Where can you see the Common Pheasant?
Some of the best places to see the Common Pheasant in the wild include Bosc de Virós (Spain), Skomer Island (United Kingdom) and Butrint National Park (Albania) — among 80 wildlife hotspots across 16 countries, including Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Aspromonte National Park
Careri, Italy
+130 birds+20 mammals
Where granite massifs pierce the Calabrian sky and Mediterranean maquis gives way to beech forests, one of southern Italy’s most […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBannau Brycheiniog National Park
Powys, United Kingdom
+120 birds+29 mammals
Red sandstone peaks rise abruptly from rolling moorland in South Wales, where wind-sculpted ridges and glacial valleys create some of […]
VIEW NATIONAL 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 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 PARKButrint National Park
Vagalat, Albania
+133 birds+17 mammals
Where Ionian breezes meet the Corfu Channel, saltmarsh and freshwater lagoons create a mosaic of habitats that pulse with life […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCairngorms National Park
Muir, United Kingdom
+124 birds+27 mammals
Where ancient granite massifs rise above the Scottish Highlands, a subarctic wilderness unfolds across 1,748 square kilometres of raw, elemental […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCamargue Regional Nature Park
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France
+122 birds+30 mammals
Where the Rhône Delta sprawls into the Mediterranean, a landscape of stark and haunting beauty emerges—vast salt marshes punctuated by […]
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 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 PARKCollserola Nature Park
Barcelona, Spain
+131 birds+20 mammals
Where Mediterranean scrubland rises abruptly from Barcelona’s urban edge, a remarkable patchwork of pine forests, cork woodlands, and rocky limestone […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKD’Armorique Regional Nature Park
Le Faou, France
+124 birds+30 mammals
Where granite ridges meet Atlantic moorland, one of Brittany’s wildest regions reveals itself in layers of ecological richness. The landscape […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKDanube Delta Biosphere Reserve
Tulcea, Romania
+123 birds+30 mammals
Where Europe’s mightiest river dissolves into the Black Sea, a labyrinth of reed beds, shallow lagoons, and floating islands creates […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDartmoor National Park
West Devon, United Kingdom
+103 birds+19 mammals
Where weathered granite tors pierce the horizon and wind-sculpted moorland sprawls across 368 square miles of southwestern England, a landscape […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park
Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where the Apennine spine rises between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, beech forests give way to windswept alpine meadows and dramatic limestone […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDell’Arcipelago Toscano National Park
Italy
+128 birds+22 mammals
Azure waters lap against wind-sculpted granite islands where Mediterranean macchia clings to rocky slopes and pine forests crown the hilltops. […]
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 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 PARKEryri National Park
Gwynedd, United Kingdom
+122 birds+29 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Welsh sky, alpine meadows cascade into oak-clad valleys and windswept moorlands define the horizon. This […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEspacio Natural Remolar-Filipinas
El Prat del Llobregat, Spain
+121 birds+28 mammals
Where the Llobregat River delta meets the Mediterranean, a patchwork of salt marshes, reed beds, and shallow lagoons creates one […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEEspai d’interès natural de les Gavarres
Cruïlles, Monells i Sant Sadurní de l'Heura, Spain
+116 birds+14 mammals
Where Mediterranean scrubland meets temperate forest, rolling granite hills define one of Catalonia’s most biodiverse landscapes. Across nearly 600 square […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEExmoor National Park
Somerset, United Kingdom
+103 birds+21 mammals
Windswept moorlands rise abruptly from the Bristol Channel, where heather and gorse blanket rolling uplands carved by Iron Age settlements […]
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 PARKFertő–hanság National Park
Fertőszéplak, Hungary
+12 birds+27 mammals
Where shallow waters meet vast reed beds beneath wide Hungarian skies, one of Central Europe’s most dynamic wetland complexes unfolds […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFundy National Park of Canada
Alma Parish, Canada
+131 birds+27 mammals
Where the Bay of Fundy’s tidal rhythms sculpt the Maritime landscape, a compact wilderness of 345 square kilometres unfolds across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park
Hamburg, Germany
+134 birds+21 mammals
Where the Elbe River surrenders to the North Sea, a vast tapestry of mud flats, salt marshes, and shallow tidal […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHortobágy National Park
Hortobágy, Hungary
+132 birds+19 mammals
Where the Great Hungarian Plain stretches endlessly toward the horizon, vast wetlands and grasslands create one of Europe’s most dynamic […]
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 PARKKauhaneva–pohjankangas National Park
Kauhajoki, Finland
+61 birds+2 mammals
Dawn breaks over an intricate mosaic of raised bogs, pine-studded ridges, and glacial eskers that together form one of Finland’s […]
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 PARKKurjenrahka National Park
Nousiainen, Finland
+58 birds+2 mammals
Where boreal forest meets glacial wetland, southwestern Finland’s hidden gem reveals a landscape of striking contrasts. Across 112 square kilometres, […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLake District National Park
Westmorland and Furness, United Kingdom
+124 birds+25 mammals
Glacial valleys plunge between fell-sided mountains where slate-grey waters mirror some of England’s most dramatic upland terrain. This landscape of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLoch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park
Duchray, United Kingdom
+91 birds+18 mammals
Where ancient woodlands rise from glassy lochs and rugged Highland peaks pierce the lowland horizon, Scotland’s most biodiverse landscape unfolds […]
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 PARKLower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park
Dunum, Germany
+124 birds+28 mammals
Tidal mud flats stretch to the horizon where the North Sea exhales and inhales twice daily, sculpting one of Europe’s […]
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 PARKMontaña de Montserrat Nature Park
Marganell, Spain
+126 birds+30 mammals
Where granite monoliths erupt from the Mediterranean scrubland like cathedral spires, an otherworldly landscape unfolds across Catalonia’s most dramatic mountain […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKMontseny Nature Park
