Where can you see the Common Starling?
Some of the best places to see the Common Starling in the wild include Montañas de Prades (Spain), Kerkini Lake National Park (Greece) and Mount Parnitha National Park (Greece) — among 388 wildlife hotspots across 28 countries, including the United States, Spain, Australia and the United Kingdom. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park
Pescasseroli, Italy
+139 birds+18 mammals
Where the central Apennines rise in dramatic limestone and clay ridges, the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park unfolds across one of Italy's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAcadia National Park
Bar Harbor, United States
+291 birds+27 mammals
Where the Maine coast rises in granite cliffs and spruce-clad headlands, Acadia National Park unfolds across Mount Desert Island and its surrounding waters, a landscape carved…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAddo Elephant National Park
Sundays River Valley Local Municipality, South Africa
+388 birds+55 mammals
Where the Eastern Cape's semi-arid scrublands meet transitional woodland, Addo sprawls across 13,478 square kilometres of one of southern Africa's most biodiverse landscapes. The terrain rises…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAggtelek 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAgulhas National Park
Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, South Africa
+224 birds+13 mammals
Where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet at Africa's southernmost tip, Agulhas National Park stretches across 892 square kilometres of windswept coastal landscape and rugged limestone…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAlaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska, United States
+391 birds+58 mammals
Where the North Pacific collides with Alaska's rugged coastline, a sprawling archipelago of islands, rocky outcrops, and coastal headlands forms one of North America's most remote…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYAlligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Dare County, United States
+288 birds+17 mammals
Where the coastal plain of North Carolina meets the Albemarle Peninsula, a sprawling mosaic of freshwater marshes, pocosins, and swamp forest creates one of the Atlantic…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYAlpine National Park
Australia
+64 birds+2 mammals
High in Victoria's southeastern ranges, where cool temperate forests grip steep mountainsides and alpine grasslands stretch across windswept plateaus, Alpine National Park protects one of southeastern…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAlta Murgia National Park
Bari, Italy
+168 birds+6 mammals
Across the limestone plateaux of Apulia's interior, where the Adriatic's influence fades into continental warmth, lies a landscape sculpted by millennia of human pastoralism and Mediterranean…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAltai 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAppennino Lucano Val d’Agri Lagonegrese National Park
Spinoso, Italy
+121 birds+3 mammals
The Apennine mountains rise in weathered limestone ridges across central Italy, and where they push into Basilicata's interior, the landscape opens into a complex mosaic of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKArches National Park
Grand County, United States
+185 birds+20 mammals
Where rust-red sandstone fins rise abruptly from high desert scrubland, Arches National Park spans 548 square kilometers of one of North America's most sculptural landscapes. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAsinara National Park
Porto Torres, Italy
+103 birds+5 mammals
Rocky limestone cliffs plunge toward the Tyrrhenian Sea where Dell'Asinara National Park guards a slender island sanctuary off Sardinia's northwestern coast. The park's terrain is a…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKÅsnens National Park
Kronoberg County, Sweden
+141 birds+8 mammals
Where forest meets water in the heart of Kronoberg County, Åsnens National Park unfolds across roughly 57 square kilometres of southern Swedish landscape, a mosaic of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBadlands National Park
Wall, United States
+200 birds+14 mammals
Eroded badlands rise in jagged formations across northwestern South Dakota, where the White River has carved deep canyons through layers of sedimentary rock spanning millions of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBaikal 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBanff National Park
Improvement District No. 9, Canada
+264 birds+33 mammals
Where the Canadian Rockies thrust skyward in a cathedral of limestone and ice, Banff National Park preserves a wilderness of astounding vertical drama. Glacier-carved valleys cradle…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBarrington Tops National Park
Australia
+175 birds+47 mammals
Where the New England Plateau rises above the Hunter Valley, temperate rainforest cloaks the highest reaches of Barrington Tops, its dense canopy fed by year-round precipitation…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBavarian Forest National Park
Germany
+127 birds+18 mammals
Where ancient spruce and fir forests rise across the Bohemian plateau, the Bavarian Forest National Park unfolds as one of central Europe's most intact temperate woodland…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Box Elder County, United States
+254 birds+9 mammals
Where the Bear River winds through the semi-arid basin country of northwestern Utah, a sprawling wildlife sanctuary transforms the high desert into a haven for migratory…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBelair National Park
Adelaide, Australia
+126 birds+18 mammals
Eucalyptus woodland and native shrubland cloak the low hills of this Adelaide park, where ancient quartzite ridges rise above the plains of South Australia's densest metropolitan…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBen Boyd National Park
Eden, Australia
+255 birds+47 mammals
Where the temperate forests of the far south coast meet towering sea cliffs, Ben Boyd National Park unveils one of New South Wales' most dramatic coastal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBerwyn National Nature Reserve
Llangywer, United Kingdom
+77 birds+11 mammals
Where the Berwyn Mountains rise across the borderlands of north Wales, upland moorland and mixed woodland create a landscape of profound ecological richness, shaped by oceanic…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEBiałowieża 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBic National Park
Rimouski, Canada
+250 birds+9 mammals
Where the St. Lawrence River meets the Gaspé Peninsula, a rugged coastline of forests, wetlands, and rocky shores unfolds across nearly 95 square kilometres of protected…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBiebrza 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBieszczady 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBig Bend National Park
Brewster County, United States
+345 birds+34 mammals
Where the Chisos Mountains rise abruptly from the Sonoran Desert floor, Big Bend National Park spans over 7,300 square kilometers of one of North America's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBiscayne National Park
Miami-Dade County, United States
+263 birds+7 mammals
Coral reefs and mangrove shallows dominate this marine sanctuary where the Florida Keys meet the Atlantic, creating a mosaic of shallow seagrass meadows, patch reefs, and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Chaves County, United States
+284 birds+10 mammals
Across the high desert floor of southeastern New Mexico, where elevation and aridity shape every living thing, shallow alkaline lakes and marshes form an unexpected oasis…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBlack Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Montrose County, United States
+169 birds+13 mammals
Where the Gunnison River has carved one of North America's steepest and most dramatic canyons, ancient metamorphic rock walls plunge nearly 2,000 feet in places, creating…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBlackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Fishing Creek, United States
+293 birds+15 mammals
Tidal marshes and brackish waterways define this wildlife sanctuary where the Chesapeake Bay's influence reshapes the landscape with every rise and fall of the water. Shallow…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBlue Mountains National Park
Australia
+220 birds+43 mammals
Dramatic sandstone cliffs rise in tiers across this mountainous plateau west of Sydney, their rust-coloured faces weathered into amphitheatres and gorges where eucalyptus forest clings to…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Kent County, United States
+323 birds+15 mammals
Tidal marshes and brackish shallows define this sanctuary on Delaware's Atlantic coast, where the meeting of freshwater and salt creates some of the Mid-Atlantic's most dynamic…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBontebok National Park
Swellendam Local Municipality, South Africa
+204 birds+11 mammals
Where the Cape Fold Mountains give way to coastal lowlands, a landscape of rolling sandstone hills and fynbos heathland creates one of South Africa's most compact…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBosc de Virós
Ainet de Besan, Spain
+126 birds+10 mammals
Where the Pyrenean foothills roll down through northeastern Catalonia, Bosc de Virós unfolds as a dense tapestry of mixed temperate forest in the Lleida province, its…
VIEW FOREST & JUNGLEBosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Socorro County, United States
+345 birds+17 mammals
Where the Rio Grande emerges from its desert canyon in central New Mexico, a narrow ribbon of riparian woodland defies the arid landscape that surrounds it.…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBribie Island National Park
Brisbane, Australia
+284 birds+20 mammals
Across tidal flats and shallow waterways north of Brisbane, Bribie Island National Park spreads across nearly four hundred square kilometres of subtropical coastal wilderness—a patchwork of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBryce Canyon National Park
