protected
birds arrive from all parts of the
country. Under the current
conditions, following the /primarily
operational/ veterinarian care,
follow-up care and full recovery,
some 40% of them are return to the
wild.
•The breeding, interior propagation
and storage of the single birds that
had suffered permanent damage
are also carried out at the site.
BIRD HOSPITAL IN HORTOBÁGY

12. SOME OTHER PICTURES

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