Where can you see the Red-billed Chough?
Some of the best places to see the Red-billed Chough in the wild include Bosc de Virós (Spain), Sierra de Boumort (Spain) and Gorkhi-Terelj National Park (Mongolia) — among 97 wildlife hotspots across 12 countries, including Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy and China. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park
Pescasseroli, Italy
+139 birds+18 mammals
Where the central Apennines rise in dramatic limestone and clay ridges, the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park unfolds across one of Italy's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAltai Tavan Bogd National Park
Tsengel, Mongolia
+146 birds+3 mammals
Where the Altai Mountains rise in jagged defiance along Mongolia's western frontier, the terrain transforms into a realm of alpine tundra, rocky plateaus, and glacier-carved valleys…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAltun Mountain National Nature Reserve
Jiuquan, China
+32 birds
Where the Altun Mountains rise across the high desert basin of northwestern China, one encounters a landscape shaped by extremes—cold, aridity, and relentless altitude. Spanning over…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEBaima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China
+204 birds+3 mammals
High-altitude ridges and steep-sided valleys define this reserve in northwestern Yunnan, where elevations surge from around 3,000 metres to peaks above 4,100 metres. The terrain supports…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEBale Mountains National Park
Ethiopia
+397 birds+20 mammals
Where the Ethiopian highlands rise above 4,000 metres, the Bale Mountains create a landscape of stunning ecological extremes—from afroalpine grasslands swept by wind and mist to…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBannau Brycheiniog National Park
Powys, United Kingdom
+178 birds+36 mammals
Where sandstone ridges rise above the rolling moorlands of mid-Wales, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park protects one of Britain's most compelling upland landscapes. The park's dramatic peaks,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBosc de Virós
Ainet de Besan, Spain
+126 birds+10 mammals
Where the Pyrenean foothills roll down through northeastern Catalonia, Bosc de Virós unfolds as a dense tapestry of mixed temperate forest in the Lleida province, its…
VIEW FOREST & JUNGLEBosques de Plan
San Juan de Plan, Spain
+124 birds+4 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into beech and fir forests, the Pyrenean valleys of Bosques de Plan unfold in dramatic tiers of ancient woodland. This wilderness in…
VIEW FOREST & JUNGLECabañeros National Park
Retuerta del Bullaque, Spain
+183 birds+8 mammals
Cabañeros National Park is one of Spain’s finest wildlife destinations and one of the best-preserved examples of Mediterranean forest and scrubland in Europe. Located in the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park
San José, Spain
+274 birds+11 mammals
Where volcanic ridges plunge toward the Mediterranean, Cabo de Gata-Níjar Nature Park unfolds across one of Europe's most arid coastlines, a landscape sculpted by tectonic violence…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCabo Peñas
Susacasa, Spain
+303 birds+21 mammals
Where sea cliffs rise sheer from the Bay of Biscay, Susacasa's observation point commands one of Asturias's most dramatic coastal vistas. The landscape here is defined…
VIEW OBSERVATION POINTCadí Moixeró Natural Park
Bor, Spain
+172 birds+21 mammals
Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park is one of the largest and most spectacular protected areas in Catalonia, located in the heart of the eastern Pyrenees. Covering more than…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCalanques National Park
Bouches-du-Rhône, France
+233 birds+42 mammals
Where limestone cliffs plunge dramatically into crystalline Mediterranean waters, Calanques National Park preserves one of Europe's most striking coastal landscapes. These steep-sided inlets, carved by erosion…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCaldera de Taburiente National Park
El Paso, Spain
+40 birds+1 mammals
Where volcanic ramparts rise nearly two kilometres above the Atlantic, Caldera de Taburiente reveals one of the Canary Islands' most dramatic geological narratives. This national park…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCamargue Regional Nature Park
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France
+378 birds+48 mammals
Where the Rhône Delta sprawls into the Mediterranean, a landscape of stark and haunting beauty emerges—vast salt marshes punctuated by shallow lagoons, reed beds, and scrubland…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCañón del Río Lobos Natural Park
