Where can you see the Snow Goose?
Some of the best places to see the Snow Goose in the wild include Crater Lake National Park (United States), Lassen Volcanic National Park (United States) and Joshua Tree National Park (United States) — among 114 wildlife hotspots across 10 countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Greenland. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Acadia National Park
Bar Harbor, United States
+291 birds+27 mammals
Where the Maine coast rises in granite cliffs and spruce-clad headlands, Acadia National Park unfolds across Mount Desert Island and its surrounding waters, a landscape carved…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAlaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska, United States
+391 birds+58 mammals
Where the North Pacific collides with Alaska's rugged coastline, a sprawling archipelago of islands, rocky outcrops, and coastal headlands forms one of North America's most remote…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYAlligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Dare County, United States
+288 birds+17 mammals
Where the coastal plain of North Carolina meets the Albemarle Peninsula, a sprawling mosaic of freshwater marshes, pocosins, and swamp forest creates one of the Atlantic…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYArctic National Wildlife Refuge
Arctic Village, United States
+132 birds+15 mammals
Across the northernmost reaches of Alaska's Unorganized Borough, where the Brooks Range rises from the coastal plain and tundra spreads endlessly toward the Arctic Ocean, lies…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBadlands National Park
Wall, United States
+200 birds+14 mammals
Eroded badlands rise in jagged formations across northwestern South Dakota, where the White River has carved deep canyons through layers of sedimentary rock spanning millions of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBanff National Park
Improvement District No. 9, Canada
+264 birds+33 mammals
Where the Canadian Rockies thrust skyward in a cathedral of limestone and ice, Banff National Park preserves a wilderness of astounding vertical drama. Glacier-carved valleys cradle…
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 PARKBear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Box Elder County, United States
+254 birds+9 mammals
Where the Bear River winds through the semi-arid basin country of northwestern Utah, a sprawling wildlife sanctuary transforms the high desert into a haven for migratory…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBic National Park
Rimouski, Canada
+250 birds+9 mammals
Where the St. Lawrence River meets the Gaspé Peninsula, a rugged coastline of forests, wetlands, and rocky shores unfolds across nearly 95 square kilometres of protected…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBig Bend National Park
Brewster County, United States
+345 birds+34 mammals
Where the Chisos Mountains rise abruptly from the Sonoran Desert floor, Big Bend National Park spans over 7,300 square kilometers of one of North America's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Chaves County, United States
+284 birds+10 mammals
Across the high desert floor of southeastern New Mexico, where elevation and aridity shape every living thing, shallow alkaline lakes and marshes form an unexpected oasis…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBlackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Fishing Creek, United States
+293 birds+15 mammals
Tidal marshes and brackish waterways define this wildlife sanctuary where the Chesapeake Bay's influence reshapes the landscape with every rise and fall of the water. Shallow…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Kent County, United States
+323 birds+15 mammals
Tidal marshes and brackish shallows define this sanctuary on Delaware's Atlantic coast, where the meeting of freshwater and salt creates some of the Mid-Atlantic's most dynamic…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Socorro County, United States
+345 birds+17 mammals
Where the Rio Grande emerges from its desert canyon in central New Mexico, a narrow ribbon of riparian woodland defies the arid landscape that surrounds it.…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYCairngorms National Park
Muir, United Kingdom
+192 birds+31 mammals
Where ancient granite massifs rise above the Scottish Highlands, a subarctic wilderness unfolds across 1,748 square kilometres of raw, elemental terrain. Windswept plateaus give way to…
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 PARKCarlsbad Caverns National Park
Eddy County, United States
+309 birds+18 mammals
Beneath the Chihuahuan Desert floor of southern New Mexico lies one of North America's most spectacular subterranean landscapes. Carlsbad Caverns National Park encompasses over 518 square…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge
Levy County, United States
+268 birds+8 mammals
Where the Florida Gulf Coast transitions from mainland to archipelago, Cedar Keys National Wildlife Sanctuary protects a mosaic of salt marshes, shallow estuaries, and maritime hammocks…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYChincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Chincoteague, United States
+362 birds+16 mammals
Across the barrier islands and salt marshes of Virginia's Eastern Shore, where Atlantic tides sculpt an intricate mosaic of sandy spits and tidal flats, lies one…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYCongaree National Park
Richland County, United States
+205 birds+12 mammals
