Where can you see the European Honey Buzzard?
Some of the best places to see the European Honey Buzzard in the wild include Samaria National Park (Greece), Sarakinikou National Park (Greece) and Bosc de Virós (Spain) — among 87 wildlife hotspots across 17 countries, including Spain, Italy, Georgia and Russia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Alt Pirineu Natural Park
Cassibrós, Spain
+95 birds+22 mammals
Where granite peaks scrape the Catalan sky and ancient beech forests give way to high alpine meadows, one of the […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKAspromonte National Park
Careri, Italy
+130 birds+20 mammals
Where granite massifs pierce the Calabrian sky and Mediterranean maquis gives way to beech forests, one of southern Italy’s most […]
VIEW NATIONAL 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 PARKBelyy Kamen
Luzhsky District, Russia
+45 birds+2 mammals
Where crystalline granite outcrops pierce the boreal forest of western Russia, Белый камень unfolds across roughly 81 square kilometers of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBiebrza National Park
Goniądz, Poland
+130 birds+25 mammals
Where wetland and water merge across northeastern Poland’s vast floodplain, one of Europe’s most pristine riverine ecosystems unfolds across nearly […]
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 PARKBosc de Virós
Ainet de Besan, Spain
+121 birds+30 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the eastern Pyrenees, a temperate wonderland emerges in the borderlands between Spain and Andorra. Bosc […]
VIEW FOREST & JUNGLEBosques de Plan
San Juan de Plan, Spain
+123 birds+30 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into beech and fir forests, the Pyrenean valleys of Bosques de Plan unfold in dramatic tiers […]
VIEW FOREST & JUNGLEBükk National Park
Répáshuta, Hungary
+70 birds
Where limestone plateaus collide with deciduous forests, Hungary’s northern highlands unfold across nearly 900 square kilometres of Europe’s most biodiverse […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKButrint National Park
Vagalat, Albania
+133 birds+17 mammals
Where Ionian breezes meet the Corfu Channel, saltmarsh and freshwater lagoons create a mosaic of habitats that pulse with life […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCadí Moixeró Nature Park
Bagà, Spain
+122 birds+30 mammals
Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park is one of the largest and most spectacular protected areas in Catalonia, located in the heart of […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKCañón del Río Lobos Nature Park
Santa María de las Hoyas, Spain
+126 birds+25 mammals
Where limestone cliffs rise abruptly from a serpentine river valley, the Río Lobos carves one of Spain’s most dramatic natural […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKCap de Creus Nature Park
Roses, Spain
+148 birds+14 mammals
Where granite cliffs plunge into crystalline Mediterranean waters, the easternmost reaches of the Iberian Peninsula reveal a landscape sculpted by […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKCapçaleres del Ter i del Freser Nature Park
La Farga, Spain
+108 birds+20 mammals
Where granite peaks claw at the Catalan sky, alpine meadows and ancient beech forests unfold across nearly 300 square kilometers […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKCasentinesi Forests, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park
Santa Sofia, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where granite ridges rise above 1,600 meters through the heart of Tuscany and Romagna, beech forests transition into alpine meadows […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCévennes (Cœur) National Park
Vebron, France
+120 birds+32 mammals
Where granite ridges plunge into serpentine river valleys, a wilderness of schist and limestone unfolds across the Massif Central. Ancient […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni National Park
Campora, Italy
+76 birds+17 mammals
Limestone cliffs plunge toward the Tyrrhenian Sea while ancient beech forests crown the interior highlands, creating a mosaic of Mediterranean […]
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. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKD’Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park
la Vall de Boí, Spain
+106 birds+15 mammals
Granite peaks rise dramatically from crystalline lakes in Spain’s Pyrenean heartland, where torrential streams cascade through meadows studded with alpine […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park
Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where the Apennine spine rises between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, beech forests give way to windswept alpine meadows and dramatic limestone […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDell’Arcipelago Toscano National Park
Italy
+128 birds+22 mammals
Azure waters lap against wind-sculpted granite islands where Mediterranean macchia clings to rocky slopes and pine forests crown the hilltops. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDella Majella National Park
Pacentro, Italy
+53 birds+14 mammals
Where limestone massifs pierce the Apennine spine, a realm of vertical drama unfolds across nearly 75,000 hectares of pristine Italian […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDelle Incisioni Rupestri di Naquane National Park
Capo di Ponte, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where Alpine valleys descend into the Lombardy foothills, glacier-carved granite formations rise in dramatic tiers above the Oglio River valley. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDirigida Laguna de Gallocanta Nature Reserve