Santa María de las Hoyas, Spain
+136 birds+2 mammals
Where the Río Lobos carves its relentless path through the Iberian plateau, limestone cliffs rise in dramatic ramparts above a ribbon of water that has spent…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCévennes National Park
Vebron, France
+187 birds+63 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the limestone plateaux of southern France, the Cévennes Cœur National Park unfolds across nearly 3,500 square kilometres of one of Europe's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park
Campora, Italy
+145 birds+12 mammals
Where the southern Apennines descend toward the Tyrrhenian coast, the landscape transforms into a mosaic of limestone plateaus, deep ravines, and Mediterranean scrubland that defines Cilento,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCinque Terre National Park
Riomaggiore, Italy
+135 birds+1 mammals
Steep terraced cliffs plunge toward the Ligurian Sea where five villages cling to a Csb-climate coastline shaped by centuries of viticulture and stone masonry. Riomaggiore, the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKColl de Pal
La Molina, Spain
+142 birds+12 mammals
Where the eastern Pyrenees descend into Catalonia, alpine meadows and rocky slopes define the character of this mountain pass, a threshold between the high Iberian interior…
VIEW MOUNTAIN & ALPINECors Fochno National Nature Reserve
Borth, United Kingdom
+179 birds+27 mammals
Where the Dovey Estuary opens to the Irish Sea, a sprawling wetland mosaic of reedbed, fen and mire transforms the coastal flats of mid-Wales into one…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEDelta de l’Ebre Natural Park
Eucaliptus, Spain
+341 birds+18 mammals
Where the Ebro River spreads into a vast labyrinth of shallow lagoons, reed beds, and brackish marshes before surrendering to the Mediterranean, one of southern Europe's…
VIEW NATURAL PARKDirigida Laguna de Gallocanta Nature Reserve
Las Cuerlas, Spain
+250 birds+7 mammals
Where continental steppe meets the vast mirror of inland water, Spain's largest natural lagoon reveals a landscape of haunting beauty. The shallow alkaline lake, cradled in…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEDoñana National Park
Hinojos, Spain
+300 birds+13 mammals
Where the Guadalquivir River delta spreads into the Atlantic, vast marshes, cork woodlands, and coastal dunes converge to create one of southwestern Europe's most biodiverse wetland…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDyfi National Nature Reserve
Aberdyfi, United Kingdom
+148 birds+25 mammals
Where the River Dyfi widens into a broad coastal basin, a 2,400-hectare mosaic of saltmarsh, reedbed, mudflat and freshwater wetland spreads across the Cardigan Bay estuary…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEÉcrins National Park
La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar, France
+143 birds+36 mammals
Where granite peaks and Alpine meadows converge across nearly 2,100 square kilometres, Écrins National Park forms one of the wildest mountainous strongholds of the French Alps.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEryri National Park
Gwynedd, United Kingdom
+199 birds+36 mammals
Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Snowdonia landscape, Eryri National Park encompasses one of Britain's most dramatic mountain terrain. The park's rugged plateaus, deep glacial…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEstrecho Natural Park
Pedro Valiente, Spain
+281 birds+20 mammals
Where Mediterranean pine forests meet wind-sculpted coastal cliffs, one of Europe's most dynamic ecological crossroads unfolds across the Strait of Gibraltar. Spanning 686 square kilometers of…
VIEW NATURAL PARKGangotri National Park
Bhatwari, India
+119 birds+1 mammals
Where the Bhagirathi River carves through the western Himalayas in northern Uttarakhand, Gangotri National Park rises across steep alpine terrain that defines the boundary between temperate…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGiant Panda National Park
Mianyang, China
+447 birds+47 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of China's Sichuan plateau descend into cloud-wrapped valleys, one of Asia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across more than 350,000 square kilometres. This…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park
Tsagaan Subarga Hural, Mongolia
+183 birds+23 mammals
Where rust-coloured badlands rise from the southern Gobi steppe, the terrain transforms into a landscape of geological drama that few visitors expect to find in Mongolia's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGorkhi-Terelj National Park
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
