Where can you see the Black Woodpecker?
Some of the best places to see the Black Woodpecker in the wild include Bosc de Virós (Spain), Gorkhi-Terelj National Park (Mongolia) and Olympos National Park (Greece) — among 81 wildlife hotspots across 14 countries, including Poland, Spain, Russia and Germany. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Alt Pirineu Natural Park
Cassibrós, Spain
+95 birds+22 mammals
Where granite peaks scrape the Catalan sky and ancient beech forests give way to high alpine meadows, one of the […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKBavarian Forest National Park
Germany
+121 birds+30 mammals
Where beech and spruce embrace across ancient granite uplands, Central Europe’s wildest borderland unfolds. The Bavarian Forest straddles the German-Czech […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBiałowieża National Park
Bialowieza, Poland
+105 birds+29 mammals
Ancient woodland sprawls across the Polish-Belarusian border where primordial forests have escaped the axe for centuries. This 198-square-kilometre sanctuary harbours […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBieszczady National Park
Bieszczady County, Poland
+82 birds+6 mammals
Where the Carpathian foothills roll eastward into Ukraine, ancient beech and spruce forests cling to steep slopes that rise above […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBory Tucholskie National Park
Chojnice County, Poland
+43 birds+9 mammals
Where pine forests stretch endlessly across glacial plains, Poland’s hidden jewel unfolds across 155 square kilometres of pristine wilderness. Sandy […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBosc de Virós
Ainet de Besan, Spain
+121 birds+30 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the eastern Pyrenees, a temperate wonderland emerges in the borderlands between Spain and Andorra. Bosc […]
VIEW FOREST & JUNGLEBosques de Plan
San Juan de Plan, Spain
+123 birds+30 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into beech and fir forests, the Pyrenean valleys of Bosques de Plan unfold in dramatic tiers […]
VIEW FOREST & JUNGLEBükk National Park
Répáshuta, Hungary
+70 birds
Where limestone plateaus collide with deciduous forests, Hungary’s northern highlands unfold across nearly 900 square kilometres of Europe’s most biodiverse […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCadí Moixeró Nature Park
Bagà, Spain
+122 birds+30 mammals
Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park is one of the largest and most spectacular protected areas in Catalonia, located in the heart of […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKCapçaleres del Ter i del Freser Nature Park
La Farga, Spain
+108 birds+20 mammals
Where granite peaks claw at the Catalan sky, alpine meadows and ancient beech forests unfold across nearly 300 square kilometers […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKCasentinesi Forests, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park
Santa Sofia, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where granite ridges rise above 1,600 meters through the heart of Tuscany and Romagna, beech forests transition into alpine meadows […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCentral Balkan National Park
Zhidov dol, Bulgaria
+111 birds+21 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Bulgarian highlands, ancient beech and conifer forests blanket mountains that rise dramatically from the Balkan […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCévennes (Cœur) National Park
Vebron, France
+120 birds+32 mammals
Where granite ridges plunge into serpentine river valleys, a wilderness of schist and limestone unfolds across the Massif Central. Ancient […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKD’Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park
la Vall de Boí, Spain
+106 birds+15 mammals
Granite peaks rise dramatically from crystalline lakes in Spain’s Pyrenean heartland, where torrential streams cascade through meadows studded with alpine […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDelle Incisioni Rupestri di Naquane National Park
Capo di Ponte, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where Alpine valleys descend into the Lombardy foothills, glacier-carved granite formations rise in dramatic tiers above the Oglio River valley. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDolomiti Bellunesi National Park
Sospirolo, Italy
+63 birds+15 mammals
Where jagged limestone towers pierce a sky of impossible blue, the Bellunesi Dolomites unfold as one of Europe’s most dramatic […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDuna-Ipoly National Park
Dömös, Hungary
+121 birds+30 mammals
Where the Danube carves its sinuous path through northern Hungary, limestone ridges rise abruptly from the river valley, their pale […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKÉcrins (Cœur) National Park
La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar, France
+107 birds+24 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Alpine cloudline and glacial torrents carve through crystalline valleys, France’s wildest mountain heart reveals itself. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFärnebofjärden National Park
Gävleborgs län, Sweden
+75 birds+11 mammals
Where the Ljusnan River carves through central Sweden’s boreal wilderness, a landscape of profound ecological richness unfolds across 9,400 hectares […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGladyshevskiy Wildlife Refuge
