Where can you see the European Green Woodpecker?
Some of the best places to see the European Green Woodpecker in the wild include Olympos National Park (Greece), Kerkini Lake National Park (Greece) and Pindos National Park (Greece) — among 65 wildlife hotspots across 13 countries, including Italy, Poland, Germany and Bulgaria. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Bannau Brycheiniog National Park
Powys, United Kingdom
+120 birds+29 mammals
Red sandstone peaks rise abruptly from rolling moorland in South Wales, where wind-sculpted ridges and glacial valleys create some of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBavarian Forest National Park
Germany
+121 birds+30 mammals
Where beech and spruce embrace across ancient granite uplands, Central Europe’s wildest borderland unfolds. The Bavarian Forest straddles the German-Czech […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBiałowieża National Park
Bialowieza, Poland
+105 birds+29 mammals
Ancient woodland sprawls across the Polish-Belarusian border where primordial forests have escaped the axe for centuries. This 198-square-kilometre sanctuary harbours […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBieszczady National Park
Bieszczady County, Poland
+82 birds+6 mammals
Where the Carpathian foothills roll eastward into Ukraine, ancient beech and spruce forests cling to steep slopes that rise above […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBükk National Park
Répáshuta, Hungary
+70 birds
Where limestone plateaus collide with deciduous forests, Hungary’s northern highlands unfold across nearly 900 square kilometres of Europe’s most biodiverse […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCasentinesi Forests, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park
Santa Sofia, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where granite ridges rise above 1,600 meters through the heart of Tuscany and Romagna, beech forests transition into alpine meadows […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCentral Balkan National Park
Zhidov dol, Bulgaria
+111 birds+21 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Bulgarian highlands, ancient beech and conifer forests blanket mountains that rise dramatically from the Balkan […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCévennes (Cœur) National Park
Vebron, France
+120 birds+32 mammals
Where granite ridges plunge into serpentine river valleys, a wilderness of schist and limestone unfolds across the Massif Central. Ancient […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCirceo National Park
Italy
+140 birds+10 mammals
Where the Tyrrhenian Sea collides with limestone ridges and Mediterranean scrub, an ancient landscape unfolds along Italy’s southern Lazio coast. […]
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