+137 birds+5 mammals
Where granite monoliths rise abruptly from rolling steppe grasslands, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park unfolds across the landscape north of Ulaanbaatar, a sanctuary where forest and alpine meadow…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGran Paradiso National Park
Cogne, Italy
+120 birds+16 mammals
Where the western Alps rise steeply above the Aosta Valley, granite ridges and alpine meadows converge in a landscape shaped as much by glacial history as…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park
Pietracamela, Italy
+155 birds+12 mammals
Where the Apennines rise in their most dramatic form, the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park unfolds across nearly 70,000 hectares of limestone peaks,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Orme National Nature Reserve
Llandudno, United Kingdom
+113 birds+7 mammals
Limestone cliffs rise dramatically from the Irish Sea along the Conwy coast, their windswept summits offering sanctuary to a mosaic of heathland, grassland and rocky outcrops…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEHemis National Park
Raigahar Dhar, India
+131 birds+13 mammals
Where granite gorges cleave through the Himalayas at dizzying altitudes, a vast wilderness of alpine desert unfolds across the rain shadow of Ladakh. Hemis sprawls across…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHustai National Park
Altanbulag, Mongolia
+198 birds+16 mammals
Where the steppe rolls endlessly beneath vast Mongolian skies, Hustai National Park preserves one of Central Asia's most dynamic grassland ecosystems. Rolling hills and open prairie…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKenfig National Nature Reserve
Kenfig, United Kingdom
+142 birds+5 mammals
Where brackish lakes meet windswept dunes and the North Atlantic's influence shapes every living thing, Kenfig National Nature Reserve spreads across Wales's coastal Glamorgan landscape like…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEKhangai Nuruu National Park
Erdenetsogt, Mongolia
+136 birds+7 mammals
Where granite ridges pierce Mongolia's central steppe, alpine meadows give way to dense coniferous forests that climb toward windswept summits. Khangai Nuruu sweeps across 1.2 million…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhangchendzonga National Park
Sakkyong, India
+290 birds+1 mammals
Where the eastern Himalayas surge toward their crowning peaks, Khangchendzonga National Park embraces a landscape of almost overwhelming vertical drama. Rising from subtropical river valleys into…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhoridol Saridag National Park
Khatgal, Mongolia
+164 birds+6 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust skyward across Mongolia's remote southeastern reaches, a landscape of raw geological drama unfolds. Deep river gorges carved through ancient stone create a…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLa Mata de València
Son, Spain
+82 birds+15 mammals
Forests of Mediterranean pine and deciduous woodland blanket the terrain around Son in Lleida, where the Catalan landscape transitions between lowland scrub and denser woodland habitat.…
VIEW FOREST & JUNGLELake District National Park
Westmorland and Furness, United Kingdom
+209 birds+36 mammals
Where slate fells rise steeply from mirror-still waters, the Lake District unfolds as one of Britain's most ecologically intricate mountain landscapes. The park's patchwork of deep…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLangtang National Park
Helambu, Nepal
+364 birds+14 mammals
Where the southern slopes of the Himalayan highlands descend toward the subtropical valleys of central Nepal, Langtang National Park sprawls across one of the subcontinent's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLoch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park
Duchray, United Kingdom
+188 birds+40 mammals
Where ancient woodlands rise from glassy lochs and rugged Highland peaks pierce the lowland horizon, Scotland's most biodiverse landscape unfolds across 720 square kilometres of wild…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMaiella National Park
Pacentro, Italy
+131 birds+11 mammals
Limestone scarps rise abruptly from the valleys around Pacentro, their pale faces scored by millennia of water and wind into a landscape of canyons, karst features,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMercantour National Park
Isola, France
+146 birds+32 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 sanctuary straddles France's southeastern border, its…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMonfragüe National Park
Torrejón el Rubio, Spain
+219 birds+10 mammals