Gor'kovskoe, Russia
+37 birds
Taiga forest gives way to windswept tundra across this 131-square-kilometre sanctuary in Russia’s Far East, where boreal and arctic ecosystems […]
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYGorkhi-Terelj National Park
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
+92 birds+17 mammals
Granite peaks thrust skyward across rolling steppe where ancient rivers have carved deep gorges through Mongolia’s heartland. This 295,400-hectare wilderness […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGran Paradiso National Park
Cogne, Italy
+78 birds+22 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Alpine sky at over 4,000 meters, ancient glaciers carve deep valleys into some of Europe’s […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHarz National Park
Harz (LK Goslar), Germany
+122 birds+30 mammals
Where dense beech and spruce forests rise across rolling highlands, ancient granite peaks emerge from blankets of mist, creating one […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKIsojärvi National Park
Kuhmoinen, Finland
+57 birds+3 mammals
Where granite outcrops pierce boreal forest and crystalline waters mirror ancient pine, Finland’s central lake district reveals its most compelling […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJasmund National Park
Sassnitz, Germany
+126 birds+26 mammals
Soaring white limestone cliffs plunge dramatically toward the Baltic Sea, their chalk faces sculpted by millennia of wind and wave […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKampinos National Park
Gurba, Poland
+123 birds+30 mammals
Vast wetlands and ancient pine forests sprawl across the sandy plains just northwest of Warsaw, where Poland’s largest national park […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKarkonosze National Park
Przesieka, Poland
+50 birds+10 mammals
Where granite peaks claw at Polish skies, a landscape of rare alpine tundra unfolds across the Sudetes Mountains. This 326-square-kilometre […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhoridol Saridag National Park
Khatgal, Mongolia
+90 birds+21 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust skyward across Mongolia’s remote southeastern reaches, a landscape of raw geological drama unfolds. Deep river gorges […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKosterhavets National Park
Västra Götalands län, Sweden
+133 birds+17 mammals
Where the Skagerrak’s cold currents lap against Sweden’s western coast, a labyrinth of granite islands and skerries emerges from the […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLa Mata de València
Son, Spain
+62 birds+11 mammals
Forests of Mediterranean pine and deciduous woodland blanket the terrain around Son in Lleida, where the Catalan landscape transitions between […]
VIEW FOREST & JUNGLELahemaa National Park
Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
+111 birds+15 mammals
Where primordial forests meet crystalline coastlines, Estonia’s largest national park unfolds across 1,304 square kilometers of Nordic wilderness. Granite bedrock, […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLiesjärven National Park
Tammela, Finland
+69 birds+8 mammals
Granite outcrops rise dramatically from boreal forest where Finland’s Liesjärvi River carves through one of the country’s most geologically compelling […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLosiny Ostrov National Park
Balashikhinsky District, Russia
+120 birds+30 mammals
Ancient pine and birch forests sweep across undulating terrain where the Moskva River winds through Moscow’s northeastern reaches, creating a […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLower Oder Valley National Park
Schwedt/Oder, Germany
+124 birds+30 mammals
Where two nations’ borders converge along the Oder River, a landscape of wetlands, floodplain forests and oxbow lakes unfolds across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMagura National Park
Kotań, Poland
+76 birds+11 mammals
Where beech and spruce forests rise across the Pieniny Mountains, a landscape of dramatic limestone gorges and verdant plateaux unfolds […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMercantour (Cœur) National Park
Isola, France
+120 birds+29 mammals
Where alpine meadows surrender to vertiginous limestone cliffs, the Mercantour’s beating heart pulses with Mediterranean and Alpine rhythms. This 4,221-square-kilometre […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNizhnyaya Kama National Park
Yelabuzhsky District, Russia
+118 birds+9 mammals
Where the middle Volga River carves through the ancient steppes of Tatarstan, a sprawling 1,100-square-kilometre sanctuary unfolds across meadows, wetlands, […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorra Kvill National Park
Kalmar County, Sweden
+13 birds
Where primordial forest meets weathered bedrock, one of Europe’s most pristine old-growth woodlands persists in southeastern Sweden. Norra Kvill’s 2 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNuuksio National Park
Espoo, Finland
+90 birds+12 mammals
Where granite bedrock meets boreal forest within easy reach of Helsinki, a wilderness of unexpected grandeur unfolds across nearly 200 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOlympos National Park
Pieria Regional Unit, Greece
+133 birds+17 mammals
