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Zoltán Pabar - Managing Director, Tour Leader

He graduated at the Tessedik Sámuel College on the Faculty of Agricultural, Water and Enviromental Management in Szarvas. His thesis was on the Rehabilitation possibilities of the backwaters of the Great Hungarian Plain. He speaks and writes in English and he understands a little German as well. He started birdwatching when he was a child less than 14 years old and he started fishing when he was only 10 years old. He was the leader of the Barn Owl conservation programme at South-East Hungary. In 2006 he spent 3 months in the Netherlands studying the birds and their diverse habitats. In 2007 he was in the United Kingdom, improving his English.

He has observed about 280 bird species in Hungary. His list includes Bewick’s and Whooper swan, Red-breasted Goose, Lesser White-Fronted Goose, Ruddy Schelduck, Imperial Eagle, Golden Eagle, Black-winged Pratincole, Stilt Sandpiper, Great Black-Headed Gull, Gull-Billed Tern, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Woodchat Shrike in Hungary.

He started photographing 5 years ago. Some of his photos were displayed at a few exhibitions. His favourite subjects are birds, plants and macro.

He has travelled with his camera and telescope in many countries, such as: Austria, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Egypt, Netherlands and Thailand.

Ákos Monoki - Tour Leader

He has been interested in birds since he was six years old. He started birdwatching in the Great Hungarian Plain, mainly in the Nagykunság, Nagy-Sárrét and the Hortobágy, and has developed a significant expertise of the region. He graduated at the College of Nyíregyháza and the University of Debrecen on biology-environmental protection department.

Now he is working for the Nimfea Nature Conservation Association (Túrkeve) as the leader of biodiversity-protection project, carrying out many nature conservational, environment protectional and environmental education programs. He has been leading birding and environmental education tours in the Nagykunság and Nagy-Sárrét since 2002. Besides birding he is a keen photographer. He speaks english well.