Viladrau, Spain
+105 birds+22 mammals
The Montseny Natural Park is one of Catalonia’s most remarkable protected areas, offering an extraordinary blend of biodiversity, scenic landscapes, […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKMount Nanling Forest Park
Ruyang Forest Farm, China
+83 birds+4 mammals
Granite peaks thrust through a verdant canopy where the Nanling range divides tropical and subtropical China, creating a mosaic of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNalychevo National Park
Nalychevo, Russia
+86 birds+10 mammals
Where volcanic peaks pierce the mist of Russia’s far northeast, a primordial landscape of steaming geothermal springs and pristine river […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorth York Moors National Park
North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
+128 birds+21 mammals
Heather moorlands roll across 554 square miles of the Yorkshire uplands, where rolling hills give way to deep valleys carved […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthumberland National Park
Northumberland, United Kingdom
+71 birds+12 mammals
Where the Cheviot Hills rise like ancient sentinels above the Scottish borderlands, a landscape of moorland, forestry, and river valleys […]
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 PARKOjców National Park
Ojców, Poland
+69 birds+9 mammals
Where limestone gorges knife through southern Poland’s Vistula Valley, a temperate landscape of remarkable ecological drama unfolds across 82 square […]
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 PARKŐrség National Park
Kondorfa, Hungary
+65 birds+20 mammals
Where the Alps fade into the Carpathian foothills, a gentle mosaic of ancient forests and rolling hills defines one of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParc del Garraf
Rat-Penat, Spain
+128 birds+11 mammals
Where Mediterranean limestone plateaus plunge toward the Catalan coast, sculpted cliffs and hidden ravines create a landscape of stark beauty […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKParc del Montnegre i el Corredor
Font-Montnegre, Spain
+110 birds+24 mammals
Where the Mediterranean scrublands rise into pine-clad ridges, a mosaic of ancient forests and rocky outcrops defines one of Catalonia’s […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKPembrokeshire Coast National Park
Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
+123 birds+28 mammals
Where jagged sea cliffs rise dramatically from churning Atlantic waters, one of Britain’s finest coastal wildernesses unfolds across southwest Wales. […]
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 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 PARKPollino National Park
Viggianello, Italy
+102 birds+23 mammals
Where the southern Apennines rise toward the sky in jagged limestone peaks, forests of Bosnian pine cling to precipitous slopes […]
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 PARKPuigventós Nature Reserve
Olesa de Montserrat, Spain
+123 birds+28 mammals
Where the limestone ridges of Catalonia fold into Mediterranean scrubland, a patchwork of cork oak forests and rocky outcrops creates […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVERila 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 PARKRoztocze National Park
Obrocz, Poland
+50 birds
Where rolling loess hills rise and fall across the Polish borderlands, a living frontier emerges between continental and Atlantic climates. […]
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 PARKSchleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park
Germany
+130 birds+21 mammals
Twice daily, the North Sea withdraws from an immense stage of mud, sand, and salt marsh, revealing one of Europe’s […]
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 PARKSibillini Mountains National Park
Ussita, Italy
+123 birds+27 mammals
Where limestone ridges claw toward 2,476 metres, ancient beech forests surrender to alpine meadows and windswept crags that define the […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSierra de Guadarrama National Park
Rascafría, Spain
+141 birds+19 mammals
Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Castilian plateau, weathered by millennia into a landscape of raw alpine drama, lies […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSkomer Island
Haverfordwest, United Kingdom
+74 birds+3 mammals
Where the Irish Sea crashes against the Welsh coast, wind-scoured cliffs rise dramatically from churning waters, creating one of Britain’s […]
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOSöderåsens 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 PARKSouth Downs National Park
Chichester, United Kingdom
+122 birds+28 mammals
Rolling chalk downlands rise and fall across southern England in a landscape sculpted by millennia of grazing and cultivation. These […]
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 PARKStrandzha Nature Park
Kondolovo, Bulgaria
+132 birds+23 mammals
Where the Rhodope Mountains descend toward the Black Sea coast, ancient forests rise above limestone plateaus in a tapestry of […]
VIEW NATURAL 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 PARKTablas de Daimiel National Park
Daimiel, Spain
+137 birds+14 mammals
Where two rivers converge across a vast, flat plain in central Spain, shallow wetlands stretch toward an endless horizon—a landscape […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTeijo National Park
Salo, Finland
+57 birds
Where granite bedrock surfaces through boreal forest and pristine waterways converge, one of Finland’s most intimate wilderness reserves unfolds across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTheodore Roosevelt National Park
Billings County, United States
+92 birds+18 mammals
Where the Little Missouri River carves through the North Dakota badlands, a landscape of rust-colored buttes, golden grasslands, and deep […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTorronsuon National Park
Tammela, Finland
+64 birds+8 mammals
Blanket bogs and pine forests merge beneath vast Nordic skies across this 78-square-kilometre sanctuary in central Finland. Ancient peatlands dominate […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKUjście Warty National Park
Gorzów County, Poland
+50 birds
Where the Warta River sprawls into the Oder, vast wetlands unfold across northwestern Poland in a landscape sculpted by water […]
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 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 RESERVEWielkopolska National Park
Trzebaw, Poland
+81 birds+8 mammals
Where glacial lakes punctuate dense mixed forests, Poland’s greatest concentration of old-growth woodland creates one of Europe’s most ecologically intact […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYorkshire Dales National Park
North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
+104 birds+22 mammals
Where limestone escarpments rise above verdant valleys, a patchwork of moorland, grassland, and woodland creates one of England’s most ecologically […]
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