Where can you see the Hazel Grouse?
Some of the best places to see the Hazel Grouse in the wild include Gorkhi-Terelj National Park (Mongolia), Lemmenjoki National Park (Finland) and Baikal National Park (Russia) — among 52 wildlife hotspots across 12 countries, including Finland, Russia, Sweden and Poland. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Aggtelek National Park
Szin, Hungary
+119 birds+13 mammals
Where limestone karst terrain rises and plunges across North Hungary's borderlands, Aggtelek National Park unfolds across 543 square kilometres of one of Europe's most geologically dramatic…
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 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 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 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 PARKFärnebofjärden 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 PARKGladyshevskiy Wildlife Refuge
Gor'kovskoe, Russia
+26 birds
Across the low, glacially shaped terrain of northwestern Russia, boreal forest and wetland mosaic define this 131-square-kilometre sanctuary in Leningrad Oblast. The landscape speaks of ice-age…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYGorce National Park
Szczawa, Poland
+90 birds+2 mammals
Where the Beskid Mountains rise above the Vistula River basin, Gorce National Park protects one of Lesser Poland's most distinctive mountain landscapes—a realm of beech and…
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