When we got down there, it was incredibly hot and humid; all the brines were dried up. After photographing my first L. agilis on the first day, I was convinced that this was it for herps. But we got surprisingly lucky. We had three rainy days during the entire trip, which we used for some night trips, that (only) got us B. viridis and B. bufo. Even at T > 30°C we managed to find some R. arvalis, L. viridis and of course some Pelophylax.
Birds were abundant. I can only provide some crappy pics of birds, because I only own a 70-300 mm which was basically brought to its limits, especially during the cloudy and rainy days.
I managed to find some target species I wanted to see, including Bombina bombina and Emys orbicularis. We managed to spot a newt in a ditch on the hungarian side, I assume it was T. dobrogicus, but when I checked the ditch after dark about a week later, I couldn't find any newts. So I guess, we were quite late, even for Triturus. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any N. tessellata, so I have to work on that next year.
Well, I hope you enjoy this mix of species. For me it was an awesome holiday and I hope I can manage to go down to Lake Neusiedl again during spring time.
Bufo bufo
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Bufo viridis
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Pelobates fuscus
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Bombina bombina
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Rana temporaria
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Rana arvalis
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Pelophylax spec.
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Zootoca vivipara
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Lacerta agilis
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Lacerta viridis
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Coronella austriaca
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Natrix natrix
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Emys orbicularis
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Haliaeetus albicilla White-tailed Eagle - Seeadler
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Buteo buteo Common Buzzard - Mäusebussard
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Pernis apivorus European Honey Buzzard - Wespenbussard
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Circus aeruginosus Western Marsh-harrier - Rohrweihe
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58. Circus macrourus Pallid Harrier - Steppenweihe
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Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel - Turmfalke
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62. Merops apiaster European Bee-eater - Bienenfresser
Dove
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Anser anser Greylag Goose - Graugans
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Lanius collurio Red-backed Shrike - Neuntöter
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Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow - Rauchschwalbe
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Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper - Flussuferläufer
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Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt - Stelzenläufer
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Ciconia ciconia White Stork - Weißstorch
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Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian Collared Dove - Türkentaube
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Ficedula hypoleuca or Ficedula albicollis Female Pied Flycatcher (Trauerschnäpper) or Female Collared Flycatcher (Halsbandschnäpper)
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Saxicola rubetra Whinchat - Braunkehlchen
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Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe - Bekassine
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Polyommatus icarus Common Blue - Hauhechelbläuling
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90. Thecla betulae Brown Hairstreak - Nierenfleck-Zipfelfalter
Coenonympha pamphilus Small Heath - Kleines Wiesenvögelchen
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Coenonympha glycerion Chestnut Heath - Rotbraunes Wiesenvögelchen
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Pieris rapae Small White - Kleiner Kohlweißling
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Colias alfacariensis or Colias hyale Berger's Clouded Yellow/Hufeisenklee-Gelbling or Pale Clouded Yellow/Goldene Acht
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Colias croceus Common Clouded Yellow - Postillon
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98. Minois dryas Dryad - Blaukernauge
Autographa gamma and Helicoverpa armigera Silver Y (Gammaeule) and Cotton Bollworm (Baumwoll-Kapseleule)
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Agrius convolvuli Convolvulus Hawk-moth larva (Windenschwärmer-Raupe)
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Mantis
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Ischnura elegans Blue-tailed Damselfly - Große Pechlibelle
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Sympetrum spec. Darter - Heidelibelle
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Sympetrum pedemontanum Banded Darter - Gebänderte Heidelibelle
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Calopteryx splendens Banded Demoiselle - Gebänderte Prachtlibelle
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Probably Dolomedes plantarius Great Raft Spider - Jagdspinne
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Araneus diadematus European Garden Spider - Gartenkreuzspinne
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Argiope bruennichi Wasp Spider - Wespenspinne
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Homo sapiens europaeus *g*
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Rabbits
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Horses
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Landscapes
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Home Sweet Home: Yesterday Late Afternoon
Thanks for looking!
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That was quite a tough one. I saw the bird flying above the same field a day before and wasn't really sure what to make of it. I knew it was a male harrier and for sure not a Western Marsh Harrier. It was slim and very fast. I first thought that it may have been a male Circus pygargus as they were supposed to breed in the area as well. A birder that we met on our trip, but who didn't see the bird, wasn't so sure about it beeing a pygargus. When I managed to photograph it one day later, I actually thought it may be a male Circus cyaneus, but the are not supposed to be in the area before October. A birder from our NABU group later suggested it could be Circus macrourus and the pics, as bad as they are, seem to also confirm this. 
