Where can you see the Short-eared Owl?
Some of the best places to see the Short-eared Owl in the wild include Skomer Island (United Kingdom), Tombstone Territorial Park (Canada) and Parque Nacional de Galápagos (Ecuador) — among 25 wildlife hotspots across 14 countries, including the United Kingdom, Spain, Ecuador and Sweden. 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 PARKAntisana National Park
Quijos, Ecuador
+141 birds+21 mammals
Where the Andes spine rises above 4,700 meters, volcanic peaks pierce perpetual cloud forests in Ecuador’s eastern cordillera. This sprawling […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKArchipiélago Juan Fernández National Park
San Juan Bautista, Chile
+24 birds+1 mammals
Where the Pacific’s cold currents collide with volcanic peaks, an archipelago of windswept islands rises like a natural fortress 670 […]
VIEW NATIONAL 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 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. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDenali National Park
Denali Borough, United States
+102 birds+22 mammals
Where subarctic wilderness sprawls across nearly 31,000 square kilometres of interior Alaska, six million acres of raw, untrammelled landscape define […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDirigida Laguna de Gallocanta Nature Reserve
Las Cuerlas, Spain
+136 birds+21 mammals
Where continental steppe meets the vast mirror of inland water, Spain’s largest natural lagoon reveals a landscape of haunting beauty. […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEDoñana National Park
Hinojos, Spain
+146 birds+12 mammals
Where the Guadalquivir River spills into the Atlantic, Spain’s southwestern corner erupts into one of Europe’s most biodiverse wetlands. Vast […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park
Trøndelag, Norway
+81 birds+12 mammals
Where alpine plateaus meet ancient mountain ranges, a vast wilderness of windswept ridges and deep valleys unfolds across central Norway. […]
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