Common Rosefinch

Aggtelek National Park

Szin, Hungary

+119 birds+13 mammals

Where limestone karst terrain rises and plunges across North Hungary's borderlands, Aggtelek National Park unfolds across 543 square kilometres of one of Europe's most geologically dramatic…

Altai Tavan Bogd National Park

Tsengel, Mongolia

+146 birds+3 mammals

Where the Altai Mountains rise in jagged defiance along Mongolia's western frontier, the terrain transforms into a realm of alpine tundra, rocky plateaus, and glacier-carved valleys…

Baikal National Park

Ольхонский район, Russia

+184 birds+11 mammals

Where the world's deepest freshwater lake meets ancient Siberian taiga, Baikal National Park sprawls across 66,203 square kilometers of one of Earth's most singular ecosystems. The…

Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve

Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China

+204 birds+3 mammals

High-altitude ridges and steep-sided valleys define this reserve in northwestern Yunnan, where elevations surge from around 3,000 metres to peaks above 4,100 metres. The terrain supports…

Bandhavgarh National Park

Garhpuri, India

+285 birds+17 mammals

Where granite ridges rise dramatically above sal and bamboo forests, one of India's most pristine tiger reserves unfolds across the Vindhyan plateau. Ancient rock formations tower…

Bandipur National Park

Hirehalli, India

+302 birds+19 mammals

Where the Western Ghats descend into the Deccan plateau, ancient deciduous forests blanket a landscape carved by the Nugu River. Bandipur unfolds across 880 square kilometres…

Białowieża National Park

Bialowieza, Poland

+177 birds+23 mammals

Straddling the border between Poland and Belarus, this primordial forest landscape encompasses one of Europe's last remaining expanses of old-growth woodland, where ancient trees rise through…

Biebrza National Park

Goniądz, Poland

+242 birds+33 mammals

Where the Narew River sprawls across northeastern Poland's flatlands, Biebrza National Park unfolds as one of Europe's largest and most ecologically vital wetland complexes. Encompassing roughly…

Bieszczady National Park

Bieszczady County, Poland

+131 birds+16 mammals

Where the Carpathian foothills roll across southeastern Poland, a vast upland wilderness of beech and spruce forest unfolds across nearly 1,575 square kilometres, sheltering one of…

Bükk National Park

Répáshuta, Hungary

+161 birds+15 mammals

Where forested limestone ridges rise across northern Hungary, Bükk National Park unfolds across nearly 900 square kilometres of temperate woodland, rocky gorges, and karst formations that…

Cairngorms National Park

Muir, United Kingdom

+192 birds+31 mammals

Where ancient granite massifs rise above the Scottish Highlands, a subarctic wilderness unfolds across 1,748 square kilometres of raw, elemental terrain. Windswept plateaus give way to…

Camargue Regional Nature Park

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France

+378 birds+48 mammals

Where the Rhône Delta sprawls into the Mediterranean, a landscape of stark and haunting beauty emerges—vast salt marshes punctuated by shallow lagoons, reed beds, and scrubland…

Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

Tulcea, Romania

+277 birds+27 mammals

Where the Danube surrenders to the Black Sea, a vast labyrinth of channels, reed beds, and freshwater lakes sprawls across nearly 13,400 square kilometers of eastern…

Delta de l’Ebre Natural Park

Eucaliptus, Spain

+341 birds+18 mammals

Where the Ebro River spreads into a vast labyrinth of shallow lagoons, reed beds, and brackish marshes before surrendering to the Mediterranean, one of southern Europe's…

Eravikulam National Park

Devikulam, India

+192 birds+7 mammals

High in the Western Ghats of Kerala, where monsoon mists cling to slopes that rise above 2,000 metres, Eravikulam National Park preserves one of South India's…

Färnebofjärden National Park

Gävleborgs län, Sweden

+170 birds+20 mammals

Where the Gävle River widens into a sprawling delta before meeting the Gulf of Bothnia, Färnebofjärden National Park unfolds across a landscape of exceptional ecological complexity.…

Gangotri National Park

Bhatwari, India

+119 birds+1 mammals

Where the Bhagirathi River carves through the western Himalayas in northern Uttarakhand, Gangotri National Park rises across steep alpine terrain that defines the boundary between temperate…

Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China

+443 birds+13 mammals

Giant Panda National Park

Mianyang, China

+447 birds+47 mammals

Where the eastern slopes of China's Sichuan plateau descend into cloud-wrapped valleys, one of Asia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across more than 350,000 square kilometres. This…

Gir National Park

Asundrali, India

+258 birds+13 mammals

Dry deciduous forests cloak the rolling hills of western Gujarat where the Gir landscape rises as a final sanctuary for one of the world's rarest felids:…

Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park

Tsagaan Subarga Hural, Mongolia

+183 birds+23 mammals

Where rust-coloured badlands rise from the southern Gobi steppe, the terrain transforms into a landscape of geological drama that few visitors expect to find in Mongolia's…

Gorkhi-Terelj National Park

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

+137 birds+5 mammals

Where granite monoliths rise abruptly from rolling steppe grasslands, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park unfolds across the landscape north of Ulaanbaatar, a sanctuary where forest and alpine meadow…

Hemis National Park

Raigahar Dhar, India

+131 birds+13 mammals

Where granite gorges cleave through the Himalayas at dizzying altitudes, a vast wilderness of alpine desert unfolds across the rain shadow of Ladakh. Hemis sprawls across…

Hermaness National Nature Reserve

Shetland, United Kingdom

+86 birds+3 mammals

At the northern tip of Unst, the northernmost inhabited island of Shetland, sea cliffs of weathered sandstone and basalt rise dramatically from the North Sea, their…

Hortobágy National Park

Hortobágy, Hungary

+260 birds+17 mammals

Across the North Great Plain of Hungary stretches one of Europe's most expansive semi-natural grassland systems, where horizon-wide vistas of steppe and wetland create a landscape…

Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, China

+194 birds+7 mammals

Across the high plateau of northwestern Sichuan, a geological wonder unfolds where limestone terraces and mineral-rich springs have sculpted one of China's most distinctive natural monuments.…

Hustai National Park

Altanbulag, Mongolia

+198 birds+16 mammals

Where the steppe rolls endlessly beneath vast Mongolian skies, Hustai National Park preserves one of Central Asia's most dynamic grassland ecosystems. Rolling hills and open prairie…

Javakheti National Park

Bozali, Georgia

+138 birds

Dawn breaks over a high-altitude plateau where volcanic peaks pierce the Caucasian sky, their slopes cloaked in alpine meadows that stretch toward horizons of impossible clarity.…

Kampinos National Park

Roztoka, Poland

+183 birds+18 mammals

Sandy pine forests and wetland mosaics spread across the glacial plains northwest of Warsaw, where Kampinos National Park protects one of central Europe's most distinctive lowland…

Kanha Tiger Reserve

Kanha Kisli F.V., India

+321 birds+23 mammals

Where sal forests give way to emerald meadows and crystalline streams carve through ancient valleys, one of India's finest wilderness reserves unfolds across the Maikal Range.…

Karkonosze National Park

Przesieka, Poland

+83 birds+6 mammals

Where granite peaks rise above the tree line and deep beech forests cloak the lower slopes, Karkonosze National Park spans some 326 square kilometres across the…

Karula National Park

Võru County, Estonia

+110 birds+9 mammals

Where glacial lakes pierce a landscape of boreal forest and bogland, Karula National Park sprawls across 222 square kilometers of southeastern Estonia, a sanctuary where the…

Kaziranga National Park

Kohora, India

+422 birds+26 mammals

Dawn breaks over the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where tall grasslands stretch endlessly beneath monsoon-heavy skies. This sprawling wilderness of northeastern Assam is a mosaic of…

Keoladeo National Park

Shreenagar Rural, India

+326 birds+14 mammals

Where shallow wetlands shimmer beneath vast Rajasthani skies, one of Asia's finest bird sanctuaries pulses with extraordinary life. This former maharaja's hunting reserve, now spanning 29…

Khangai Nuruu National Park

Erdenetsogt, Mongolia

+136 birds+7 mammals

Where granite ridges pierce Mongolia's central steppe, alpine meadows give way to dense coniferous forests that climb toward windswept summits. Khangai Nuruu sweeps across 1.2 million…

Khangchendzonga National Park

Sakkyong, India

+290 birds+1 mammals

Where the eastern Himalayas surge toward their crowning peaks, Khangchendzonga National Park embraces a landscape of almost overwhelming vertical drama. Rising from subtropical river valleys into…

