Where can you see the Willow Ptarmigan?
Some of the best places to see the Willow Ptarmigan in the wild include Tombstone Territorial Park (Canada), Abisko National Park (Sweden) and Varanger National Park (Norway) — among 28 wildlife hotspots across 6 countries, including Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Finland. 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 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 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 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. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEryri National Park
Gwynedd, United Kingdom
+122 birds+29 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Welsh sky, alpine meadows cascade into oak-clad valleys and windswept moorlands define the horizon. This […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGates of the Arctic National Park
Unorganized Borough, United States
+18 birds+9 mammals
Granite peaks rise abruptly from boreal forest in Alaska’s remote Brooks Range, where two mountains—Frigid Crags and Boreal Mountain—frame a […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGros Morne National Park
Canada
+128 birds+19 mammals
Where granite peaks rise dramatically above fjord-carved valleys, one of Canada’s most geologically spectacular wilderness areas commands nearly 4,000 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJasper National Park
Improvement District No. 12, Canada
+127 birds+32 mammals
Where the Canadian Rockies erupt into a wilderness of turquoise glacial lakes and precipitous valleys, nearly 11,000 square kilometres of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJunkerdal National Park
Nordland, Sweden
+21 birds+2 mammals
Where the Rago River carves its dramatic path through northern Sweden’s mountains, a pristine wilderness of deep gorges and alpine […]
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