Las Cuerlas, Spain
+136 birds+21 mammals
Where continental steppe meets the vast mirror of inland water, Spain’s largest natural lagoon reveals a landscape of haunting beauty. […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEDolomiti Bellunesi National Park
Sospirolo, Italy
+63 birds+15 mammals
Where jagged limestone towers pierce a sky of impossible blue, the Bellunesi Dolomites unfold as one of Europe’s most dramatic […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDuna-Ipoly National Park
Dömös, Hungary
+121 birds+30 mammals
Where the Danube carves its sinuous path through northern Hungary, limestone ridges rise abruptly from the river valley, their pale […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKÉcrins (Cœur) National Park
La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar, France
+107 birds+24 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Alpine cloudline and glacial torrents carve through crystalline valleys, France’s wildest mountain heart reveals itself. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEstrecho Nature Park
Pedro Valiente, Spain
+135 birds+23 mammals
Where Mediterranean pine forests meet wind-sculpted coastal cliffs, one of Europe’s most dynamic ecological crossroads unfolds across the Strait of […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKGargano National Park
Cagnano Varano, Italy
+133 birds+12 mammals
Where limestone plateaus rise abruptly from the Adriatic coast, a spur of land juts into southern Italy bearing one of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGladyshevskiy Wildlife Refuge
Gor'kovskoe, Russia
+37 birds
Taiga forest gives way to windswept tundra across this 131-square-kilometre sanctuary in Russia’s Far East, where boreal and arctic ecosystems […]
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYGran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
Pietracamela, Italy
+78 birds+18 mammals
Where granite massifs pierce the Apennine spine, weathered limestone cliffs rise from verdant beech forests in a landscape of dramatic […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJasmund National Park
Sassnitz, Germany
+126 birds+26 mammals
Soaring white limestone cliffs plunge dramatically toward the Baltic Sea, their chalk faces sculpted by millennia of wind and wave […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJavakheti National Park
Bozali, Georgia
+148 birds+6 mammals
Dawn breaks over a high-altitude plateau where volcanic peaks pierce the Caucasian sky, their slopes cloaked in alpine meadows that […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKerkini Lake National Park
Serres, Greece
+132 birds+25 mammals
Where the Strymon River winds through northeastern Greece, a sprawling freshwater lake mirrors the dramatic Belasitsa Mountains, creating one of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKolkheti National Park
Nigvziani, Georgia
+149 birds+6 mammals
Where the Caucasus descends to meet the Black Sea, a mosaic of wetlands, reed beds, and coastal lagoons creates one […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLahemaa National Park
Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
+111 birds+15 mammals
Where primordial forests meet crystalline coastlines, Estonia’s largest national park unfolds across 1,304 square kilometers of Nordic wilderness. Granite bedrock, […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLosiny Ostrov National Park
Balashikhinsky District, Russia
+120 birds+30 mammals
Ancient pine and birch forests sweep across undulating terrain where the Moskva River winds through Moscow’s northeastern reaches, creating a […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMabamba Swamp
Memere, Uganda
150+ birds
Where papyrus stands shoulder-high and water mirrors an infinite sky, one of Africa’s most biodiverse wetland systems unfolds across 283 […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEMachakhela Planned National Park
Skurdidi, Georgia
+138 birds+12 mammals
Where the Lesser Caucasus mountains plunge toward the lowlands of southern Georgia, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds. Steep limestone […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMarjal Pego-Oliva Nature Park
Molinell, Spain
+132 birds+19 mammals
Where freshwater marshes meet Mediterranean scrubland, one of Spain’s most vital wetland systems unfolds across the Valencian coast. Brackish lagoons […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKMercantour (Cœur) National Park
Isola, France
+120 birds+29 mammals
Where alpine meadows surrender to vertiginous limestone cliffs, the Mercantour’s beating heart pulses with Mediterranean and Alpine rhythms. This 4,221-square-kilometre […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMontes de Málaga Nature Park
Málaga, Spain
+146 birds+12 mammals
Where pine forests descend into Mediterranean scrubland and limestone ridges puncture the Andalusian sky, a landscape of remarkable ecological complexity […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKMontseny Nature Park
Viladrau, Spain
+105 birds+22 mammals
The Montseny Natural Park is one of Catalonia’s most remarkable protected areas, offering an extraordinary blend of biodiversity, scenic landscapes, […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKMount Ainos National Park
Sami Municipal Unit, Greece
+77 birds+6 mammals
Where the Ionian Sea meets the limestone heights of Cephalonia, a windswept wilderness of scree slopes and ancient Calabrian pines […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNizhnyaya Kama National Park
