Where can you see the Ural Owl?
Some of the best places to see the Ural Owl in the wild include Gorkhi-Terelj National Park (Mongolia), Losiny Ostrov National Park (Russia) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany) — among 17 wildlife hotspots across 8 countries, including Finland, Russia, Germany and Hungary. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Bavarian Forest National Park
Germany
+121 birds+30 mammals
Where beech and spruce embrace across ancient granite uplands, Central Europe’s wildest borderland unfolds. The Bavarian Forest straddles the German-Czech […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBieszczady National Park
Bieszczady County, Poland
+82 birds+6 mammals
Where the Carpathian foothills roll eastward into Ukraine, ancient beech and spruce forests cling to steep slopes that rise above […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBükk National Park
Répáshuta, Hungary
+70 birds
Where limestone plateaus collide with deciduous forests, Hungary’s northern highlands unfold across nearly 900 square kilometres of Europe’s most biodiverse […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDuna-Ipoly National Park
Dömös, Hungary
+121 birds+30 mammals
Where the Danube carves its sinuous path through northern Hungary, limestone ridges rise abruptly from the river valley, their pale […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFärnebofjärden National Park
Gävleborgs län, Sweden
+75 birds+11 mammals
Where the Ljusnan River carves through central Sweden’s boreal wilderness, a landscape of profound ecological richness unfolds across 9,400 hectares […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGorkhi-Terelj National Park
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
+92 birds+17 mammals
Granite peaks thrust skyward across rolling steppe where ancient rivers have carved deep gorges through Mongolia’s heartland. This 295,400-hectare wilderness […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKIsojärvi National Park
Kuhmoinen, Finland
+57 birds+3 mammals
Where granite outcrops pierce boreal forest and crystalline waters mirror ancient pine, Finland’s central lake district reveals its most compelling […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKauhaneva–pohjankangas National Park
Kauhajoki, Finland
+61 birds+2 mammals
Dawn breaks over an intricate mosaic of raised bogs, pine-studded ridges, and glacial eskers that together form one of Finland’s […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLahemaa National Park
Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
+111 birds+15 mammals
Where primordial forests meet crystalline coastlines, Estonia’s largest national park unfolds across 1,304 square kilometers of Nordic wilderness. Granite bedrock, […]
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