Tropic, United States
+202 birds+20 mammals
Hoodoos rise like a forest of stone pillars from an amphitheater carved into Utah's high plateau, where the Paunsaugunt elevates the landscape to over 9,000 feet…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBudj Bim National Park
Australia
+137 birds+7 mammals
Across southwestern Victoria's volcanic plains, Budj Bim National Park preserves a landscape shaped by ancient lava flows and Indigenous land stewardship spanning millennia. The park's 184…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBükk 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBunya Mountains National Park
Australia
+149 birds+11 mammals
Where subtropical rainforest meets open eucalyptus woodland on the elevated plateau of southeastern Queensland, Bunya Mountains National Park unfolds across 483 square kilometres of some of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKButrint National Park
Vagalat, Albania
+140 birds+3 mammals
Where the Ionian coast meets ancient alluvial plains, Butrint National Park spans a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity that has shaped human settlement for three millennia.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCabañeros National Park
Retuerta del Bullaque, Spain
+183 birds+8 mammals
Cabañeros National Park is one of Spain’s finest wildlife destinations and one of the best-preserved examples of Mediterranean forest and scrubland in Europe. Located in the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
United States
+155 birds+6 mammals
Across southwestern Arizona's harshest terrain, where the Colorado River marks the border with Mexico, lies a sanctuary shaped entirely by heat and aridity. Cabeza Prieta National…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYCabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park
San José, Spain
+274 birds+11 mammals
Where volcanic ridges plunge toward the Mediterranean, Cabo de Gata-Níjar Nature Park unfolds across one of Europe's most arid coastlines, a landscape sculpted by tectonic violence…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCabo Peñas
Susacasa, Spain
+303 birds+21 mammals
Where sea cliffs rise sheer from the Bay of Biscay, Susacasa's observation point commands one of Asturias's most dramatic coastal vistas. The landscape here is defined…
VIEW OBSERVATION POINTCadí Moixeró Natural Park
Bor, Spain
+172 birds+21 mammals
Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park is one of the largest and most spectacular protected areas in Catalonia, located in the heart of the eastern Pyrenees. Covering more than…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCaerlaverock National Nature Reserve
Carsethorn, United Kingdom
+109 birds+16 mammals
Where the Solway Firth meets the Scottish coast, saltmarsh and mudflat create a landscape shaped by tidal rhythms and temperate maritime climate. Caerlaverock's mosaic of habitats—brackish…
VIEW NATURE RESERVECairngorms 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCalanques National Park
Bouches-du-Rhône, France
+233 birds+42 mammals
Where limestone cliffs plunge dramatically into crystalline Mediterranean waters, Calanques National Park preserves one of Europe's most striking coastal landscapes. These steep-sided inlets, carved by erosion…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCamargue 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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCamdeboo National Park
Camdeboo Local Municipality, South Africa
+272 birds+24 mammals
Granite ridges and weathered sandstone cliffs rise across a semi-arid landscape where the Karoo transitions into the eastern escarpment of South Africa, creating Camdeboo National Park's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCampos del Tuyú National Park
Argentina
+169 birds+5 mammals
Subtropical forest graces the borderlands where Misiones Province meets Paraguay, a landscape shaped by the Paraná Plateau's weathered topography and the warm, humid climate of northeastern…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCañón del Río Lobos Natural Park
Santa María de las Hoyas, Spain
+136 birds+2 mammals
Where the Río Lobos carves its relentless path through the Iberian plateau, limestone cliffs rise in dramatic ramparts above a ribbon of water that has spent…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCanyonlands National Park
Wayne County, United States
+186 birds+15 mammals
Where the Colorado River has carved an intricate labyrinth through the high desert plateau of southeastern Utah, Canyonlands National Park sprawls across nearly 3,030 square kilometres…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCap de Creus Natural Park
Roses, Spain
+245 birds+23 mammals
Where the Pyrenees tumble into the Mediterranean, Cap de Creus Nature Park unfolds across 300 square kilometres of one of northeastern Spain's most dramatic coastal wilderness…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCapçaleres del Ter i del Freser Natural Park
La Farga, Spain
+125 birds+20 mammals
Where the eastern Pyrenees yield their first waters, granite gorges slice through dense forests of beech and fir, creating one of Catalonia's most hydrologically vital landscapes.…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCape Breton Highlands National Park
Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Canada
+215 birds+18 mammals
Where the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia rises in weathered cliffs and glacially carved valleys, Cape Breton Highlands National Park spans a landscape where boreal and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCapitol Reef National Park
Garfield County, United States
+196 birds+22 mammals
Wrinkled ridges of crimson and gold sandstone rise from the floor of south-central Utah, their weathered faces carved by the Fremont River into one of the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCarlsbad Caverns National Park
Eddy County, United States
+309 birds+18 mammals
Beneath the Chihuahuan Desert floor of southern New Mexico lies one of North America's most spectacular subterranean landscapes. Carlsbad Caverns National Park encompasses over 518 square…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge
Levy County, United States
+268 birds+8 mammals
Where the Florida Gulf Coast transitions from mainland to archipelago, Cedar Keys National Wildlife Sanctuary protects a mosaic of salt marshes, shallow estuaries, and maritime hammocks…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYCederberg Wilderness Area
Cederberg Local Municipality, South Africa
+136 birds+12 mammals
Where ancient sandstone ridges rise dramatically from the semi-arid lowlands of Western Cape, the Cederberg Wilderness Area spreads across nearly 1,700 square kilometres of some of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCentral Balkan National Park
Zhidov dol, Bulgaria
+135 birds+16 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Bulgarian highlands, ancient beech and conifer forests blanket mountains that rise dramatically from the Balkan range's heart. This wilderness encompasses three…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCévennes National Park
Vebron, France
+187 birds+63 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the limestone plateaux of southern France, the Cévennes Cœur National Park unfolds across nearly 3,500 square kilometres of one of Europe's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChannel Islands National Park
Santa Barbara County, United States
+330 birds+15 mammals
A chain of eight volcanic islands rises from the cold Pacific waters off the California coast, their rugged sea cliffs and windswept terrain shaped by millions…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge
Homosassa, United States
+299 birds+14 mammals
Where the Gulf of Mexico's coastal marshes dissolve into brackish tidal flats and mangrove thickets, the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Sanctuary near Homosassa represents one of Florida's…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYChiltern-Mt Pilot National Park
Australia
+229 birds+12 mammals
Granite ridges and eucalyptus woodlands define this 869-square-kilometre park straddling the border between Victoria and New South Wales, where rugged terrain rises sharply from gentler foothill…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Chincoteague, United States
+362 birds+16 mammals
Across the barrier islands and salt marshes of Virginia's Eastern Shore, where Atlantic tides sculpt an intricate mosaic of sandy spits and tidal flats, lies one…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYCilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park
Campora, Italy
+145 birds+12 mammals
Where the southern Apennines descend toward the Tyrrhenian coast, the landscape transforms into a mosaic of limestone plateaus, deep ravines, and Mediterranean scrubland that defines Cilento,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCinque Terre National Park
Riomaggiore, Italy
+135 birds+1 mammals
Steep terraced cliffs plunge toward the Ligurian Sea where five villages cling to a Csb-climate coastline shaped by centuries of viticulture and stone masonry. Riomaggiore, the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCleland National Park
Australia
+127 birds+14 mammals
Eucalypt woodlands rise and fall across Adelaide's nearby hills, where Cleland National Park sprawls across some twenty square kilometres of native South Australian bushland. The terrain…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCoffin Bay National Park
Australia
+143 birds+5 mammals
Across South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, where limestone headlands rise above turquoise shallows and eucalypt woodland gives way to coastal heath, lies a 1,319-square-kilometre sanctuary shaped by…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKColl de Pal
La Molina, Spain
+142 birds+12 mammals
Where the eastern Pyrenees descend into Catalonia, alpine meadows and rocky slopes define the character of this mountain pass, a threshold between the high Iberian interior…
VIEW MOUNTAIN & ALPINECollserola Natural Park
Barcelona, Spain
+194 birds+20 mammals
