Pacsmagi lakes Nature Conservation Area

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The economic rationality of man gets twisted from time to time, the beneficiary of which will be nature. For example the Tisza lake, which was originally made to be a storage lake, but because of imperfect survey the silting up area is – according to sharp remarks – became 'the most expensive investment in bird protection'.
It is the same story about the Pacsmag lakes: the Koppány valley was an agricultural area until the beginning of the 20th century when the Koppány stream was dammed to create fish ponds. However, because of this intervention the valley transformed entirely. The grounds along the five lakes became boggy, marshy, even areas further away could be used only for grazing. Later the edges of the fish ponds got silted up and the banks were covered with reed, bulrush associations and undisturbed reed islands came about in the inner areas – on the open water surface larger than a hundred hectares. This is how the important – even in terms of European standards (so called Ramsar area) a station for migrant water birds came about. But the about sixty birds nesting here are of outstanding value. The great white heron, the little egret, common and purple herons, dwarf herons and night herons, ferruginous ducks, mallards hatch here. The corncrake getting rarer, the great snipe, the grasshopper warbler and the marsh harrier feel comfortable in the marshy associations of the neighbourhood. White-tailed eagles, black kites, lesser spotted eagles come from the vicinity to hunt here. During migration time thousands of ducks and goose species buzz in the valley stretching among hills recalling paradise.

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