Where the Tagus River cuts through limestone plateaus in central Extremadura, Monfragüe National Park rises as a fortress of Mediterranean and Atlantic woodland, its dramatic rocky…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMontaña de Montserrat Natural Park
Marganell, Spain
+149 birds+10 mammals
Where granite monoliths erupt from the Mediterranean scrubland like cathedral spires, an otherworldly landscape unfolds across Catalonia's most dramatic mountain reserve. These iconic sandstone and conglomerate…
VIEW NATURAL PARKMontaña Palentina Natural Park
Vidrieros, Spain
+180 birds+29 mammals
Where the Cantabrian mountains rise above the Palencia plateau, Montaña Palentina Nature Park sprawls across nearly 1,500 square kilometres of some of northern Spain's most dramatic…
VIEW NATURAL PARKMontañas de Prades
Capafonts, Spain
+151 birds+13 mammals
Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Tarragona hinterland, a wild mosaic of pine forests, scrubland, and limestone cliffs creates one of northeastern Spain's most biodiverse…
VIEW MOUNTAIN & ALPINEMontes de Málaga Natural Park
Málaga, Spain
+159 birds+7 mammals
Where cork oak and pine forest sweep across the rugged hills inland from the Costa del Sol, the Montes de Málaga Nature Park unfolds as a…
VIEW NATURAL PARKMonti Sibillini National Park
Castelsantangelo sul Nera, Italy
+113 birds+11 mammals
Where the Apennines rear their limestone spine across central Italy, the Sibillini Mountains National Park reveals a landscape of dramatic vertical relief, high plateaus, and deeply…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMontseny Natural Park
Viladrau, Spain
+156 birds+30 mammals
The Montseny Natural Park is one of Catalonia’s most remarkable protected areas, offering an extraordinary blend of biodiversity, scenic landscapes, and cultural heritage within easy reach…
VIEW NATURAL PARKNanda Devi National Park
Garpak, India
+218 birds+5 mammals
Where the Himalayas surge into their most dramatic alpine amphitheater, a wilderness of raw geological power unfolds across 624 square kilometers of pristine terrain. Nanda Devi,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOrdesa y Monte Perdido National Park
Sobrarbe, Spain
+162 birds+13 mammals
Where limestone cliffs soar a thousand metres above cascading rivers, the Pyrenean massif reveals itself in its most dramatic form. Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParque-Reserva Natural de las Quinientas
Berlanga, Spain
+75 birds
Where Mediterranean scrubland rises and falls across the limestone plateaus of central Extremadura, the Parque-Reserva Natural de las Quinientas protects a landscape of profound ecological richness.…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEPembrokeshire Coast National Park
Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
+250 birds+41 mammals
Where the Cambrian coastline meets the Celtic Sea, cliff-top moorland and hidden coves define a landscape carved by 300 million years of geological drama. Pembrokeshire Coast…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPeneda-Gerês National Park
A Baixa Limia, Portugal
+156 birds+15 mammals
Where granite gorges cut through ancient montane forests, the Peneda-Gerês National Park rises across the rugged borderlands between northern Portugal and Galicia, a landscape shaped by…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPicos de Europa National Park
Posada de Valdeón, Spain
+166 birds+26 mammals
Where limestone massifs rise abruptly from the Castilian plateau, the Picos de Europa create one of Spain's most dramatic mountain wilderness areas. The park's jagged peaks,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPindos National Park
Ioannina Regional Unit, Greece
+163 birds+12 mammals
Where limestone peaks rise abruptly from the Pindus range in northwestern Greece, a landscape of dramatic gorges, alpine meadows, and dense beech forests creates one of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPonga Natural Park
San Juan de Beleño, Spain
+98 birds+13 mammals
Where the Picos de Europa rise in dramatic limestone walls, the landscape softens as you descend into Asturias' Ponga Nature Park, a 407-square-kilometre sanctuary where deciduous…
VIEW NATURAL PARKPorts Natural Park
Alfara de Carles, Spain
+157 birds+13 mammals
Where the eastern Catalan ranges descend toward the Mediterranean, a sprawling mosaic of Mediterranean scrubland, pine woodland, and rocky limestone terrain defines Ports Natural Park, a…
VIEW NATURAL PARKPosets–maladeta Natural Park
Benasque, Spain
+122 birds+9 mammals
Where granite gorges cut through the High Pyrenees, Posets–Maladeta Natural Park rises as one of Spain's most formidable alpine landscapes. Straddling the Huesca province along the…
VIEW NATURAL PARKPyrénées National Park
Hautes Pyrenees, France