Where Mediterranean scrubland rises steeply from Barcelona's urban edge, Collserola unfolds across 173 square kilometres of low mountains that form a crucial ecological buffer between city…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCongaree National Park
Richland County, United States
+205 birds+12 mammals
Where the Congaree River winds through the lowlands of South Carolina, an old-growth bottomland forest of extraordinary character rises from a landscape shaped by seasonal floods…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCoorong National Park
Australia
+217 birds+15 mammals
Where the Murray River meets the Southern Ocean, a chain of shallow lagoons stretches across the South Australian coast, separated from the sea by a ribbon…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCors Fochno National Nature Reserve
Borth, United Kingdom
+179 birds+27 mammals
Where the Dovey Estuary opens to the Irish Sea, a sprawling wetland mosaic of reedbed, fen and mire transforms the coastal flats of mid-Wales into one…
VIEW NATURE RESERVECrater Lake National Park
Klamath County, United States
+174 birds+13 mammals
At 1,949 metres above sea level, a volcanic caldera of impossible clarity holds one of North America's deepest and most pristine alpine lakes, ringed by pumice-and-ash…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCuyahoga Valley National Park
Brecksville, United States
+255 birds+27 mammals
Where the Cuyahoga River carves through a glaciated landscape of Ohio, the valley reveals a temperate deciduous forest ecosystem shaped by four distinct seasons and reliable…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKD’Anticosti National Park
Anticosti Island, Canada
+115 birds+3 mammals
Where boreal forest meets the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Anticosti Island rises as one of North America's largest and most pristine wilderness preserves. Spanning roughly 2,266…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKD’Armorique Regional Nature Park
Le Faou, France
+103 birds+23 mammals
Where granite ridges meet Atlantic moorland, one of Brittany's wildest regions reveals itself in layers of ecological richness. The landscape shifts dramatically from heather-clad uplands to…
VIEW NATURAL PARKDanube 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDartmoor National Park
West Devon, United Kingdom
+162 birds+33 mammals
Across the high moorlands of Devon, where granite tors pierce through rolling heather and acid grassland, Dartmoor rises as one of Britain's most expansive upland wilderness…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDeath Valley National Park
Inyo County, United States
+339 birds+25 mammals
Across nearly 3.5 million acres of southeastern California's Inyo County, vast salt flats meet sculpted badlands and alluvial fans in a landscape so extreme it defines…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDelta 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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKDirigida Laguna de Gallocanta Nature Reserve
Las Cuerlas, Spain
+250 birds+7 mammals
Where continental steppe meets the vast mirror of inland water, Spain's largest natural lagoon reveals a landscape of haunting beauty. The shallow alkaline lake, cradled in…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEDon Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Fremont, United States
+286 birds+20 mammals
Where the San Francisco Bay's shallow margins dissolve into tidal salt marshes and mudflats, this wildlife sanctuary preserves one of California's most ecologically vital estuarine systems.…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYDoñana National Park
Hinojos, Spain
+300 birds+13 mammals
Where the Guadalquivir River delta spreads into the Atlantic, vast marshes, cork woodlands, and coastal dunes converge to create one of southwestern Europe's most biodiverse wetland…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDorrigo National Park
Gleniffer, Australia
+172 birds+17 mammals
Where subtropical rainforest transitions into cool temperate woodland, Dorrigo National Park rises across the volcanic tablelands of far northern New South Wales, cloaked in the perpetually…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park
Trøndelag, Norway
+127 birds+17 mammals
Granite peaks and deep valleys carved by ancient glaciers define this vast mountain wilderness straddling the spine of central Norway. Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park rises where subalpine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDrawa National Park
Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Poland
+84 birds+11 mammals
Where the Drawa River winds through northwestern Poland's sandy lowlands, a landscape of unexpected ecological richness unfolds across 508 square kilometres of protected forest and wetland.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDry Tortugas National Park
Monroe County, United States
+211 birds+1 mammals
Seventy miles west of Key West, where the Gulf of Mexico surrenders to the Atlantic, lies a constellation of low coral keys that rise barely above…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDuna-Ipoly National Park
Dömös, Hungary
+208 birds+19 mammals
Where the Danube curves through central Hungary, the limestone hills and forested valleys of Duna-Ipoly National Park create a landscape that feels caught between seasons and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDyfi National Nature Reserve
Aberdyfi, United Kingdom
+148 birds+25 mammals
Where the River Dyfi widens into a broad coastal basin, a 2,400-hectare mosaic of saltmarsh, reedbed, mudflat and freshwater wetland spreads across the Cardigan Bay estuary…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEÉcrins National Park
La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar, France
+143 birds+36 mammals
Where granite peaks and Alpine meadows converge across nearly 2,100 square kilometres, Écrins National Park forms one of the wildest mountainous strongholds of the French Alps.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEl Palmar National Park
Distrito Sexto, Argentina
+244 birds+14 mammals
Across the Paraná River floodplain in northeastern Argentina, palms rise from wetland and grassland in a landscape shaped by water and time. El Palmar National Park…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEl Vizcaíno
Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico
+317 birds+29 mammals
Where the Baja California peninsula thins into a tapestry of salt lagoons and coastal desert, one of Mexico's most biodiverse reserves sprawls across half a million…
VIEW BIOSPHERE RESERVEEryri National Park
Gwynedd, United Kingdom
+199 birds+36 mammals
Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Snowdonia landscape, Eryri National Park encompasses one of Britain's most dramatic mountain terrain. The park's rugged plateaus, deep glacial…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEspacio Natural Remolar-Filipinas
El Prat del Llobregat, Spain
+297 birds+7 mammals
Where the Llobregat River delta meets the Mediterranean, a patchwork of salt marshes, reed beds, and shallow lagoons creates one of Catalonia's most dynamic wetland ecosystems.…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEEspai d’interès natural de les Gavarres
Cruïlles, Monells i Sant Sadurní de l'Heura, Spain
+143 birds+16 mammals
Where Mediterranean scrubland rises and falls across the gentle hills of inland Catalonia, the Espai d'interès natural de les Gavarres protects one of the region's most…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEEstrecho Natural Park
Pedro Valiente, Spain
+281 birds+20 mammals
Where Mediterranean pine forests meet wind-sculpted coastal cliffs, one of Europe's most dynamic ecological crossroads unfolds across the Strait of Gibraltar. Spanning 686 square kilometers of…
VIEW NATURAL PARKEverglades National Park
Monroe County, United States
+345 birds+22 mammals
Where freshwater marsh meets subtropical sky, the Everglades sprawls across southwestern Florida as one of North America's most expansive wetland ecosystems. Spanning over 13,000 square kilometers,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKExmoor National Park
Somerset, United Kingdom
+159 birds+32 mammals
Where the Bristol Channel wind scours windswept moorland into rolling open heath, Exmoor rises from the Somerset coast as one of England's most rugged upland landscapes.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFarallon National Wildlife Refuge
San Francisco, United States
+384 birds+16 mammals
Windswept granite peaks rising abruptly from the Pacific, the Farallon Islands form a wildlife sanctuary of extraordinary seabird abundance and ecological significance just twenty-seven miles west…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYFärnebofjärden 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.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFertő–hanság National Park
Fertőszéplak, Hungary
+246 birds+11 mammals
Where the Austro-Hungarian plains meet the foothills of Western Transdanubia, nearly 900 square kilometres of wetland, reed bed, and mixed woodland form one of Central Europe's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFlanders Moss National Nature Reserve
Thornhill, United Kingdom
+47 birds+3 mammals
Across the rolling lowlands of Perthshire, where glacial meltwater once carved broad valleys, a vast expanse of blanket bog spreads beneath gentle slopes and open sky.…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEFlinders Chase National Park
Australia
+142 birds+14 mammals
Granite ridges and windswept mallee scrubland define this 1,630-square-kilometre expanse on Kangaroo Island, where ancient rock formations rise abruptly from coastal heathland and woodland mosaics. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKForeste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona and Campigna National Park
Santa Sofia, Italy
+92 birds+13 mammals
Where the northern Apennines rise above the Tuscan-Emilian divide, beech and fir forests cloak the slopes of Monte Falterona in a mantle of temperate woodland that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKForêts National Park
Lucey, France
+140 birds+50 mammals
