Where can you see the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker?
Some of the best places to see the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in the wild include Kerkini Lake National Park (Greece), Vikos–Aoos National Park (Greece) and Gorkhi-Terelj National Park (Mongolia) — among 52 wildlife hotspots across 16 countries, including Spain, Bulgaria, Poland and Greece. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Abisko National Park
Norrbottens län, Sweden
+78 birds+13 mammals
Where Arctic tundra meets boreal forest beneath Sweden’s northernmost sky, one of Europe’s most pristine wilderness reserves unfolds across the […]
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 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 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 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 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. […]
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