Khoridol Saridag National Park

Khatgal, Mongolia

+164 birds+6 mammals

Where granite peaks thrust skyward across Mongolia's remote southeastern reaches, a landscape of raw geological drama unfolds. Deep river gorges carved through ancient stone create a…

Kosterhavets National Park

Västra Götalands län, Sweden

+211 birds+9 mammals

Where the west coast of Sweden dissolves into an archipelago of granite skerries and pine-clad islands, Kosterhavets National Park emerges as one of northern Europe's most…

Lahemaa National Park

Lääne-Viru County, Estonia

+237 birds+25 mammals

Where the Baltic coast meets temperate forest in northwestern Estonia, Lahemaa National Park sprawls across more than 1,300 square kilometers of deeply character-filled terrain. Coastal wetlands…

Lake District National Park

Westmorland and Furness, United Kingdom

+209 birds+36 mammals

Where slate fells rise steeply from mirror-still waters, the Lake District unfolds as one of Britain's most ecologically intricate mountain landscapes. The park's patchwork of deep…

Langtang National Park

Helambu, Nepal

+364 birds+14 mammals

Where the southern slopes of the Himalayan highlands descend toward the subtropical valleys of central Nepal, Langtang National Park sprawls across one of the subcontinent's most…

Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve

Holy Island, United Kingdom

+240 birds+13 mammals

Windswept tidal flats and rocky outcrops define this reserve on Holy Island, where the North Sea's relentless rhythm shapes both landscape and wildlife. The terrain shifts…

Losiny Ostrov National Park

Balashikhinsky District, Russia

+173 birds+20 mammals

Across the forested plateaus of Moscow Oblast, where the Losinka River winds through mixed woodland and marshy clearings, lies a national park that captures the ecological…

Lower Oder Valley National Park

Schwedt/Oder, Germany

+216 birds+21 mammals

Where the Oder River winds through northeastern Brandenburg, the Lower Oder Valley National Park protects one of Central Europe's most vital wetland systems. This sprawling mosaic…

Magura National Park

Kotań, Poland

+133 birds+14 mammals

Where the Pieniny Mountains rise in soft folds across the Subcarpathian landscape, Magura National Park spans 635 square kilometres of mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland, limestone…

Mount Parnitha National Park

Municipal Unit of Acharnes, Greece

+137 birds+4 mammals

Where pine-clad ridges rise abruptly from the Attica plains, Mount Parnitha National Park unfolds across nearly 4,000 hectares of Mediterranean mountain wilderness. The park's defining character…

Nagarahole Tiger Reserve

Nalkeri Forest, India

+323 birds+23 mammals

Where granite escarpments rise above dense deciduous forests and the Kabini River carves through pristine wilderness, one of India's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across the Western…

Nalychevo National Park

Nalychevo, Russia

+30 birds+5 mammals

Where volcanic peaks pierce the mist of Russia's far northeast, a primordial landscape of steaming geothermal springs and pristine river valleys unfolds across the Kamchatka Peninsula.…

Nanda Devi National Park

Garpak, India

+218 birds+5 mammals

Where the Himalayas surge into their most dramatic alpine amphitheater, a wilderness of raw geological power unfolds across 624 square kilometers of pristine terrain. Nanda Devi,…

Nizhnyaya Kama National Park

Yelabuzhsky District, Russia

+92 birds+7 mammals

Where the Kama River carves through the eastern margins of European Russia, a sprawling mosaic of floodplain forests, oxbow lakes, and riparian grasslands protects one of…

Nuuksio National Park

Espoo, Finland

+135 birds+12 mammals

Across the forested plateaus and rocky shorelines of southern Finland, where granite bedrock pierces through boreal woodland just twenty kilometers northwest of Helsinki, lies a landscape…

Padjelanta

Norrbotten County, Sweden

+119 birds+6 mammals

Where the Scandinavian plateau rises into a landscape of low, rolling fells and vast moorlands, Padjelanta National Park sprawls across 3,435 square kilometres of subarctic wilderness…

Pampadum Shola National Park

Vattavada, India

+258 birds+14 mammals

Where misty shola forests cling to the high plateaus of the Nilgiri Mountains, ancient evergreen remnants create a world apart. This 2,316-hectare reserve protects one of…

Panna National Park

Badgadi Kalan, India

+271 birds+17 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through central India's Vindhyan plateau, a landscape of stark beauty unfolds across nearly six hundred square kilometers. The Ken River carves through…