Across the rolling plateaux of central Burgundy, where limestone uplands give way to deep valleys carved by time and water, lies a landscape of profound ecological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKForillon National Park
Gaspé, Canada
+258 birds+16 mammals
Where the Gaspésie Peninsula juts into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, granite cliffs and coastal headlands frame one of eastern Canada's most dramatic marine-terrestrial boundaries. Forillon…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFreycinet National Park
Coles Bay, Australia
+115 birds+9 mammals
Granite peaks rise abruptly from the Tasmanian coast where Coles Bay opens into the Freycinet Peninsula, sculpting one of southeastern Australia's most dramatically vertical national parks.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFrontenac National Park
Sainte-Praxède, Canada
+178 birds+11 mammals
Where the Canadian Shield's ancient granite ridges meet coniferous forest and freshwater lakes, Frontenac National Park embraces a landscape carved by millennia of glacial movement. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFundy National Park of Canada
Alma Parish, Canada
+217 birds+24 mammals
Where the Bay of Fundy's tidal rhythms sculpt a landscape of dramatic cliffs, forested valleys, and boulder-strewn shorelines, Fundy National Park rises across approximately 345 square…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGarajonay National Park
Hermigua, Spain
+68 birds+1 mammals
Laurel forests cloak the volcanic ridges of this Canarian national park, their evergreen canopy so dense that mist clings to the moss-draped branches even on cloudless…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGarden Route National Park
George, South Africa
+353 birds+54 mammals
Sweeping across the Western Cape's coastal and mountainous terrain, this sprawling national park encompasses over five thousand square kilometers of extraordinarily diverse landscape—from coastal limestone cliffs…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGargano National Park
Cagnano Varano, Italy
+219 birds+7 mammals
Where the Gargano Peninsula's limestone plateaus descend toward the Adriatic, Cagnano Varano sits at the threshold of one of southern Italy's most ecologically vital landscapes. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGheebulum Kunungai National Park
Moreton Island, Australia
+168 birds+7 mammals
Sand dunes rise and fall across Moreton Island's eastern shore, a landscape sculpted by wind and ocean currents into one of Australia's most dynamic coastal ecosystems.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGirraween National Park
Australia
+193 birds+21 mammals
Granite boulders rise like the bones of the earth across these 278 square kilometres of southeastern Queensland, where the Great Dividing Range descends towards the coastal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier Bay National Park
Unorganized Borough, United States
+221 birds+15 mammals
Tidewater glaciers calving into fjords of impossible blue, where temperate rainforest rises steeply from the water's edge and alpine peaks pierce the clouds—this is the ecological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier National Park
Glacier, Canada
+162 birds+12 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above the Columbia River valley, Glacier National Park protects one of the most dramatic mountain wilderness areas in western Canada.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier National Park
United States
+246 birds+39 mammals
Where jagged peaks pierce a subarctic sky and glacial valleys carve through ancient rock, Glacier National Park spans the spine of the Northern Rockies along Montana's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlass House Mountains National Park
Australia
+151 birds+8 mammals
Conical peaks of volcanic origin rise dramatically from the coastal lowlands of southeastern Queensland, their weathered slopes cloaked in eucalyptus woodland and open sclerophyll forest that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrampians National Park
Australia
+214 birds+18 mammals
Where sandstone ridges rise above the Western District of Victoria, Grampians National Park unfolds across rolling terrain sculpted by ancient geology and sustained by a temperate…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGran Paradiso National Park
Cogne, Italy
+120 birds+16 mammals
Where the western Alps rise steeply above the Aosta Valley, granite ridges and alpine meadows converge in a landscape shaped as much by glacial history as…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park
Pietracamela, Italy
+155 birds+12 mammals
Where the Apennines rise in their most dramatic form, the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park unfolds across nearly 70,000 hectares of limestone peaks,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrand Canyon National Park
United States
+277 birds+35 mammals
A mile-deep chasm of rust-red rock and purple shadow cuts through the high desert plateau of northern Arizona, revealing nearly two billion years of geological history…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrand Teton National Park
Teton County, United States
+247 birds+38 mammals
Where the Teton Range tears skyward in a dramatic escarpment above the Snake River valley, nearly 2,550 square kilometers of montane wilderness unfolds across Teton County,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrands-Jardins National Park
Lac-Pikauba, Canada
+166 birds+10 mammals
Where the boreal forest transitions into the subalpine plateaus of Quebec's Laurentian highlands, Grands-Jardins National Park sprawls across nearly 690 square kilometers of wild terrain that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Basin National Park
White Pine County, United States
+170 birds+19 mammals
Where the Great Basin's high desert plateaus rise above 10,000 feet, ancient bristlecone pines endure on moonscape ridges of limestone and quartzite, creating one of North…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Orme National Nature Reserve
Llandudno, United Kingdom
+113 birds+7 mammals
Limestone cliffs rise dramatically from the Irish Sea along the Conwy coast, their windswept summits offering sanctuary to a mosaic of heathland, grassland and rocky outcrops…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEGreat Otway National Park
Australia
+255 birds+42 mammals
Temperate rainforest and wet eucalyptus woodland cloak the ridges and gullies of Victoria's Great Otway National Park, where persistent moisture and mild year-round temperatures sustain a…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Sand Dunes National Park
Saguache County, United States
+193 birds+14 mammals
Where the Colorado high plains collide with one of North America's most extraordinary geological anomalies, nearly 600 square kilometres of windswept sand rise abruptly from the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Sandy National Park
Australia
+306 birds+40 mammals
Where coastal dunes rise inland from the Queensland coastline, Great Sandy National Park encompasses a landscape of remarkable ecological diversity shaped by subtropical humid conditions year-round.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Smoky Mountains National Park
Sevier County, United States
+244 birds+40 mammals
Where the southern Appalachian ridgeline reaches its most densely forested expression, over 4,200 square kilometres of temperate woodland rise and fall across Tennessee and North Carolina,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreater Bendigo National Park
Whipstick, Australia
+202 birds+8 mammals
Across the red volcanic plains of inland Victoria, Greater Bendigo National Park sprawls across more than 1,000 square kilometres of eucalyptus woodland, open grassland, and scattered…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGros Morne National Park
Canada
+180 birds+19 mammals
Where glacier-carved fjords pierce the interior of Newfoundland, Gros Morne National Park unfolds across nearly four thousand square kilometres of some of Canada's most dramatic coastal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGuadalupe Mountains National Park
Culberson County, United States
+262 birds+14 mammals
Where fossil-laden limestone ridges thrust skyward above the Chihuahuan Desert floor, Guadalupe Mountains National Park reveals a landscape sculpted by ancient seas and relentless aridity. These…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGulf Islands National Park Reserve
Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area, Canada
+268 birds+26 mammals
Scattered across the Salish Sea in British Columbia's southwestern corner, this national park reserve stitches together a fragmented archipelago of forested islands and rocky outcrops where…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site
Area E (Moresby Island), Canada
+98 birds+8 mammals
Where temperate rainforest meets the Pacific's edge, the islands of southern Haida Gwaii rise as one of North America's most pristine coastal wilderness areas. Spanning approximately…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park
Hamburg, Germany
+206 birds+6 mammals
Where the North Sea exhales across the Elbe estuary, the tidal mudflats of Hamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park emerge twice daily in a landscape of extraordinary ecological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHarz National Park
Harz (LK Goslar), Germany
+141 birds+38 mammals
Where granite peaks rise above beech and spruce forests, the Harz unfolds as one of Germany's most biodiverse upland landscapes. Straddling the border between Lower Saxony…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHautes-Gorges-De-La-Rivière-Malbaie National Park
Mont-Élie, Canada
+140 birds+8 mammals
Where the Rivière-Malbaie carves through the Laurentian highlands, steep-sided gorges rise dramatically above Quebec's coastal hinterland, their ancient bedrock sculpted by millennia of water and ice.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHavasu National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Havasu City, United States
+291 birds+8 mammals