+150 birds+35 mammals
Where alpine meadows give way to limestone cliffs and rushing torrents carve through ancient stone, the Pyrénées National Park spans a landscape of austere beauty along…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKQiangtang National Nature Reserve
Ngari Prefecture, China
+34 birds+5 mammals
Across the high Tibetan plateau north of Nagqu sprawls one of Earth's most extreme alpine tundra ecosystems, where vast expanses of sparse grassland and barren terrain…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEQinghai Lake National Nature Reserve
Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China
+243 birds+11 mammals
At 3,200 metres above sea level on the Tibetan plateau, where winter temperatures plunge far below freezing and snow blankets the landscape for half the year,…
VIEW NATURE RESERVERedes Natural Park
Arrobio, Spain
+163 birds+16 mammals
Where the Picos de Europa cast their shadow westward, the Redes Nature Park sprawls across nearly 600 square kilometres of Asturian limestone and schist, a wild…
VIEW NATURAL PARKSagarmatha National Park
Khumjung, Nepal
+219 birds+7 mammals
Soaring peaks and deep glacial valleys define this alpine wilderness in northeastern Nepal, where the terrain rises from forested foothills into a realm of high-altitude tundra…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSamaria National Park
Chania Regional Unit, Greece
+103 birds+1 mammals
Vertical walls of pale limestone rise nearly a kilometre from the Cretan seabed, their flanks carved by the Samaria Gorge into one of Europe's most dramatic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSanjiangyuan National Park
Nagqu, China
+187 birds+25 mammals
Where the headwaters of three great Asian rivers emerge from a high alpine plateau, the landscape unfolds in tundra and dwarf shrubland—a world of austere beauty…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSerra de Mariola Natural Park
Bocairent, Spain
+164 birds+19 mammals
Where limestone ridges rise above the Valencian interior, Serra de Mariola unfolds across 225 square kilometers of Mediterranean mountain terrain that shifts between dense evergreen woodland,…
VIEW NATURE RESERVESierra de Andújar Natural Park
Our Lady of Cabeza, Spain
+198 birds+19 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through Mediterranean scrubland and cork forests cascade down Andalusian hillsides, one of Spain's most pristine wilderness areas unfolds across 74,000 hectares of…
VIEW NATURAL PARKSierra de Boumort
Segan, Spain
+145 birds+13 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the Catalan Pyrenees, ancient limestone cliffs rise in dramatic ramparts above dense Mediterranean forests. This wild corner of northeastern Spain harbors…
VIEW MOUNTAIN & ALPINESierra de Castril Natural Park
Castril, Spain
+110 birds+13 mammals
Where limestone walls rise abruptly from the Guadalentín valley, carving passages of breathtaking drama through Andalusia's interior, one encounters the raw geological theatre of this protected…
VIEW NATURE RESERVESierra de Huétor Natural Park
Huétor Santillán, Spain
+126 birds+3 mammals
Where limestone ridges pierce the Mediterranean sky above Granada, a 273-square-kilometre sanctuary of pine forest and alpine meadow rises to nearly 2,400 metres. This protected landscape,…
VIEW NATURAL PARKSierra de las Nieves National Park
Tolox, Spain
+159 birds+7 mammals
Where limestone summits pierce the Mediterranean sky above Andalusia's coastal ranges, Sierra de las Nieves National Park unfolds across nearly 500 square kilometres of dramatically folded…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSierra de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama Natural Park
Frigiliana, Spain
+128 birds+8 mammals
Where limestone ridges rise sharply from the Axarquía lowlands, the Sierra de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama Nature Park unfolds across a dramatic landscape of white-rock massifs,…
VIEW NATURAL PARKSierra Mágina Natural Park
Bélmez de la Moraleda, Spain
+114 birds+2 mammals
Where limestone ridges rise abruptly from the Jaén countryside, Sierra Mágina unfolds as one of Andalusia's most underrated natural treasures. This protected landscape, anchored by the…
VIEW NATURAL PARKSierra Nevada National Park
Válor, Spain
+137 birds+7 mammals
Where granite ridges rise above 3,000 metres across the Alpujarra foothills, Sierra Nevada National Park crowns southern Spain's most dramatic mountain landscape. The park encompasses a…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park
Casbas de Huesca/Casbas de Uesca, Spain
+175 birds+10 mammals
Where limestone gorges slice through the pre-Pyrenean foothills of Aragon, the Sierra y Cañones de Guara sprawls across nearly 940 square kilometers of one of Spain's…