Patvinsuo National Park

Lieksa, Finland

+134 birds+1 mammals

Across eastern Finland's borderlands, where boreal forest meets waterlogged terrain, Patvinsuo National Park sprawls across roughly 185 square kilometers of one of northern Europe's most intact…

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom

+250 birds+41 mammals

Where the Cambrian coastline meets the Celtic Sea, cliff-top moorland and hidden coves define a landscape carved by 300 million years of geological drama. Pembrokeshire Coast…

Periyar National Park

Mlappara, India

+232 birds+4 mammals

Dawn breaks over mist-shrouded ridges where the Western Ghats tumble toward Kerala's spice-scented lowlands. Here, ancient tropical forests envelope a glittering artificial lake, creating a mosaic…

Pleshcheyevo Lake National Park

Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia

+137 birds+4 mammals

Where the continental forests of western Russia meet the glacial imprint of the last ice age, Pleshcheyevo Lake sprawls across the landscape near Pereslavl-Zalessky like a…

Polesie National Park

Michałów, Poland

+172 birds+9 mammals

Where the Pripyat River winds through eastern Poland, Polesie National Park sprawls across 418 square kilometres of a landscape shaped by water, peat, and millennia of…

Pyhä-Luosto National Park

Pelkosenniemi, Finland

+113 birds+6 mammals

Where boreal forest meets fell landscape in Finnish Lapland, Pyhä-Luosto National Park sprawls across 616 square kilometres of terrain that embodies the raw essence of the…

Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve

Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China

+243 birds+11 mammals

At 3,200 metres above sea level on the Tibetan plateau, where winter temperatures plunge far below freezing and snow blankets the landscape for half the year,…

Ranthambhore National Park

Sawai Madhopur, India

+294 birds+20 mammals

Granite ridges and ravines carved through the Aravalli Range frame this protected landscape in eastern Rajasthan, where deciduous forest mingles with open scrubland and seasonal water…

Sagarmatha National Park

Khumjung, Nepal

+219 birds+7 mammals

Soaring peaks and deep glacial valleys define this alpine wilderness in northeastern Nepal, where the terrain rises from forested foothills into a realm of high-altitude tundra…

Samegrelo Planned National Park

Medani, Georgia

+44 birds+4 mammals

Where the Caucasus descends toward the Black Sea, temperate rainforests cloak steep valleys in an emerald tapestry rarely seen in continental Europe. This corner of Georgia,…

Sanjiangyuan National Park

Nagqu, China

+187 birds+25 mammals

Where the headwaters of three great Asian rivers emerge from a high alpine plateau, the landscape unfolds in tundra and dwarf shrubland—a world of austere beauty…

Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park

Germany

+378 birds+49 mammals

Where the North Sea ebbs and flows across a vast expanse of exposed mud and sand, the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park reveals one of Europe's most…

Skomer Island

Haverfordwest, United Kingdom

+177 birds+5 mammals

Where the Irish Sea crashes against the Welsh coast, wind-scoured cliffs rise dramatically from churning waters, creating one of Britain's most pristine island sanctuaries. Skomer Island's…

Skuleskogen

Nätra District, Sweden

+158 birds+11 mammals

Where boreal forest meets the raw Höga Kusten coastline, Skuleskogen National Park unfolds across nearly 47 square kilometers of one of northern Sweden's most dramatic landscapes.…

Słowiński National Park

Smołdzino, Poland

+217 birds+16 mammals

Where the Baltic shoreline surrenders to vast inland dunes and freshwater lagoons, Słowiński National Park spans nearly 610 square kilometres of one of Europe's most dynamic…

Soomaa National Park

Viljandi County, Estonia

+172 birds+20 mammals

Across the boglands of south-central Estonia, where water dominates more than half the landscape, lies one of northern Europe's most hydrologically dynamic national parks. The terrain…

South Downs National Park

Chichester, United Kingdom

+298 birds+45 mammals

Chalk downland ridges rise and fall across the South Downs, their open grasslands and beech hangers creating a mosaic of habitats that has shaped human settlement…

Stenshuvuds National Park

Skåne län, Sweden

+224 birds+19 mammals

Where limestone cliffs rise sharply above the Øresund Strait, Stenshuvuds National Park commands the southeastern tip of Skåne, a landscape carved by glaciation into rolling beech…

