Where can you see the Gyrfalcon?
Some of the best places to see the Gyrfalcon in the wild include Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park (Norway), Scoresby Sund (Greenland) and Disko Bay (Greenland) — among 9 wildlife hotspots across Greenland, Norway, the United States, Canada and Germany. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Alaska 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 SANCTUARYDenali National Park
Denali Borough, United States
+144 birds+18 mammals
Across nearly 31,000 square kilometres of interior Alaska, subarctic boreal forest gives way to alpine tundra, where the raw architecture of mountains—including the continent's tallest peak—shapes…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDisko Bay
Kitsissuarsuit, Greenland
+46 birds+9 mammals
Where Arctic fjords carve deep into Greenland's western coast, Disko Bay creates a protected landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity. The waters here merge temperate Atlantic currents…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEDovrefjell-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 PARKNortheast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland
+34 birds+10 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into the Arctic Ocean and pack ice dominates a landscape of incomparable vastness, one of Earth's most remote wildernesses reveals itself. Spanning…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSchleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park
Germany
+378 birds+49 mammals
Where the North Sea ebbs and flows across a vast expanse of exposed mud and sand, the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park reveals one of Europe's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKScoresby Sund
Vandreblok, Greenland
+43 birds+9 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce an Arctic sky and the world's largest fjord system carves deep into northeastern Greenland, a primordial landscape unfolds in shades of ice-blue…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPETuktut Nogait National Park
Inuvik Region, Canada
+38 birds+3 mammals
Arctic tundra stretches across the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories in an endless tapestry of low-lying vegetation, exposed permafrost, and wind-carved terrain where the boreal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVaranger National Park
Båtsfjord, Norway
+157 birds+9 mammals
Where the Arctic tundra meets the Barents Sea, vast plateaus of birch woodland and dwarf shrub heath roll across northeastern Norway's most remote corner. Varanger's landscape…
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