Where can you see the Common Pochard?
Some of the best places to see the Common Pochard in the wild include Kerkini Lake National Park (Greece), Vikos–Aoos National Park (Greece) and Pindos National Park (Greece) — among 67 wildlife hotspots across 17 countries, including Spain, Italy, Germany and Russia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Altai Tavan Bogd National Park
Tsengel, Mongolia
+25 birds+3 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust above 4,000 metres and alpine tundra stretches endlessly beneath crystalline skies, Mongolia’s wildest frontier reveals itself […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAspromonte 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 PARKBaikal National Park
Ольхонский район, Russia
+124 birds+27 mammals
Where ancient mountains plunge into Earth’s deepest freshwater lake, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds across the southern shores of […]
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 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 PARKCabo de Gata-Níjar Nature Park
San José, Spain
+131 birds+21 mammals
Where arid mountains plunge toward an impossibly blue Mediterranean, Spain’s southeastern corner harbors one of Europe’s most dramatically understated wilderness […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKCaldera de Taburiente National Park
El Paso, Spain
+69 birds+4 mammals
Volcanic amphitheaters of rust-red stone rise nearly 2,400 meters from the island of La Palma, their ancient walls cradling a […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCap de Ferrutx Nature Reserve
Artà, Spain
+137 birds+12 mammals
Where limestone cliffs plunge into crystalline Mediterranean waters, a mosaic of Mediterranean scrubland, pine forest, and rocky terrain defines one […]
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