Where the Colorado River widens into a vast reservoir in the Sonoran Desert, Havasu National Wildlife Sanctuary protects one of the most critical wetland ecosystems in…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYHolkham National Nature Reserve
North Norfolk, United Kingdom
+235 birds+11 mammals
Where Norfolk's coastal flatlands meet the North Sea, Holkham National Nature Reserve unfolds across nearly 4,000 hectares of some of England's most dynamic and least predictable…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEHortobágy 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHot Springs National Park
Hot Springs, United States
+168 birds+8 mammals
Thermal waters rising from deep within the Ouachita Mountains have carved a landscape unlike anywhere else in the continental United States, where 47 natural hot springs…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHustai 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKIkara-Flinders Ranges National Park
Australia
+149 birds+10 mammals
Where ancient quartzite ridges rise across the semi-arid heart of South Australia, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park unfolds across nearly two thousand square kilometres of one of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKÎles-De-Boucherville National Park
Boucherville, Canada
+243 birds+8 mammals
Where the Saint Lawrence River braids into a labyrinth of islands and channels, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park sprawls across approximately 18 square kilometres of riverine wilderness just…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKImperial National Wildlife Refuge
La Paz County, United States
+222 birds+4 mammals
Where the Colorado River carves through the Sonoran Desert in southwestern Arizona, Imperial National Wildlife Sanctuary unfolds across a landscape shaped by water and aridity. The…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYIndiana Dunes National Park
Porter, United States
+304 birds+15 mammals
Along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, where glacial geology meets temperate woodland and open water, sprawls a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity. The dunes themselves—massive…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKInnes National Park
Barcelona, Australia
+141 birds+10 mammals
Granite ridges and weathered stone outcrops rise across South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula, defining a landscape where ancient rock formations meet open eucalypt woodland and heathland scrub.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKInsh Marshes National Nature Reserve
Insh, United Kingdom
+120 birds+14 mammals
Shallow channels and open water weave through expansive reedbeds and wet grassland where the River Spey meanders across the Cairngorms foothills in the Scottish Highlands. Insh…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEIsle Royale National Park
Keweenaw County, United States
+197 birds+9 mammals
Across Lake Superior's cold waters lies an island wilderness where boreal forest meets rocky shoreline, a place where the climate refuses to yield easy comfort. Isle…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJ.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Sanibel, United States
+277 birds+6 mammals
Mangrove channels and coastal marshlands dominate this 6,400-acre sanctuary on Florida's Gulf coast, where brackish waterways weave between dense stands of red, black, and white mangrove…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYJasmund National Park
Sassnitz, Germany
+136 birds+7 mammals
Towering chalk cliffs rise abruptly from the Baltic shoreline, their luminous white faces sculpted by millennia of wind, frost, and wave action into one of northern…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJasper National Park
Improvement District No. 12, Canada
+235 birds+34 mammals
Where the Canadian Rockies rise in dramatic succession across western Alberta, Jasper National Park spans over 11,000 square kilometres of subalpine and alpine terrain, glaciated valleys,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJavakheti 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.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJoshua Tree National Park
Riverside County, United States
+221 birds+23 mammals
Across 5,610 square kilometers of Riverside County's high desert, a landscape of geological drama unfolds where granite monoliths pierce through bajadas of creosote scrub and Joshua…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKampinos 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKarkonosze 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKarula 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKauhaneva–pohjankangas National Park
Kauhajoki, Finland
+72 birds+1 mammals
Across the boreal flatlands of South Ostrobothnia rises a landscape shaped by ice-age geology and millennia of ecological succession—Kauhaneva–pohjankangas National Park, spanning some 208 square kilometres…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKaziranga 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKenfig National Nature Reserve
Kenfig, United Kingdom
+142 birds+5 mammals
Where brackish lakes meet windswept dunes and the North Atlantic's influence shapes every living thing, Kenfig National Nature Reserve spreads across Wales's coastal Glamorgan landscape like…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEKeoladeo 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKerkini Lake National Park
Serres, Greece
+291 birds+18 mammals
Where the Strymon River widens into a sprawling freshwater lake hemmed by the Rhodope Mountains, Kerkini National Park unfolds across northern Greece as one of southeastern…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhoridol 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKielderhead National Nature Reserve
Catcleugh, United Kingdom
+108 birds+21 mammals
High moorland sweeps across the Pennines at Kielderhead, where blanket bog and heathland dominate a landscape shaped by cool, moist Atlantic winds and the reserve's temperate…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEKinglake National Park
Australia
+164 birds+11 mammals
Where the volcanic plains of central Victoria rise into forested ridges, Kinglake National Park encompasses roughly 844 square kilometres of diverse habitat that represents one of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKings Canyon National Park
Fresno County, United States
+186 birds+20 mammals
Where granite peaks fracture the Sierra Nevada skyline and the Kings River has carved one of North America's most dramatic canyons, a landscape of extreme relief…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKlamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Klamath County, United States
+219 birds+7 mammals
Where the volcanic plateau of south-central Oregon slopes into a broad, shallow basin lies one of the Pacific Northwest's most underappreciated wetland sanctuaries. Klamath Marsh National…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKodiak National Wildlife Refuge
United States
+221 birds+22 mammals
Where temperate rainforest meets subarctic coast, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge sprawls across Alaska's largest island, a sanctuary defined by steep valleys carved by tidewater glaciers and…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKootenay National Park
Area G (Forster Creek/Mount Assiniboine), Canada
+181 birds+23 mammals
Where the spine of the Canadian Rockies rises above 3,000 metres, the high alpine realm around Forster Creek and Mount Assiniboine reveals one of the continent's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKosciuszko National Park
Australia
+211 birds+52 mammals
Where the Great Dividing Range reaches its highest peaks in southeastern Australia, Kosciuszko National Park encompasses a landscape of windswept plateaus, rocky ridges, and deep river…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKosterhavets 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKouchibouguac National Park of Canada
Carleton Parish, Canada
+207 birds+14 mammals
Where the Maritime provinces meet the Atlantic, 591 square kilometres of coastal forest and wetland unfold across New Brunswick's eastern shoulder, a mosaic of boreal woodland,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKu-ring-gai Chase National Park
Sydney, Australia
+216 birds+39 mammals
Where Hawkesbury sandstone cliffs plunge toward sheltered bays and creeks, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park unfolds across rugged terrain just north of Sydney, a mosaic of eucalyptus…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKL’Albufera Natural Park
València, Spain
+321 birds+18 mammals
Where shallow lagoons meet Mediterranean coastal marshland, L'Albufera Nature Park unfolds as one of Spain's most vital wetland complexes. This protected landscape, designated under IUCN Category…
VIEW NATURAL PARKL’Île-Bonaventure-Et-Du-Rocher-Percé National Park
Le Rocher-Percé, Canada
+214 birds+3 mammals
A dramatic thrust of russet sandstone pierces the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, its weathered arch framing a seascape where cool Atlantic currents sweep past cliffs alive…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLa Maddalena Archipelago National Park
La Maddalena, Italy
+86 birds+1 mammals
Crystalline waters lap against granite islands scattered across the Tyrrhenian Sea, where Dell'Arcipelago di la Maddalena unfolds as a Mediterranean archipelago of raw geological beauty and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLa Mata de València
Son, Spain
+82 birds+15 mammals
Forests of Mediterranean pine and deciduous woodland blanket the terrain around Son in Lleida, where the Catalan landscape transitions between lowland scrub and denser woodland habitat.…
VIEW FOREST & JUNGLELac-Témiscouata National Park
Témiscouata, Canada
+176 birds+4 mammals
Where the boreal forests of eastern Quebec embrace a sprawling freshwater lake, Lac-Témiscouata National Park unfolds across 509 square kilometres of pristine landscape that bridges two…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLaguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
Cameron County, United States
+365 birds+19 mammals