Where the Congaree River winds through the lowlands of South Carolina, an old-growth bottomland forest of extraordinary character rises from a landscape shaped by seasonal floods…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCors 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 RESERVECrater Lake National Park
Klamath County, United States
+174 birds+13 mammals
At 1,949 metres above sea level, a volcanic caldera of impossible clarity holds one of North America's deepest and most pristine alpine lakes, ringed by pumice-and-ash…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCuyahoga Valley National Park
Brecksville, United States
+255 birds+27 mammals
Where the Cuyahoga River carves through a glaciated landscape of Ohio, the valley reveals a temperate deciduous forest ecosystem shaped by four distinct seasons and reliable…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDeath Valley National Park
Inyo County, United States
+339 birds+25 mammals
Across nearly 3.5 million acres of southeastern California's Inyo County, vast salt flats meet sculpted badlands and alluvial fans in a landscape so extreme it defines…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDenali National Park
Denali Borough, United States
+144 birds+18 mammals
Across nearly 31,000 square kilometres of interior Alaska, subarctic boreal forest gives way to alpine tundra, where the raw architecture of mountains—including the continent's tallest peak—shapes…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDisko Bay
Kitsissuarsuit, Greenland
+46 birds+9 mammals
Where Arctic fjords carve deep into Greenland's western coast, Disko Bay creates a protected landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity. The waters here merge temperate Atlantic currents…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEDon Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Fremont, United States
+286 birds+20 mammals
Where the San Francisco Bay's shallow margins dissolve into tidal salt marshes and mudflats, this wildlife sanctuary preserves one of California's most ecologically vital estuarine systems.…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYDoñana 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 RESERVEEl Vizcaíno
Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico
+317 birds+29 mammals
Where the Baja California peninsula thins into a tapestry of salt lagoons and coastal desert, one of Mexico's most biodiverse reserves sprawls across half a million…
VIEW BIOSPHERE RESERVEFarallon National Wildlife Refuge
San Francisco, United States
+384 birds+16 mammals
Windswept granite peaks rising abruptly from the Pacific, the Farallon Islands form a wildlife sanctuary of extraordinary seabird abundance and ecological significance just twenty-seven miles west…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYForillon National Park
Gaspé, Canada
+258 birds+16 mammals
Where the Gaspésie Peninsula juts into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, granite cliffs and coastal headlands frame one of eastern Canada's most dramatic marine-terrestrial boundaries. Forillon…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGates of the Arctic National Park
Unorganized Borough, United States
+112 birds+12 mammals
Where granite gorges pierce the Brooks Range and alpine tundra stretches endlessly beneath the Alaskan sky, Gates of the Arctic National Park unfolds across nearly 50,000…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier Bay National Park
Unorganized Borough, United States
+221 birds+15 mammals
Tidewater glaciers calving into fjords of impossible blue, where temperate rainforest rises steeply from the water's edge and alpine peaks pierce the clouds—this is the ecological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier National Park
Glacier, Canada
+162 birds+12 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above the Columbia River valley, Glacier National Park protects one of the most dramatic mountain wilderness areas in western Canada.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier National Park
United States
+246 birds+39 mammals
Where jagged peaks pierce a subarctic sky and glacial valleys carve through ancient rock, Glacier National Park spans the spine of the Northern Rockies along Montana's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrand Canyon National Park
United States
+277 birds+35 mammals
A mile-deep chasm of rust-red rock and purple shadow cuts through the high desert plateau of northern Arizona, revealing nearly two billion years of geological history…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrand Teton National Park
Teton County, United States
+247 birds+38 mammals
Where the Teton Range tears skyward in a dramatic escarpment above the Snake River valley, nearly 2,550 square kilometers of montane wilderness unfolds across Teton County,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrands-Jardins National Park
Lac-Pikauba, Canada
+166 birds+10 mammals
Where the boreal forest transitions into the subalpine plateaus of Quebec's Laurentian highlands, Grands-Jardins National Park sprawls across nearly 690 square kilometers of wild terrain that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Sand Dunes National Park
Saguache County, United States
+193 birds+14 mammals
Where the Colorado high plains collide with one of North America's most extraordinary geological anomalies, nearly 600 square kilometres of windswept sand rise abruptly from the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Smoky Mountains National Park
Sevier County, United States
+244 birds+40 mammals
Where the southern Appalachian ridgeline reaches its most densely forested expression, over 4,200 square kilometres of temperate woodland rise and fall across Tennessee and North Carolina,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGuadalupe Mountains National Park
Culberson County, United States
+262 birds+14 mammals
Where fossil-laden limestone ridges thrust skyward above the Chihuahuan Desert floor, Guadalupe Mountains National Park reveals a landscape sculpted by ancient seas and relentless aridity. These…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGulf Islands National Park Reserve
Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area, Canada
+268 birds+26 mammals
Scattered across the Salish Sea in British Columbia's southwestern corner, this national park reserve stitches together a fragmented archipelago of forested islands and rocky outcrops where…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHaleakalā National Park
Maui County, United States
+66 birds+4 mammals
Ascending from sea level to over 10,000 feet across a mere thirty miles, Haleakalā National Park commands one of the Pacific's most dramatic elevation gradients, where…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHautes-Gorges-De-La-Rivière-Malbaie National Park
Mont-Élie, Canada
+140 birds+8 mammals
Where the Rivière-Malbaie carves through the Laurentian highlands, steep-sided gorges rise dramatically above Quebec's coastal hinterland, their ancient bedrock sculpted by millennia of water and ice.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHavasu National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Havasu City, United States
+291 birds+8 mammals
Where the Colorado River widens into a vast reservoir in the Sonoran Desert, Havasu National Wildlife Sanctuary protects one of the most critical wetland ecosystems in…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYÎles-De-Boucherville National Park
Boucherville, Canada
+243 birds+8 mammals
Where the Saint Lawrence River braids into a labyrinth of islands and channels, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park sprawls across approximately 18 square kilometres of riverine wilderness just…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKImperial National Wildlife Refuge
La Paz County, United States
+222 birds+4 mammals
Where the Colorado River carves through the Sonoran Desert in southwestern Arizona, Imperial National Wildlife Sanctuary unfolds across a landscape shaped by water and aridity. The…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYIndiana Dunes National Park
Porter, United States
+304 birds+15 mammals
Along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, where glacial geology meets temperate woodland and open water, sprawls a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity. The dunes themselves—massive…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKIzembek National Wildlife Refuge
Cold Bay, United States
+138 birds+9 mammals
Where the Aleutian archipelago reaches westward into the Bering Sea, subarctic tundra and shallow coastal waters converge to create one of Alaska's most ecologically vital wildlife…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYJ.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Sanibel, United States
+277 birds+6 mammals
Mangrove channels and coastal marshlands dominate this 6,400-acre sanctuary on Florida's Gulf coast, where brackish waterways weave between dense stands of red, black, and white mangrove…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYJasper National Park
Improvement District No. 12, Canada
+235 birds+34 mammals
Where the Canadian Rockies rise in dramatic succession across western Alberta, Jasper National Park spans over 11,000 square kilometres of subalpine and alpine terrain, glaciated valleys,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJoshua Tree National Park
Riverside County, United States
+221 birds+23 mammals
Across 5,610 square kilometers of Riverside County's high desert, a landscape of geological drama unfolds where granite monoliths pierce through bajadas of creosote scrub and Joshua…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKatmai National Park
Lake and Peninsula Borough, United States
+160 birds+19 mammals
Across southwestern Alaska's Lake and Peninsula Borough, nearly 27,000 square kilometers of subarctic wilderness sprawl between volcanic peaks and coastal wetlands, anchored by the confluence of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKenai National Wildlife Refuge
United States
+152 birds+16 mammals
Across Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, where glacial valleys descend toward the Cook Inlet and the Gulf of Alaska, lies one of North America's most expansive subarctic wildlife…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
Kilauea, United States
+79 birds+1 mammals
At the northernmost tip of Kauai, where the Pacific trades collide with volcanic rock, Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Sanctuary crowns a dramatic headland overlooking one of…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKlamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Klamath County, United States
+219 birds+7 mammals
Where the volcanic plateau of south-central Oregon slopes into a broad, shallow basin lies one of the Pacific Northwest's most underappreciated wetland sanctuaries. Klamath Marsh National…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKluane National Park and Reserve
Canada
+171 birds+17 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust through boreal forest to touch the sky, Kluane National Park and Reserve sprawls across southwestern Yukon as one of North America's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKodiak National Wildlife Refuge
United States
+221 birds+22 mammals