VIEW NATURE RESERVESierras Subbéticas Natural Park
Algar, Spain
+156 birds+10 mammals
Where limestone ridges rise abruptly from the Córdoba countryside, the Sierras Subbéticas Nature Park sprawls across nearly 583 square kilometres of one of Andalusia's most rugged…
VIEW NATURAL PARKSkomer Island
Haverfordwest, United Kingdom
+177 birds+5 mammals
Where the Irish Sea crashes against the Welsh coast, wind-scoured cliffs rise dramatically from churning waters, creating one of Britain's most pristine island sanctuaries. Skomer Island's…
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOStackpole National Nature Reserve
Bosherston, United Kingdom
+111 birds+4 mammals
Where limestone grasslands meet freshwater lakes and coastal dunes, Stackpole unfolds across the Pembrokeshire peninsula as one of Wales's most ecologically diverse nature reserves. The reserve's…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEStelvio National Park
Valfurva, Italy
+116 birds+17 mammals
Where granite peaks rise above three thousand metres and alpine meadows give way to rocky scree, Stelvio National Park guards one of Europe's most dramatically vertical…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTablas de Daimiel National Park
Daimiel, Spain
+246 birds+6 mammals
Where the Guadiana River spreads into a labyrinth of shallow lagoons and reed beds across the sun-baked plains of central Spain, Tablas de Daimiel National Park…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKThe Lizard National Nature Reserve
Garras, United Kingdom
+120 birds+2 mammals
Where windswept moorlands meet rocky outcrops along Cornwall's dramatic southern coast, the Lizard National Nature Reserve unfolds as one of southwest England's most ecologically distinctive landscapes.…
VIEW NATURE RESERVETúria Natural Park
València, Spain
+150 birds+21 mammals
Where the Túria riverbed winds through the lowlands south of Valencia, a sprawling natural park of nearly 440 square kilometres unfolds across one of Spain's most…
VIEW NATURAL PARKTuscan Archipelago National Park
Rio, Italy
+174 birds+8 mammals
Where the Tyrrhenian Sea fragments into granite and schist islands, the Arcipelago Toscano National Park protects one of the Mediterranean's most biodiverse maritime realms. Scattered across…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTusheti National Park
Shavtskala, Georgia
+97 birds+4 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Caucasian sky at over 4,600 meters, ancient river valleys carve their way through one of Europe's most untamed wilderness regions. Tusheti's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKUrdaibai Biosphere Reserve
Txatxarramendi, Spain
+268 birds+8 mammals
Where the Pyrenean foothills surrender to the Bay of Biscay, tidal estuaries carve through Basque limestone, creating one of Europe's most ecologically vital wetland complexes. Salt…
VIEW BIOSPHERE RESERVEValles Occidentales Natural Park
Siresa, Spain
+168 birds+20 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the western Pyrenean foothills, steep valleys carved by ancient rivers create a mosaic of Mediterranean scrubland, beech forests, and alpine meadows.…
VIEW NATURAL PARKVanoise National Park
Val-Cenis, France
+107 birds+29 mammals
Where the French Alps rise in serrated ranks above the Maurienne valley, Vanoise National Park sprawls across more than 1,700 square kilometres of high-altitude wilderness—a realm…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVikos–Aoos National Park
Ioannina Regional Unit, Greece
+136 birds+4 mammals
Where limestone gorges plunge through the Pindus Mountains, the Vikos–Aoos National Park guards one of Greece's most dramatic inland wilderness areas. The park's defining feature is…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWolong National Nature Reserve
Wenchuan County, China
+333 birds+17 mammals
Where the Qingyi River cuts through the eastern flanks of the Minshan Range, a temperate montane forest cloaks steep valleys in dense canopy that thins dramatically…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEYorkshire Dales National Park
North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
+169 birds+25 mammals
Limestone pavements and deep limestone gorges carved by glaciation dominate the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales, creating a landscape of exceptional geological drama where moorland plateaus…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKZemo Svaneti Planned National Park
Hamashi-Totoleshi, Georgia
+159 birds+6 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above the Caucasus, sweeping alpine meadows give way to pristine beech and spruce forests that have remained largely untouched for…
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