Where coastal prairie meets shallow lagoon along the southernmost tip of Texas, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Sanctuary sprawls across a landscape sculpted by salt spray and…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYLagunas de Archidona Nature Reserve
Archidona, Spain
+142 birds+4 mammals
Where shallow freshwater lagoons merge with reed beds and Mediterranean scrub, Lagunas de Archidona in Andalusia creates a wetland mosaic of profound ecological importance. These interconnected…
VIEW NATURE RESERVELahemaa 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLake 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLake Eildon National Park
Australia
+119 birds+8 mammals
Across the rippled waters and wooded shorelines of central Victoria's sprawling reservoir system, Lake Eildon National Park encompasses nearly 870 square kilometres of transformed landscape where…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLamington National Park
Australia
+227 birds+24 mammals
Where subtropical rainforest rises steeply from the Queensland coast, Lamington National Park spreads across 541 square kilometres of one of Australia's most biodiverse mountain landscapes. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLassen Volcanic National Park
Shasta County, United States
+239 birds+18 mammals
Volcanic peaks and geothermal upheaval have sculpted 545 square kilometers of Northern California into a landscape where fire and water engage in perpetual dialogue. Lassen Peak…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLincoln National Park
Australia
+149 birds+5 mammals
Across the mid-north of South Australia, where the landscape transitions from coastal lowlands toward semi-arid interior plains, sprawls a wilderness of 2,671 square kilometres where red-earth…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLindisfarne 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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVELittle Desert National Park
Australia
+200 birds+11 mammals
Across northwestern Victoria's semi-arid interior, sandstone ridges and heathland plateaus rise from red earth in a landscape sculpted by fire and drought rather than water. Little…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLoch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park
Duchray, United Kingdom
+188 birds+40 mammals
Where ancient woodlands rise from glassy lochs and rugged Highland peaks pierce the lowland horizon, Scotland's most biodiverse landscape unfolds across 720 square kilometres of wild…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLockyer National Park
Australia
+130 birds+5 mammals
Steep ridges and weathered escarpments rise from the Brisbane Valley in southeastern Queensland, where Lockyer National Park sprawls across 267 square kilometres of eucalypt woodland and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLosiny 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLower Glenelg National Park
Australia
+161 birds+12 mammals
Where the Glenelg River carves through southeastern Victoria's limestone country, Lower Glenelg National Park unfolds across nearly 800 square kilometres of river gorge, eucalypt woodland, and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLower 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Starbase, United States
+311 birds+11 mammals
Where the Rio Grande delta spreads across the coastal plain of South Texas, a sanctuary of subtropical wetlands and riparian corridors creates a landscape that pulses…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYLower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park
Norderney, Germany
+193 birds+12 mammals
Where the North Sea meets the German coast, a vast expanse of tidal mudflats, salt marshes, and shallow waters creates one of Europe's most dynamic estuarine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMagura 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMaiella National Park
Pacentro, Italy
+131 birds+11 mammals
Limestone scarps rise abruptly from the valleys around Pacentro, their pale faces scored by millennia of water and wind into a landscape of canyons, karst features,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMalheur National Wildlife Refuge
Harney County, United States
+309 birds+24 mammals
Across the high desert plateau of southeastern Oregon, where sagebrush scrubland stretches toward distant ridgelines under an enormous sky, lies a sanctuary shaped by water in…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYMammoth Cave National Park
Edmonson County, United States
+179 birds+13 mammals
Beneath the rolling hills of central Kentucky lies one of North America's most extensive cave systems, where limestone passages descend through a landscape shaped by water…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMarjal Pego-Oliva Natural Park
Molinell, Spain
+219 birds+2 mammals
Where the Valencian littoral flattens into wetland and reed-bed, Marjal Pego-Oliva straddles the boundary between the Mediterranean and its inland margins, a mosaic of shallow lagoons,…
VIEW NATURAL PARKMauricie National Park
Shawinigan, Canada
+184 birds+12 mammals
Where the Canadian Shield meets boreal forest, Mauricie National Park unfolds across a landscape of granite ridges, crystalline lakes, and dense coniferous woodland that defines the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMercantour National Park
Isola, France
+146 birds+32 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 sanctuary straddles France's southeastern border, its…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMerritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Brevard County, United States
+341 birds+19 mammals
Brackish marshes and palmetto scrub define this wildlife sanctuary spanning the coastal lowlands of central Florida, where the Atlantic tide meets freshwater systems in a dynamic…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYMesa Verde National Park
Montezuma County, United States
+166 birds+10 mammals
Across the high desert plateau of southwestern Colorado, where sandstone mesas rise abruptly from piñon-juniper scrubland, Mesa Verde National Park preserves one of North America's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMonfragüe National Park
Torrejón el Rubio, Spain
+219 birds+10 mammals
Where the Tagus River cuts through limestone plateaus in central Extremadura, Monfragüe National Park rises as a fortress of Mediterranean and Atlantic woodland, its dramatic rocky…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMont-Mégantic National Park
La Patrie, Canada
+136 birds+8 mammals
Granite peaks and boreal forest define the rugged terrain of this 115-square-kilometre national park in Quebec's Eastern Townships, where the landscape rises sharply above the surrounding…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMont-Saint-Bruno National Park
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada
+200 birds+13 mammals
Hardwood forests rise steeply from the suburbs of Montreal to crown a distinctive peak in the Monterégian Hills, their ancient geology pushing through mixed deciduous woodland…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMont-Tremblant National Park
Lac-des-Dix-Milles, Canada
+200 birds+12 mammals
Where the Laurentian plateau rises in central Quebec, a landscape of boreal forest and glacially carved lakes unfolds across nearly 3,100 square kilometres of protected wilderness.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMontaña de Montserrat Natural Park
Marganell, Spain
+149 birds+10 mammals
Where granite monoliths erupt from the Mediterranean scrubland like cathedral spires, an otherworldly landscape unfolds across Catalonia's most dramatic mountain reserve. These iconic sandstone and conglomerate…
VIEW NATURAL PARKMontaña Palentina Natural Park
Vidrieros, Spain
+180 birds+29 mammals
Where the Cantabrian mountains rise above the Palencia plateau, Montaña Palentina Nature Park sprawls across nearly 1,500 square kilometres of some of northern Spain's most dramatic…
VIEW NATURAL PARKMontañas de Prades
Capafonts, Spain
+151 birds+13 mammals
Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Tarragona hinterland, a wild mosaic of pine forests, scrubland, and limestone cliffs creates one of northeastern Spain's most biodiverse…
VIEW MOUNTAIN & ALPINEMontes de Málaga Natural Park
Málaga, Spain
+159 birds+7 mammals
Where cork oak and pine forest sweep across the rugged hills inland from the Costa del Sol, the Montes de Málaga Nature Park unfolds as a…
VIEW NATURAL PARKMonti Sibillini National Park
Castelsantangelo sul Nera, Italy
+113 birds+11 mammals
Where the Apennines rear their limestone spine across central Italy, the Sibillini Mountains National Park reveals a landscape of dramatic vertical relief, high plateaus, and deeply…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMonts-Valin National Park
Mont-Valin, Canada
+133 birds+6 mammals
Where the boreal forest meets the Canadian Shield, Monts-Valin National Park sprawls across 405 square kilometers of Québec's rugged interior, its landscape carved by glaciation into…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMontseny Natural Park
Viladrau, Spain
+156 birds+30 mammals
The Montseny Natural Park is one of Catalonia’s most remarkable protected areas, offering an extraordinary blend of biodiversity, scenic landscapes, and cultural heritage within easy reach…
VIEW NATURAL PARKMoor House-Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve
Barnard Castle, United Kingdom
+94 birds+8 mammals
Where the Pennine watershed reaches its highest moorland plateaus, Moor House-Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve encompasses over 4,000 hectares of upland landscape shaped by centuries of…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEMorton National Park
Australia
+253 birds+57 mammals
Across nearly 4,800 square kilometers of New South Wales's Southern Tablelands, rugged sandstone plateaus rise above sheltered valleys where cool-climate eucalypt woodland meets grassy heath and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Ainos National Park
Sami Municipal Unit, Greece
+118 birds+1 mammals
Where limestone and conglomerate peaks rise dramatically above the Ionian Sea, Mount Ainos commands the landscape of Kefalonia with a rugged majesty that few Mediterranean summits…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Buffalo National Park