Where the Thessalian plains meet the Mediterranean, granite peaks thrust skyward in defiant majesty, their slopes cloaked in a mosaic […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOrdesa y Monte Perdido National Park
Sobrarbe, Spain
+121 birds+29 mammals
Where limestone cliffs rise nearly a thousand metres in sheer vertical walls, the Pyrenees reveal their most dramatic visage. Ordesa […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOzyornoe Wildlife Refuge Marsh
Lebyazh'e, Russia
+69 birds+7 mammals
Where sphagnum mosses and shallow waters merge across sixteen square kilometers of undisturbed wetland, Russia’s Озёрное emerges as one of […]
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYPäijänne National Park
Padasjoki, Finland
+66 birds+1 mammals
Where granite islands pierce the glassy waters of Finland’s second-largest lake, ancient boreal forests meet archipelago wilderness across 503 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPatvinsuo National Park
Lieksa, Finland
+53 birds
Boardwalks wind through one of Finland’s most pristine wetland complexes, where sphagnum bogs dominate a sprawling 185-square-kilometre sanctuary in eastern […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPicos de Europa National Park
Posada de Valdeón, Spain
+120 birds+17 mammals
Where limestone peaks pierce the Asturian sky at nearly 2,700 metres, three colossal massifs create a fortress of vertical rock […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPieniny National Park
Tylka, Poland
+74 birds+5 mammals
Where granite gorge walls rise dramatically from the Dunajec River’s emerald waters, a ribbon of wilderness threads through Poland’s Pieniny […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPieniny National Park
Sromowce Niżne, Poland
+50 birds
Where granite gorges cut through densely forested ridges, the Dunajec River Gorge creates one of Central Europe’s most dramatic natural […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPirin National Park
Bansko, Bulgaria
+133 birds+21 mammals
Where jagged limestone peaks pierce the Macedonian sky, ancient glacial valleys cradle some of Bulgaria’s most pristine wilderness. This southwestern […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPolesie National Park
Michałów, Poland
+96 birds+10 mammals
Where the Narew River winds through Poland’s eastern borderlands, pristine wetlands and ancient forests converge in one of Europe’s most […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPosets–maladeta Natural Park
Benasque, Spain
+121 birds+29 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Pyrenean sky at over 3,300 metres, the Posets–Maladeta massif commands one of Spain’s most dramatic […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKRedes Nature Park
Arrobio, Spain
+78 birds+16 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the Cantabrian mountains, beech forests rise in cathedral-like stands above cascading streams and alpine meadows. […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKRegional Park of the Catalan Pyrenees
Olette, France
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust skyward above cloud-laden valleys, a wild tapestry of Mediterranean and alpine ecosystems interweaves across the Franco-Spanish […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVERepovesi National Park
Kouvola, Finland
+58 birds+1 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through boreal forest, crystalline lakes nestle between weathered rock walls that rise dramatically from the surrounding […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRila National Park
Mala tsarkva, Bulgaria
+131 birds+20 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Balkan skyline, pristine conifer forests blanket steep mountain slopes in an ecological tapestry that has […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSamegrelo Planned National Park
Medani, Georgia
+60 birds+16 mammals
Where the Caucasus descends toward the Black Sea, temperate rainforests cloak steep valleys in an emerald tapestry rarely seen in […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSaxon Switzerland National Park
Sebnitz, Germany
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where sandstone cliffs soar vertically above the Elbe River, a landscape of extraordinary geological drama unfolds across the German-Czech borderlands. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSchwarzwald National Park
Baiersbronn, Germany
+72 birds+9 mammals
Where dense spruce forests give way to ancient beech woodlands and windswept moorlands, one of Central Europe’s most ecologically vital […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKShoria National Park
Tashtagolsky Municipal Okrug, Russia
+34 birds
Where granite peaks pierce the boreal wilderness of southern Siberia, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds across nearly ten thousand […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSierra de Boumort
Segan, Spain
+125 birds+29 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the Catalan Pyrenees, ancient limestone cliffs rise in dramatic ramparts above dense Mediterranean forests. This […]
VIEW MOUNTAIN & ALPINESila National Park
San Giovanni in Fiore, Italy
+133 birds+17 mammals
Where ancient beech forests rise above a high Calabrian plateau, Italy’s wilderness core reveals itself in dramatic relief. At elevations […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSipoonkorven National Park
Sipoo, Finland
+88 birds+6 mammals
