Where can you see the Sooty Shearwater?
Some of the best places to see the Sooty Shearwater in the wild include Volunteer Point (Falkland Islands), Kidney Island (Falkland Islands) and Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve (Spain) — among 7 wildlife hotspots across 6 countries, including Falkland Islands, Spain, Namibia and Panama. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Cabo de Hornos National Park
Cape Horn, Chile
+34 birds+1 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into the Southern Ocean and beech forests cling to windswept slopes, one of Earth’s most remote […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCoiba National Park
Montijo, Panama
+104 birds+7 mammals
Where the Pacific swallows a crown of emerald islands and pristine jungle canopy, one of Central America’s most biodiverse sanctuaries […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDorob National Park
Henties Bay, Namibia
+118 birds+30 mammals
Where the Skeleton Coast’s haunting dunes surrender to gravel plains and rocky outcrops, an extraordinary expanse of Namibian wilderness unfolds […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site
Area E (Moresby Island), Canada
+61 birds+9 mammals
Where temperate rainforests plunge into the Pacific and mist clings to ancient cedar groves, one of North America’s most pristine […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKidney Island
Stanley, Falkland Islands
+16 birds
Wind-scoured tussock grassland sweeps across this remote South Atlantic outcrop, where peaty soils and exposed rock formations create a landscape […]
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOUrdaibai Biosphere Reserve
Txatxarramendi, Spain
+113 birds+11 mammals
Where the Pyrenean foothills surrender to the Bay of Biscay, tidal estuaries carve through Basque limestone, creating one of Europe’s […]
VIEW BIOSPHERE RESERVEVolunteer Point
Stanley, Falkland Islands
+55 birds+1 mammals
Windswept grasslands meet volcanic black sand beaches where three penguin species converge in the South Atlantic’s most theatrical wildlife theatre. […]
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