Myrtleford, Australia
+124 birds+7 mammals
Granite peaks rise abruptly from the volcanic plains of northeastern Victoria, their exposed rock faces and windswept ridges defining Mount Buffalo National Park's rugged character. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Coolum National Park
Sunshine Coast, Australia
+124 birds+3 mammals
Rising abruptly from the hinterland plateau of Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Mount Coolum commands attention as a distinctive volcanic remnant clothed in open eucalypt woodland and heathland…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Rainier National Park
Pierce County, United States
+187 birds+25 mammals
A volcanic colossus dominates the Cascade Range in western Washington, its 4,392-meter summit crowned year-round with glacial ice that cascades down toward temperate rainforest and subalpine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Revelstoke National Park
Area B (Shelter Bay/Mica Creek), Canada
+155 birds+8 mammals
Where the Columbia River carves through the western ranges of British Columbia, Shelter Bay and Mica Creek mark the entrance to a wilderness where subalpine meadows…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMountain Zebra National Park
Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, South Africa
+265 birds+35 mammals
Across the windswept plateaus and deeply incised valleys of the Eastern Cape's interior, Mountain Zebra National Park unfolds as a landscape of geological drama and ecological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMuir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve
Dinnet, United Kingdom
+87 birds+12 mammals
Across the Aberdeenshire moorlands east of the Cairngorms, rolling heathland and scattered Scots pine forest meet marshy ground fed by year-round precipitation—a temperate landscape where water…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEMungo National Park
Australia
+135 birds+7 mammals
Across the semi-arid inland plains of New South Wales, where sparse shrubland and scattered grassland stretch beneath enormous skies, lies a landscape shaped by ancient geological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMurray-Sunset National Park
Australia
+205 birds+2 mammals
Across the semi-arid borderlands of northwestern Victoria, where the Murray River defines the state's edge, sprawls a landscape of remarkable resilience and subtle beauty. Murray-Sunset National…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNahanni National Park
Dehcho Region, Canada
+151 birds+11 mammals
Where the South Nahanni River carves through the Mackenzie Mountains, a landscape of extraordinary wildness unfolds across more than 61,000 square kilometres of boreal forest, alpine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNaracoorte Caves National Park
Australia
+116 birds+12 mammals
Beneath the grassy limestone plains of southeastern South Australia lies one of the Southern Hemisphere's most significant underground landscapes. Naracoorte Caves National Park encompasses a mosaic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNational Elk Refuge
Jackson, United States
+230 birds+27 mammals
Where the sagebrush flats of northwestern Wyoming rise toward the Gros Ventre Mountains, winter transforms the landscape into a realm of survival and spectacle. The National…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYNational Park Djerdap
Mehedinți, Romania
+127 birds+5 mammals
Where the Danube carves its most dramatic passage through southeastern Europe, the Djerdap Gorge defines the boundary between Romania and Serbia, and within this UNESCO-recognised landscape…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNew England National Park
Australia
+169 birds+35 mammals
Temperate eucalypt woodlands and cool rainforest pockets define this upland reserve where granite peaks rise above the New England Plateau in northeastern New South Wales. Here,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNew River Gorge National Park
Fayette County, United States
+183 birds+13 mammals
Where the New River carves its ancient path through the Appalachian plateau, a landscape of towering sandstone cliffs and dense deciduous forest creates one of the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNizhnyaya 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNoosa National Park
Marcus Beach, Australia
+216 birds+8 mammals
Subtropical eucalypt woodland and open forest meet coastal heathland along the Noosa Peninsula, where the temperate waters of the Tasman current moderate the Queensland climate into…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorth York Moors National Park
North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
+234 birds+32 mammals
Across the high moorlands of North Yorkshire, where heather and bilberry sprawl beneath vast skies, the landscape rises and falls in gentle undulation—a patchwork of open…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthumberland National Park
Northumberland, United Kingdom
+133 birds+20 mammals
Granite ridges and moorland sweep across the Cheviot Hills in northern England, where windswept uplands give way to deep river valleys carved through ancient bedrock. Northumberland…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNuuksio 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOjców National Park
Ojców, Poland
+87 birds+4 mammals
Where limestone gorges carve through the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, Ojców National Park unfolds across 82 square kilometres of one of Poland's most geologically dramatic landscapes. Towering cliff…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOkefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Charlton County, United States
+206 birds+14 mammals
Vast wetlands of cypress and blackwater creeks define this wildlife sanctuary straddling the Georgia–Florida border, where the landscape shifts between open marsh, dense swamp forest, and…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYOlympic National Park
Jefferson County, United States
+263 birds+35 mammals
Where temperate rainforest meets alpine wilderness, Olympic National Park sprawls across nearly 11,000 square kilometers of the Pacific Northwest's most pristine landscape. The park's three distinct…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOlympos National Park
Pieria Regional Unit, Greece
+137 birds+3 mammals
Where the Thessalian plains give way to soaring limestone massifs, Olympos National Park rises as one of the Aegean's most dramatic mountain wilderness areas. This IUCN…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOnkaparinga River National Park
Adelaide, Australia
+126 birds+16 mammals
Where the Onkaparinga River winds through the Adelaide Hills and down toward the coastal plain, a mosaic of eucalyptus woodland, riparian corridors, and open grassland creates…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOrdesa y Monte Perdido National Park
Sobrarbe, Spain
+162 birds+13 mammals
Where limestone cliffs soar a thousand metres above cascading rivers, the Pyrenean massif reveals itself in its most dramatic form. Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKŐrség National Park
Kondorfa, Hungary
+88 birds+12 mammals
Where low, forested ridges roll across the border landscape between Hungary and Slovenia, Őrség National Park encompasses a patchwork of beech and oak woodlands, wetland corridors,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOxley Wild Rivers National Park
Australia
+202 birds+45 mammals
Where the New England Tablelands descend toward the coast, river gorges carve through temperate forests in a landscape of dramatic geological contrast. Oxley Wild Rivers National…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPadjelanta
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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParc del Foix
Castellet i la Gornal, Spain
+180 birds+4 mammals
Where the Foix River carves through limestone ridges southwest of Barcelona, a natural park of modest area but outsized ecological richness unfolds across roughly 37 square…
VIEW NATURAL PARKParc del Garraf
Rat-Penat, Spain
+190 birds+15 mammals
Where limestone ridges rise abruptly from the Mediterranean coastal plain, Parc Natural del Garraf unfolds across 319 square kilometers of one of Catalonia's most dramatic protected…
VIEW NATURAL PARKParc del Montnegre i el Corredor
Font-Montnegre, Spain
+148 birds+16 mammals
Where Mediterranean scrubland gives way to deciduous and coniferous woodland, the Parc Natural del Montnegre i el Corredor unfolds across nearly 478 square kilometres of northeastern…
VIEW NATURAL PARKParcial C Marina de les Medes Nature Reserve
Torroella de Montgrí, Spain
+93 birds
Where the Costa Brava's limestone cliffs plunge into crystalline Mediterranean waters, the Parcial C section of Marina de les Medes Nature Reserve protects one of Catalonia's…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEParcial de la Fageda d’en Jordà Nature Reserve
Santa Pau, Spain
+117 birds+5 mammals
Where volcanic slopes rise above the Catalan heartland, the Parcial de la Fagada d'en Jordà unfolds across five square kilometres of one of Europe's most botanically…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEPatvinsuo 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Dare County, United States
+356 birds+15 mammals
Where the Outer Banks taper toward the Atlantic, a sliver of barrier island creates a microcosm of coastal ecology. Pea Island National Wildlife Sanctuary spans over…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYPelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
Windsor, United States
+265 birds+4 mammals
Where Florida's Indian River widens into a brackish estuary, a small island sanctuary commands the attention of waterbirds across the Atlantic Flyway. Pelican Island National Wildlife…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYPembrokeshire 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPeneda-Gerês National Park
A Baixa Limia, Portugal
+156 birds+15 mammals