Yelabuzhsky District, Russia
+118 birds+9 mammals
Where the middle Volga River carves through the ancient steppes of Tatarstan, a sprawling 1,100-square-kilometre sanctuary unfolds across meadows, wetlands, […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorth York Moors National Park
North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
+128 birds+21 mammals
Heather moorlands roll across 554 square miles of the Yorkshire uplands, where rolling hills give way to deep valleys carved […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOrdesa y Monte Perdido National Park
Sobrarbe, Spain
+121 birds+29 mammals
Where limestone cliffs rise nearly a thousand metres in sheer vertical walls, the Pyrenees reveal their most dramatic visage. Ordesa […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKŐrség National Park
Kondorfa, Hungary
+65 birds+20 mammals
Where the Alps fade into the Carpathian foothills, a gentle mosaic of ancient forests and rolling hills defines one of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOzyornoe Wildlife Refuge Marsh
Lebyazh'e, Russia
+69 birds+7 mammals
Where sphagnum mosses and shallow waters merge across sixteen square kilometers of undisturbed wetland, Russia’s Озёрное emerges as one of […]
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYParc del Garraf
Rat-Penat, Spain
+128 birds+11 mammals
Where Mediterranean limestone plateaus plunge toward the Catalan coast, sculpted cliffs and hidden ravines create a landscape of stark beauty […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKPeneda-Gerês National Park
A Baixa Limia, Portugal
+79 birds+18 mammals
Granite peaks pierce the mist-laden highlands of northern Portugal, where ancient schist valleys carve through some of Europe’s last true […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPicos de Europa National Park
Posada de Valdeón, Spain
+120 birds+17 mammals
Where limestone peaks pierce the Asturian sky at nearly 2,700 metres, three colossal massifs create a fortress of vertical rock […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPindos National Park
Ioannina Regional Unit, Greece
+128 birds+22 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above Greece’s spine, the Pindos Mountains harbour one of southern Europe’s wildest and most […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPirin National Park
Bansko, Bulgaria
+133 birds+21 mammals
Where jagged limestone peaks pierce the Macedonian sky, ancient glacial valleys cradle some of Bulgaria’s most pristine wilderness. This southwestern […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPollino National Park
Viggianello, Italy
+102 birds+23 mammals
Where the southern Apennines rise toward the sky in jagged limestone peaks, forests of Bosnian pine cling to precipitous slopes […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPosets–maladeta Natural Park
Benasque, Spain
+121 birds+29 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Pyrenean sky at over 3,300 metres, the Posets–Maladeta massif commands one of Spain’s most dramatic […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKRacha-Lechkhum-Kvemo Svaneti Planned National Park
Zeskho, Georgia
+91 birds+11 mammals
Where granite gorges cut through the southern Caucasus, pristine alpine meadows cascade downward into temperate beech forests of extraordinary primeval […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRedes Nature Park
Arrobio, Spain
+78 birds+16 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the Cantabrian mountains, beech forests rise in cathedral-like stands above cascading streams and alpine meadows. […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKRegional Park of the Catalan Pyrenees
Olette, France
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust skyward above cloud-laden valleys, a wild tapestry of Mediterranean and alpine ecosystems interweaves across the Franco-Spanish […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVERila National Park
Mala tsarkva, Bulgaria
+131 birds+20 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Balkan skyline, pristine conifer forests blanket steep mountain slopes in an ecological tapestry that has […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSamaria National Park
Chania Regional Unit, Greece
+138 birds+12 mammals
Where granite gorges plunge nearly a kilometer into the Cretan landscape, a dramatic wilderness unfolds across 4,850 hectares of Crete’s […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSamegrelo Planned National Park
Medani, Georgia
+60 birds+16 mammals
Where the Caucasus descends toward the Black Sea, temperate rainforests cloak steep valleys in an emerald tapestry rarely seen in […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSarakinikou National Park
Chania Regional Unit, Greece
+134 birds+4 mammals
Where limestone cliffs plunge toward turquoise waters and endemic Mediterranean scrub clings to rocky slopes, Greece’s most dramatic coastal wilderness […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSibillini Mountains National Park
Ussita, Italy
+123 birds+27 mammals
Where limestone ridges claw toward 2,476 metres, ancient beech forests surrender to alpine meadows and windswept crags that define the […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSierra de Andújar Nature Park
Our Lady of Cabeza, Spain
+105 birds+20 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through Mediterranean scrubland and cork forests cascade down Andalusian hillsides, one of Spain’s most pristine wilderness […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKSierra de Boumort
Segan, Spain