Where temperate rainforest meets subarctic coast, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge sprawls across Alaska's largest island, a sanctuary defined by steep valleys carved by tidewater glaciers and…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKootenay National Park
Area G (Forster Creek/Mount Assiniboine), Canada
+181 birds+23 mammals
Where the spine of the Canadian Rockies rises above 3,000 metres, the high alpine realm around Forster Creek and Mount Assiniboine reveals one of the continent's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKouchibouguac National Park of Canada
Carleton Parish, Canada
+207 birds+14 mammals
Where the Maritime provinces meet the Atlantic, 591 square kilometres of coastal forest and wetland unfold across New Brunswick's eastern shoulder, a mosaic of boreal woodland,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKL’Île-Bonaventure-Et-Du-Rocher-Percé National Park
Le Rocher-Percé, Canada
+214 birds+3 mammals
A dramatic thrust of russet sandstone pierces the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, its weathered arch framing a seascape where cool Atlantic currents sweep past cliffs alive…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLac-Témiscouata National Park
Témiscouata, Canada
+176 birds+4 mammals
Where the boreal forests of eastern Quebec embrace a sprawling freshwater lake, Lac-Témiscouata National Park unfolds across 509 square kilometres of pristine landscape that bridges two…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLaguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
Cameron County, United States
+365 birds+19 mammals
Where coastal prairie meets shallow lagoon along the southernmost tip of Texas, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Sanctuary sprawls across a landscape sculpted by salt spray and…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYLassen Volcanic National Park
Shasta County, United States
+239 birds+18 mammals
Volcanic peaks and geothermal upheaval have sculpted 545 square kilometers of Northern California into a landscape where fire and water engage in perpetual dialogue. Lassen Peak…
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 PARKLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Starbase, United States
+311 birds+11 mammals
Where the Rio Grande delta spreads across the coastal plain of South Texas, a sanctuary of subtropical wetlands and riparian corridors creates a landscape that pulses…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYMalheur National Wildlife Refuge
Harney County, United States
+309 birds+24 mammals
Across the high desert plateau of southeastern Oregon, where sagebrush scrubland stretches toward distant ridgelines under an enormous sky, lies a sanctuary shaped by water in…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYMerritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Brevard County, United States
+341 birds+19 mammals
Brackish marshes and palmetto scrub define this wildlife sanctuary spanning the coastal lowlands of central Florida, where the Atlantic tide meets freshwater systems in a dynamic…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYMidway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
United States
+91 birds+1 mammals
Straddling the international date line roughly midway between North America and Asia, this atoll sanctuary rises from the North Pacific as a cluster of coral and…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYMont-Saint-Bruno National Park
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada
+200 birds+13 mammals
Hardwood forests rise steeply from the suburbs of Montreal to crown a distinctive peak in the Monterégian Hills, their ancient geology pushing through mixed deciduous woodland…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMont-Tremblant National Park
Lac-des-Dix-Milles, Canada
+200 birds+12 mammals
Where the Laurentian plateau rises in central Quebec, a landscape of boreal forest and glacially carved lakes unfolds across nearly 3,100 square kilometres of protected wilderness.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMonts-Valin National Park
Mont-Valin, Canada
+133 birds+6 mammals
Where the boreal forest meets the Canadian Shield, Monts-Valin National Park sprawls across 405 square kilometers of Québec's rugged interior, its landscape carved by glaciation into…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Rainier National Park
Pierce County, United States
+187 birds+25 mammals
A volcanic colossus dominates the Cascade Range in western Washington, its 4,392-meter summit crowned year-round with glacial ice that cascades down toward temperate rainforest and subalpine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNahanni National Park
Dehcho Region, Canada
+151 birds+11 mammals
Where the South Nahanni River carves through the Mackenzie Mountains, a landscape of extraordinary wildness unfolds across more than 61,000 square kilometres of boreal forest, alpine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNational Elk Refuge
Jackson, United States
+230 birds+27 mammals
Where the sagebrush flats of northwestern Wyoming rise toward the Gros Ventre Mountains, winter transforms the landscape into a realm of survival and spectacle. The National…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYNortheast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland
+34 birds+10 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into the Arctic Ocean and pack ice dominates a landscape of incomparable vastness, one of Earth's most remote wildernesses reveals itself. Spanning…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOkefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Charlton County, United States
+206 birds+14 mammals
