Where can you see the Whooper Swan?
Some of the best places to see the Whooper Swan in the wild include Altai Tavan Bogd National Park (Mongolia), Khoridol Saridag National Park (Mongolia) and Paanajärvi National Park (Russia) — among 58 wildlife hotspots across 11 countries, including Finland, Sweden, Russia and Germany. 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 PARKAltai Tavan Bogd National Park
Tsengel, Mongolia
+25 birds+3 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust above 4,000 metres and alpine tundra stretches endlessly beneath crystalline skies, Mongolia’s wildest frontier reveals itself […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKÅsnens National Park
Kronoberg County, Sweden
+18 birds+3 mammals
Where granite ridges plunge into crystalline waters, Sweden’s southern borderlands reveal a landscape carved by ice age forces and refined […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBaikal National Park
Ольхонский район, Russia
+124 birds+27 mammals
Where ancient mountains plunge into Earth’s deepest freshwater lake, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds across the southern shores of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBelyy Kamen
Luzhsky District, Russia
+45 birds+2 mammals
Where crystalline granite outcrops pierce the boreal forest of western Russia, Белый камень unfolds across roughly 81 square kilometers of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBiałowieża National Park
Bialowieza, Poland
+105 birds+29 mammals
Ancient woodland sprawls across the Polish-Belarusian border where primordial forests have escaped the axe for centuries. This 198-square-kilometre sanctuary harbours […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBiebrza National Park
Goniądz, Poland
+130 birds+25 mammals
Where wetland and water merge across northeastern Poland’s vast floodplain, one of Europe’s most pristine riverine ecosystems unfolds across nearly […]
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 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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