Water buffalo
Grazing the flooded meadows.
Jarba — CC BY 3.0 · Derzsi Elekes Andor — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wolfgang Sebon — CC BY-SA 3.0 · ModriDirkac — CC BY-SA 4.0
The boardwalk walk is lovely in itself and the buffalo delight children; but without binoculars or interest in birds, the time is better spent on the shore.
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"Little Balaton" and the great lake's lung: a wide marsh at the mouth of the Zala river southwest of the lake, drained in the nineteenth century and deliberately reflooded in the 1980s to filter the river before it enters Balaton — becoming Central Europe's most important waterbird habitat and a Ramsar site. More than two hundred species visit: the great white egret that is the reserve's emblem, glossy ibis, pelicans and wild geese in tens of thousands on the autumn migration, and Hungarian water buffalo grazing the flooded meadows. Visits run from the Fenékpuszta visitor centre on boardwalks and watchtowers, or by guided tour on Kányavári Island with its free timber bridge. Bring binoculars: the birds are distant and patience is rewarded. Best in April-May for nesting and September-October for migration.
Grazing the flooded meadows.
On boardwalks above the reeds.
Fenékpuszta, Keszthely