Vast wetlands of cypress and blackwater creeks define this wildlife sanctuary straddling the Georgia–Florida border, where the landscape shifts between open marsh, dense swamp forest, and…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYOlympic National Park
Jefferson County, United States
+263 birds+35 mammals
Where temperate rainforest meets alpine wilderness, Olympic National Park sprawls across nearly 11,000 square kilometers of the Pacific Northwest's most pristine landscape. The park's three distinct…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Dare County, United States
+356 birds+15 mammals
Where the Outer Banks taper toward the Atlantic, a sliver of barrier island creates a microcosm of coastal ecology. Pea Island National Wildlife Sanctuary spans over…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYPinnacles National Park
San Benito County, United States
+197 birds+33 mammals
Jagged volcanic spires thrust from chaparral-covered ridges across 222 square kilometers of central California's inner Coast Ranges, their pale stone crowns catching the afternoon light like…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPoint Pelee National Park
Leamington, Canada
+296 birds+14 mammals
Where Lake Erie's shallow waters meet the Ontario shoreline, a slender sandy peninsula juts into the Great Lakes like a natural funnel for migrating wildlife. This…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPointe-Taillon National Park
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Canada
+157 birds+10 mammals
Where boreal forest meets the shores of Lac-Saint-Jean, Pointe-Taillon National Park unfolds across a landscape shaped by glacial legacy and water. Sandy peninsulas and islands rise…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPoyang Lake National Nature Reserve
Shangrao, China
+270 birds+7 mammals
Where the Yangtze River's massive floodplain spreads across central China, Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve encompasses one of the continent's most dynamic and water-rich wetland systems.…
VIEW NATURE RESERVERed Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Beaverhead County, United States
+216 birds+10 mammals
Where the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem's northern reaches meet the high plateaus of southwestern Montana, a network of glacial lakes and wetlands sustains one of the continent's…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYRedwood National Park
Humboldt County, United States
+343 birds+43 mammals
Where the Pacific fog rolls deep into northern California's coastal valleys, some of the tallest trees on Earth rise from a landscape shaped by tectonic forces…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRibble Estuary National Nature Reserve
Southport, United Kingdom
+197 birds+17 mammals
Where the Ribble flows into the Irish Sea, a landscape of mudflats, salt marshes and shallow pools creates one of northwest England's most dynamic estuarine ecosystems.…
VIEW NATURE RESERVESacramento National Wildlife Refuge
Glenn County, United States
+247 birds+13 mammals
Across the flat expanse of Glenn County's Sacramento Valley, shallow pools and seasonal marshes create one of California's most vital wetland sanctuaries—a landscape shaped by water…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSaguaro National Park
Rincon Valley, United States
+354 birds+40 mammals
Where the Sonoran Desert meets sky-island mountains, two geographically separated districts of Saguaro National Park sprawl across nearly two thousand square kilometers of Arizona's most iconic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSan Luis National Wildlife Refuge
Merced County, United States
+219 birds+14 mammals
Across the floor of California's San Joaquin Valley, where semi-arid grasslands meet shallow seasonal wetlands, San Luis National Wildlife Sanctuary preserves a critical mosaic of habitats…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSanta Ana National Wildlife Refuge
Hidalgo County, United States
+349 birds+12 mammals
Where the Rio Grande delta meets the semi-arid scrublands of South Texas, Santa Ana National Wildlife Sanctuary preserves a rare mosaic of wetland and thornforest habitat…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSchleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park
Germany
+378 birds+49 mammals
Where the North Sea ebbs and flows across a vast expanse of exposed mud and sand, the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park reveals one of Europe's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSeedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
Sweetwater County, United States
+209 birds+8 mammals
Where the Green River carves through the high-desert basin of southwestern Wyoming, Seedskadee National Wildlife Sanctuary preserves one of the West's most vital riparian corridors. The…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYShenandoah National Park
Page County, United States
+243 birds+31 mammals
Ridges of ancient quartzite rise above the Shenandoah Valley floor, their slopes dressed in a mosaic of oak and hickory forest that yields to cove hardwoods…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSirmilik National Park
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canada
+58 birds+4 mammals
Where the Canadian Arctic archipelago fractures into a labyrinth of islands, Sirmilik National Park protects one of the High North's most pristine marine and terrestrial ecosystems.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSouth Downs National Park
Chichester, United Kingdom
+298 birds+45 mammals
Chalk downland ridges rise and fall across the South Downs, their open grasslands and beech hangers creating a mosaic of habitats that has shaped human settlement…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSt. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