Stora Sjöfallet

Norrbotten County, Sweden

+150 birds+10 mammals

Where granite plateaus rise above boreal forest and ice-carved valleys plunge toward rushing rivers, Stora Sjöfallet unfolds across nearly 3,300 square kilometres of pristine subarctic wilderness…

Šumava National Park

Germany

+137 birds+12 mammals

Where the Bohemian Forest rises along the border between Czech and German territories, Šumava National Park unfolds across a landscape of ancient woodlands, glacial valleys, and…

Tadoba National Park

Palasgaon Singru, India

+270 birds+20 mammals

Where sal forests meet open grasslands and rocky outcrops rise from red laterite soil, central India's landscape unfolds in raw, untamed beauty. Ancient teak woodlands and…

Taganay National Park

Кусинский муниципальный округ, Russia

+82 birds+9 mammals

Where granite ridges thrust through the boreal landscape of the southern Urals, Taganay National Park reveals a wilderness shaped by ancient geology and a subarctic climate…

Tatra National Park

Zakopane, Poland

+126 birds+17 mammals

Where the High Tatras rise abruptly from the Carpathian foothills, Tatra National Park protects one of Europe's most dramatic mountain landscapes across its 507 square kilometres.…

Tbilisi National Park

Tezami, Georgia

+63 birds+1 mammals

Where the Caucasus foothills descend toward Georgia's capital, pristine river valleys and limestone cliffs create a remarkable patchwork of habitats within striking distance of the city.…

Tsentralno-Lesnoy

Nelidovsky District, Russia

+76 birds+9 mammals

Where vast boreal forests sweep across the landscape of Tver Oblast, a primordial woodland realm unfolds across 419 square kilometres of largely intact taiga. Central Forest…

Tusheti National Park

Shavtskala, Georgia

+97 birds+4 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Caucasian sky at over 4,600 meters, ancient river valleys carve their way through one of Europe's most untamed wilderness regions. Tusheti's…

Ujście Warty National Park

Gorzów County, Poland

+212 birds+9 mammals

Where the Warta River spreads into its delta before joining the Oder, wetland and woodland merge into one of central Europe's most vital ecological crossroads. Ujście…

Valdai National Park

Валдайский муниципальный округ, Russia

+102 birds+5 mammals

A tapestry of boreal forest, glacial lakes, and wetland complexes spreads across the Novgorod Oblast landscape, where Valdai National Park anchors one of Russia's most ecologically…

Valdaysky National Park

Валдайский муниципальный округ, Russia

+102 birds+5 mammals

Rolling glacial hills rise and fall across the Novgorod Oblast landscape, their slopes mantled in dense boreal forest that stretches toward a horizon punctuated by countless…

Valley of Flowers National Park

Ghangaria, India

+117 birds+1 mammals

Where alpine meadows explode with color each monsoon season, the Himalayan slopes of Uttarakhand rise to create one of Earth's most extraordinary floral displays. Perched between…

Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park

Küstengewässer einschließlich Anteil am Festlandso, Germany

+230 birds+19 mammals

Where the Baltic coast dissolves into a labyrinth of shallow lagoons and coastal wetlands, Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park protects one of northern Europe's most dynamic and…

Wolin National Park

Kamień County, Poland

+232 birds+21 mammals

Where the Baltic shoreline meets vast wetland complexes and Pleistocene woodlands, Wolin National Park unfolds across nearly 440 square kilometres of northwestern Poland's most biodiverse terrain.…

Wolong National Nature Reserve

Wenchuan County, China

+333 birds+17 mammals

Where the Qingyi River cuts through the eastern flanks of the Minshan Range, a temperate montane forest cloaks steep valleys in dense canopy that thins dramatically…

Yancheng National Nature Reserve

Yancheng, China

+208 birds+4 mammals

Where the East China Sea's tidal rhythms sculpt the Jiangsu coast, Yancheng National Nature Reserve sprawls across one of Asia's most dynamic wetland complexes. This vast…

Zemo Svaneti Planned National Park

Hamashi-Totoleshi, Georgia

+159 birds+6 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above the Caucasus, sweeping alpine meadows give way to pristine beech and spruce forests that have remained largely untouched for…

Zyuratkul National Park

Satkinsky District, Russia

+72 birds+7 mammals

Where granite ridges rise above the southern Urals, Zyuratkul National Park unfolds across a landscape shaped by continental climate and ancient geology. The park's defining feature…