Regular migrant in small numbers. The most important stopover and moulting areas are the bare grasslands of the Hortobágy, on a continental level. Occasionally can be observed in other places, on lowland pastures, alkali grasslands, rarely on drained fishponds, bare agricultural areas. Autumn migration is between mid-August and early November, and it peaks in late September, early October. The estimated number of annual migrants is between 200 and 1000. Less numerous in spring (early April – mid-May).