Saint Marks, United States
+324 birds+16 mammals
Where the Apalachee Bay begins to define the Florida coastline, salt marshes and freshwater impoundments merge into one of the southeastern United States' most productive wildlife…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSt. Paul Island
Saint Paul, United States
+255 birds+8 mammals
Windswept tundra rolls across this remote Pribilof island, where volcanic basalt cliffs plunge into the Bering Sea and fog rolls in thick enough to erase the…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPETombstone Territorial Park
Dawson City, Canada
+150 birds+17 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Yukon sky and tundra stretches endlessly toward the Arctic horizon, the Tombstone Range commands attention with uncompromising beauty. This subarctic wilderness…
VIEW NATURE RESERVETule Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Siskiyou County, United States
+255 birds+9 mammals
Across the high volcanic plateau of northeastern California, where summer heat scorches the alkali flats and winter winds sweep unobstructed through open water and marsh, Tule…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYUpper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
Klamath County, United States
+217 birds
Where shallow marshes and open water meet the high desert of south-central Oregon, the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Sanctuary creates a landscape of startling contrasts. Fed…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYVorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park
Küstengewässer einschließlich Anteil am Festlandso, Germany
+230 birds+19 mammals
Where the Baltic coast dissolves into a labyrinth of shallow lagoons and coastal wetlands, Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park protects one of northern Europe's most dynamic and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVoyageurs National Park
Northwest Saint Louis, United States
+198 birds+13 mammals
Where the boreal forest meets the glacially sculpted lakes of northwestern Minnesota, Voyageurs National Park sprawls across nearly two thousand square kilometres of a landscape shaped…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWapusk National Park
Unorganized Division No. 23, Canada
+140 birds+6 mammals
Across the subarctic lowlands of northern Manitoba, where permafrost underlies a mosaic of stunted boreal forest, open muskeg, and coastal tundra, Wapusk National Park sprawls across…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWaterton Lakes National Park
Improvement District No. 04, Canada
+252 birds+31 mammals
Where the Continental Divide plunges toward the prairies of Alberta, glacier-carved valleys and emerald lakes pierce a landscape where montane forest meets alpine tundra. Waterton Lakes…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Triana, United States
+268 birds+10 mammals
Shallow impoundments and meandering channels spread across northern Alabama's humid subtropical landscape, where Wheeler National Wildlife Sanctuary anchors a critical junction of wetland and woodland habitat.…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYWhite Sands National Park
Otero County, United States
+178 birds+6 mammals
Across the Tularosa Basin in south-central New Mexico sprawls an otherworldly landscape of gypsum dunes—the largest gypsum field on Earth and a stark desert playground shaped…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge
Medicine Park, United States
+256 birds+17 mammals
Granite peaks rise abruptly from rolling prairie in southwestern Oklahoma, where the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge protects a rare collision of ecosystems. This sanctuary encompasses…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYWrangel Island Nature Reserve
Wrangel Island, Russia
+25 birds+11 mammals
Where the Chukchi Sea fractures Arctic ice beneath an unforgiving sky, a lonely island holds one of Earth's most pristine ecosystems. Wrangel Island spans tundra so…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEWrangell-Saint Elias National Park
Unorganized Borough, United States
+155 birds+13 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust above 5,400 metres and vast fields of glacial ice dominate the landscape, Wrangell-Saint Elias encompasses one of North America's most extreme wilderness…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYellowstone National Park
Park County, United States
+253 birds+43 mammals
Across nearly 11,400 square kilometres of the Rocky Mountain plateau, geothermal fury and pristine wilderness converge in one of Earth's most dynamic landscapes. Hot springs, geysers…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYnys-hir National Nature Reserve
Machynlleth, United Kingdom
+149 birds+5 mammals
Where the River Einig winds through the lowland valleys of mid-Wales, Ynys-hir National Nature Reserve unfolds as a mosaic of wet grassland, reedbed, and riparian woodland…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEYoho National Park
Area A (Kicking Horse/Kinbasket Lake), Canada
+207 birds+19 mammals
Where the Canadian Rockies meet the Columbia River watershed, a vast wilderness of 2,211 square kilometres unfolds across Yoho National Park in British Columbia. The landscape…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
Bethel, United States
+156 birds+12 mammals
Across the Yukon Delta sprawls one of North America's most expansive coastal wetland sanctuaries, where the boreal subarctic climate strips down existence to essentials. This vast…
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