Where can you see the Rock Ptarmigan?
Some of the best places to see the Rock Ptarmigan in the wild include Tombstone Territorial Park (Canada), Bosc de Virós (Spain) and D’Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park (Spain) — among 43 wildlife hotspots across 11 countries, including Spain, Sweden, Canada and France. 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 PARKAlt 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 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 & JUNGLECadí 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 PARKCairngorms National Park
Muir, United Kingdom
+124 birds+27 mammals
Where ancient granite massifs rise above the Scottish Highlands, a subarctic wilderness unfolds across 1,748 square kilometres of raw, elemental […]
VIEW NATIONAL 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 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 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. […]
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