Where granite gorges cut through ancient montane forests, the Peneda-Gerês National Park rises across the rugged borderlands between northern Portugal and Galicia, a landscape shaped by…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPenínsula de Llevant Natural Park
Betlem, Spain
+79 birds+1 mammals
Where low limestone hills descend toward crystalline Mediterranean waters, the Península de Llevant Nature Park unfolds as a tapestry of drylands, scrubland, and rocky coves that…
VIEW NATURAL PARKPetrified Forest National Park
Apache County, United States
+206 birds+23 mammals
Across the high desert plateau of northeastern Arizona, where the climate swings between scorching summer days and frost-laden winters, badlands of raw earth and timber-turned-to-stone dominate…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPicos de Europa National Park
Posada de Valdeón, Spain
+166 birds+26 mammals
Where limestone massifs rise abruptly from the Castilian plateau, the Picos de Europa create one of Spain's most dramatic mountain wilderness areas. The park's jagged peaks,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPieniny National Park
Sromowce Niżne, Poland
+112 birds+4 mammals
Where limestone cliffs rise steeply from the Dunajec River Gorge, Pieniny National Park unfolds across 48 square kilometres of some of Poland's most dramatic terrain. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPindos National Park
Ioannina Regional Unit, Greece
+163 birds+12 mammals
Where limestone peaks rise abruptly from the Pindus range in northwestern Greece, a landscape of dramatic gorges, alpine meadows, and dense beech forests creates one of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPinnacles National Park
San Benito County, United States
+197 birds+33 mammals
Jagged volcanic spires thrust from chaparral-covered ridges across 222 square kilometers of central California's inner Coast Ranges, their pale stone crowns catching the afternoon light like…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPirin National Park
Bansko, Bulgaria
+124 birds+10 mammals
Where jagged limestone peaks pierce the Macedonian sky, ancient glacial valleys cradle some of Bulgaria's most pristine wilderness. This southwestern corner of the Balkans rises to…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPleshcheyevo 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPoint Pelee National Park
Leamington, Canada
+296 birds+14 mammals
Where Lake Erie's shallow waters meet the Ontario shoreline, a slender sandy peninsula juts into the Great Lakes like a natural funnel for migrating wildlife. This…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPointe-Taillon National Park
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Canada
+157 birds+10 mammals
Where boreal forest meets the shores of Lac-Saint-Jean, Pointe-Taillon National Park unfolds across a landscape shaped by glacial legacy and water. Sandy peninsulas and islands rise…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPolesie 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPollino National Park
Viggianello, Italy
+125 birds+9 mammals
Where limestone ridges rise abruptly from the Basilicatan foothills, Pollino National Park enfolds a landscape of profound ecological character—one defined by steep valleys, alpine meadows clinging…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPort Campbell National Park
Port Campbell, Australia
+170 birds+7 mammals
Dramatic sea cliffs rise from churning waters along Victoria's southwestern coast, where sandstone and limestone formations tower over a hundred metres above the Southern Ocean. Port…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPort-Cros National Park
Hyères, France
+271 birds+29 mammals
Where Mediterranean granite islands rise from crystalline waters off the Provençal coast, Port-Cros National Park protects one of Europe's most intact marine and terrestrial ecosystems. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPorts Natural Park
Alfara de Carles, Spain
+157 birds+13 mammals
Where the eastern Catalan ranges descend toward the Mediterranean, a sprawling mosaic of Mediterranean scrubland, pine woodland, and rocky limestone terrain defines Ports Natural Park, a…
VIEW NATURAL PARKPoyang Lake National Nature Reserve
Shangrao, China
+270 birds+7 mammals
Where the Yangtze River's massive floodplain spreads across central China, Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve encompasses one of the continent's most dynamic and water-rich wetland systems.…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEPurbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve
Norden, United Kingdom
+143 birds+8 mammals
Across the gently undulating plateau of Dorset's heathlands, Purbeck's ancient landscape unfolds as a mosaic of heather, gorse, and scattered pines—a habitat shaped by millennia of…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEPyrénées National Park
Hautes Pyrenees, France
+150 birds+35 mammals
Where alpine meadows give way to limestone cliffs and rushing torrents carve through ancient stone, the Pyrénées National Park spans a landscape of austere beauty along…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKQinghai 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,…
VIEW NATURE RESERVERed Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Beaverhead County, United States
+216 birds+10 mammals
Where the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem's northern reaches meet the high plateaus of southwestern Montana, a network of glacial lakes and wetlands sustains one of the continent's…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYRedes Natural Park
Arrobio, Spain
+163 birds+16 mammals
Where the Picos de Europa cast their shadow westward, the Redes Nature Park sprawls across nearly 600 square kilometres of Asturian limestone and schist, a wild…
VIEW NATURAL PARKRedwood National Park
Humboldt County, United States
+343 birds+43 mammals
Where the Pacific fog rolls deep into northern California's coastal valleys, some of the tallest trees on Earth rise from a landscape shaped by tectonic forces…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRegional Park of the Catalan Pyrenees
Olette, France
+244 birds+63 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust skyward above cloud-laden valleys, a wild tapestry of Mediterranean and alpine ecosystems interweaves across the Franco-Spanish frontier. These Pyrenean slopes harbour extraordinary…
VIEW NATURE RESERVERibble Estuary National Nature Reserve
Southport, United Kingdom
+197 birds+17 mammals
Where the Ribble flows into the Irish Sea, a landscape of mudflats, salt marshes and shallow pools creates one of northwest England's most dynamic estuarine ecosystems.…
VIEW NATURE RESERVERila National Park
Mala tsarkva, Bulgaria
+138 birds+4 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Balkan skyline, pristine conifer forests blanket steep mountain slopes in an ecological tapestry that has remained largely undisturbed for centuries. Bulgaria's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRocky Mountain National Park
Larimer County, United States
+259 birds+33 mammals
Where granite peaks rise above 12,000 feet and alpine tundra gives way to subalpine forest, Rocky Mountain National Park spans the Continental Divide across nearly 1,600…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRoyal National Park
Sydney, Australia
+296 birds+46 mammals
Where sandstone ridges plunge toward the Tasman Sea, Royal National Park unfolds across 343 square kilometres of southeastern Australian coastal wilderness. The park's defining character emerges…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRoztocze National Park
Obrocz, Poland
+117 birds+4 mammals
Where the Lublin Upland plateaus meet their gentler eastern slopes, Roztocze National Park unfolds across 272 square kilometres of Central European woodland mosaic—a landscape where glacial…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRum National Nature Reserve
Isle Of Rum, United Kingdom
+112 birds+8 mammals
Where the Inner Hebrides rise from the Atlantic, Rum's landscape embodies the raw drama of Scotland's northwest. Steep ridges and volcanic plateaus dominate this island nature…
VIEW NATURE RESERVES’Albufera Natural Park
Platja de Muro, Spain
+253 birds+6 mammals
Where Mediterranean lagoons meet the Balearic coast, S'Albufera stretches across nearly 1,600 hectares of wetland and dune systems that rank among Europe's most ecologically vital shallow-water…
VIEW NATURAL PARKSacramento National Wildlife Refuge
Glenn County, United States
+247 birds+13 mammals
Across the flat expanse of Glenn County's Sacramento Valley, shallow pools and seasonal marshes create one of California's most vital wetland sanctuaries—a landscape shaped by water…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSaguaro National Park
Rincon Valley, United States
+354 birds+40 mammals
Where the Sonoran Desert meets sky-island mountains, two geographically separated districts of Saguaro National Park sprawl across nearly two thousand square kilometers of Arizona's most iconic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSalton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
Imperial County, United States
+289 birds+4 mammals
Across the floor of California's inland desert, where summer temperatures soar and rainfall is measured in tenths of inches, lies an improbable oasis of shallow water…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSamaria National Park
Chania Regional Unit, Greece
+103 birds+1 mammals
Vertical walls of pale limestone rise nearly a kilometre from the Cretan seabed, their flanks carved by the Samaria Gorge into one of Europe's most dramatic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSan Luis National Wildlife Refuge
Merced County, United States
+219 birds+14 mammals
Across the floor of California's San Joaquin Valley, where semi-arid grasslands meet shallow seasonal wetlands, San Luis National Wildlife Sanctuary preserves a critical mosaic of habitats…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSanta Ana National Wildlife Refuge
Hidalgo County, United States
+349 birds+12 mammals
Where the Rio Grande delta meets the semi-arid scrublands of South Texas, Santa Ana National Wildlife Sanctuary preserves a rare mosaic of wetland and thornforest habitat…
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