Where granite outcrops pierce boreal forest and pristine wetlands sprawl beneath Nordic skies, one of Finland’s most ecologically vital reserves […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSöderåsens National Park
Skåne län, Sweden
+130 birds+26 mammals
Dramatic limestone gorges slice through beech and oak forest where the Helge River carves its way southward across Skåne’s rolling […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSoomaa National Park
Viljandi County, Estonia
+46 birds+6 mammals
Where peat bogs stretch endlessly beneath vast Estonian skies, four distinct wetland rivers carve through 749 square kilometers of primordial […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKStelvio National Park
Valfurva, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Alpine sky above 3,000 metres, three valleys converge in a realm of stark beauty and […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKStenshuvuds National Park
Skåne län, Sweden
+136 birds+18 mammals
Where windswept cliffs plunge toward the Baltic and ancient beech forests cling to limestone slopes, southern Sweden reveals one of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKŠumava National Park
Germany
+120 birds+29 mammals
Where ancient spruce forests rise and peat bogs stretch beneath mist-laden skies, the Bavarian borderlands hold one of Central Europe’s […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKŚwiętokrzyski National Park
Dębno, Poland
+70 birds+1 mammals
Granite peaks pierce the forested plateau of central Poland’s Holy Cross Mountains, where ancient rock formations thrust dramatically from blankets […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSyöte National Park
Taivalkoski, Finland
+54 birds+2 mammals
Where boreal forests meet rolling fells and ancient gorges carve through weathered bedrock, Finland’s largest national park unfolds across nearly […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTable Mountains National Park
Karłów, Poland
150+ birds+30 mammals
Where sandstone plateaus rise like ancient fortresses above forested valleys, Poland’s 108-square-kilometre wilderness unfolds across the Table Mountains. Vertical rock […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTatra National Park
Zakopane, Poland
+93 birds+2 mammals
Where granite peaks slash through the clouds at over 2,600 metres, Poland’s only true alpine ecosystem unfolds across 507 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTsentralno-Lesnoy Gosudarstvennyy Prirodnyy Biosfernyy Nature Reserve
Nelidovsky District, Russia
+82 birds+8 mammals
Ancient spruce and fir forests stretch across undulating terrain in western Russia, where primordial taiga landscape remains largely untouched by […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKV. Peskov Voronezhsky State Nature Biosphere Reserve
Kaverinskiy, Russia
+57 birds+7 mammals
Where the Don River winds through central Russia’s temperate forests, ancient pine and oak woodlands embrace nearly 564 square kilometers […]
VIEW BIOSPHERE RESERVEValdaysky National Park
Валдайский муниципальный округ, Russia
+122 birds+13 mammals
Where glacial lakes pierce a landscape of boreal forest and ancient hills, Russia’s Valdai region unfolds as one of Eastern […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKValles Occidentales Nature Park
Siresa, Spain
+76 birds+11 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the western Pyrenean foothills, steep valleys carved by ancient rivers create a mosaic of Mediterranean […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKVanoise National Park
Val-Cenis, France
+105 birds+21 mammals
Where granite peaks fracture the Alpine sky above 4,000 meters, Vanoise’s 1,716 square kilometers unfold as France’s oldest national park […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVitosha Nature Park
Chuypetlovo, Bulgaria
+103 birds+12 mammals
Where ancient granite peaks rise above the Bulgarian capital, a wild sanctuary unfolds across nearly 27,000 hectares of pristine montane […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKVorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park
Küstengewässer einschließlich Anteil am Festlandso, Germany
+131 birds+20 mammals
Shallow lagoons merge imperceptibly with reed-fringed marshes where the Baltic coast dissolves into a maze of brackish waters and low-lying […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVratsa Balkan
Zgorigrad, Bulgaria
+137 birds+19 mammals
Where limestone cliffs plunge into deep river canyons and beech forests give way to rocky karst plateaus, one of Bulgaria’s […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEWigry National Park
Czerwony Folwark, Poland
+70 birds+1 mammals
Where pristine glacial lakes mirror centuries-old pine forests, northeastern Poland’s most compelling wilderness unfolds across 368 square kilometers of unspoiled […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWolin National Park
Kamień County, Poland
+96 birds+17 mammals
Where the Baltic coastline fragments into a mosaic of pine forests, freshwater lakes, and windswept dunes, northwestern Poland harbors one […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKZemo Svaneti Planned National Park
Hamashi-Totoleshi, Georgia
+107 birds+8 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above the Caucasus, sweeping alpine meadows give way to pristine beech and spruce forests […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARK