Tállya Patócs-hill - Bükki NP (sitios de interés)
Descripción del sitio
| Year of preservation: 1987 Area: 3.2 hectares This hill with an elevation of 207 m above sea level, built up of rhyolite has a 50-70 m relative lift from the piedmont slope of Tokaj-Hegyalja covered by vineyards. The vegetation of the rocky hilltop bordered by steep slopes and covered by thin soil was not effected by viniculture dating back to several centuries, thus the original ecosystems of the Tokaj-Hegyalja Region has remained in a quasi-nature condition. Several rare protected plants occur in the slope steppe meadows, feathergrass forest steppe meadows and thermophile oak-woods, such as Anemone grandis, mountain pasqueflower (Pulsatilla montana), dwarf iris (Iris pumila), herbaceous periwinkle (Vinca herbacea), Ranunculus illyricus and spring pheasant’s eye (Adonis vernalis). Four of the protected, rather attractive feathergrass species can be found in the area.  The fauna is also composed of species characteristic for warm and dry habitats. Among the butterflies the daytime ones are the most eye-catching. At spring, scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius) and old world swallowtail (Papilio machaon) gather at the top of the hill, while the characteristic species of the summer-end butterfly aspect of steppe meadows are Satyridae, such as great banded grayling (Brintesia circe), woodland grayling (Hipparchia fagi) and small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus). At the warm, bare parts, sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) is common, from the nearby warm oak forests Elaphe longissima visits the area for prey. Above the hill abundant in reptilians, one can sometimes observe short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), also red-backed shrikes (Lanius collurio) and Sylvia species hunt for insects. credit |