+125 birds+29 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the Catalan Pyrenees, ancient limestone cliffs rise in dramatic ramparts above dense Mediterranean forests. This […]
VIEW MOUNTAIN & ALPINESierra de Gredos Regional Park
Candeleda, Spain
+130 birds+10 mammals
Where granite peaks claw at 2,592 metres and alpine meadows give way to cork oak scrubland, Spain’s central highlands reveal […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVESierra de Guadarrama National Park
Rascafría, Spain
+141 birds+19 mammals
Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Castilian plateau, weathered by millennia into a landscape of raw alpine drama, lies […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSila National Park
San Giovanni in Fiore, Italy
+133 birds+17 mammals
Where ancient beech forests rise above a high Calabrian plateau, Italy’s wilderness core reveals itself in dramatic relief. At elevations […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSipoonkorven National Park
Sipoo, Finland
+88 birds+6 mammals
Where granite outcrops pierce boreal forest and pristine wetlands sprawl beneath Nordic skies, one of Finland’s most ecologically vital reserves […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSomiedo Natural Park
Pola de Somiedo, Spain
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where granite gorges cleave through the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain, alpine meadows roll toward beech and oak forests in […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKSoomaa National Park
Viljandi County, Estonia
+46 birds+6 mammals
Where peat bogs stretch endlessly beneath vast Estonian skies, four distinct wetland rivers carve through 749 square kilometers of primordial […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKStelvio National Park
Valfurva, Italy
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Alpine sky above 3,000 metres, three valleys converge in a realm of stark beauty and […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKStenshuvuds National Park
Skåne län, Sweden
+136 birds+18 mammals
Where windswept cliffs plunge toward the Baltic and ancient beech forests cling to limestone slopes, southern Sweden reveals one of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKŠumava National Park
Germany
+120 birds+29 mammals
Where ancient spruce forests rise and peat bogs stretch beneath mist-laden skies, the Bavarian borderlands hold one of Central Europe’s […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTable Mountains National Park
Karłów, Poland
150+ birds+30 mammals
Where sandstone plateaus rise like ancient fortresses above forested valleys, Poland’s 108-square-kilometre wilderness unfolds across the Table Mountains. Vertical rock […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTbilisi National Park
Tezami, Georgia
150+ birds
Where the Caucasus foothills descend toward Georgia’s capital, pristine river valleys and limestone cliffs create a remarkable patchwork of habitats […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTrialeti Planned National Park
Tbisi, Georgia
+130 birds+21 mammals
Where limestone plateaus rise above the Caucasian foothills, a mosaic of oak forests, alpine meadows, and beech woodlands creates one […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTsentralno-Lesnoy Gosudarstvennyy Prirodnyy Biosfernyy Nature Reserve
Nelidovsky District, Russia
+82 birds+8 mammals
Ancient spruce and fir forests stretch across undulating terrain in western Russia, where primordial taiga landscape remains largely untouched by […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTúria Nature Park
València, Spain
+103 birds+11 mammals
Where limestone cliffs rise dramatically above the sinuous Túria River, one of Spain’s most compelling natural laboratories unfolds across nearly […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKUrdaibai Biosphere Reserve
Txatxarramendi, Spain
+113 birds+11 mammals
Where the Pyrenean foothills surrender to the Bay of Biscay, tidal estuaries carve through Basque limestone, creating one of Europe’s […]
VIEW BIOSPHERE RESERVEValdaysky National Park
Валдайский муниципальный округ, Russia
+122 birds+13 mammals
Where glacial lakes pierce a landscape of boreal forest and ancient hills, Russia’s Valdai region unfolds as one of Eastern […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVanoise National Park
Val-Cenis, France
+105 birds+21 mammals
Where granite peaks fracture the Alpine sky above 4,000 meters, Vanoise’s 1,716 square kilometers unfold as France’s oldest national park […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVikos–Aoos National Park
Ioannina Regional Unit, Greece
+126 birds+24 mammals
Where granite gorges plunge nearly 1,000 metres through the Pindus Mountains, one of Europe’s most dramatic wilderness areas unfolds. The […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park
Küstengewässer einschließlich Anteil am Festlandso, Germany
+131 birds+20 mammals
Shallow lagoons merge imperceptibly with reed-fringed marshes where the Baltic coast dissolves into a maze of brackish waters and low-lying […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVratsa Balkan
Zgorigrad, Bulgaria
+137 birds+19 mammals
Where limestone cliffs plunge into deep river canyons and beech forests give way to rocky karst plateaus, one of Bulgaria’s […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEZemo Svaneti Planned National Park
Hamashi-Totoleshi, Georgia
+107 birds+8 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above the Caucasus, sweeping alpine meadows give way to pristine beech and spruce forests […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARK