Where to see & photograph the Woodchat Shrike

Where can you see the Woodchat Shrike?

Some of the best places to see the Woodchat Shrike in the wild include Samaria National Park (Greece), Kerkini Lake National Park (Greece) and Sierra de Boumort (Spain) — among 70 wildlife hotspots across 10 countries, including Spain, Greece, Italy and Bulgaria. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.

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Aspromonte National Park

Careri, Italy

+130 birds+20 mammals

Where granite massifs pierce the Calabrian sky and Mediterranean maquis gives way to beech forests, one of southern Italy’s most […]

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Awash National Park

Didiga, Ethiopia

+134 birds+29 mammals

Where the Ethiopian Rift Valley carves through volcanic plateaus, a ribbon of riverine forest winds through acacia scrubland and grassland, […]

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Forest & Jungle

Bosc de Virós

Ainet de Besan, Spain

+121 birds+30 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through the eastern Pyrenees, a temperate wonderland emerges in the borderlands between Spain and Andorra. Bosc […]

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Forest & Jungle

Bosques de Plan

San Juan de Plan, Spain

+123 birds+30 mammals

Where granite peaks plunge into beech and fir forests, the Pyrenean valleys of Bosques de Plan unfold in dramatic tiers […]

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Butrint National Park

Vagalat, Albania

+133 birds+17 mammals

Where Ionian breezes meet the Corfu Channel, saltmarsh and freshwater lagoons create a mosaic of habitats that pulse with life […]

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Cabañeros National Park

Retuerta del Bullaque, Spain

+57 birds+9 mammals

Cabañeros National Park is one of Spain’s finest wildlife destinations and one of the best-preserved examples of Mediterranean forest and […]

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Cabo de Gata-Níjar Nature Park

San José, Spain

+131 birds+21 mammals

Where arid mountains plunge toward an impossibly blue Mediterranean, Spain’s southeastern corner harbors one of Europe’s most dramatically understated wilderness […]

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Cadí Moixeró Nature Park

Bagà, Spain

+122 birds+30 mammals

Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park is one of the largest and most spectacular protected areas in Catalonia, located in the heart of […]

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Camargue Regional Nature Park

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France

+122 birds+30 mammals

Where the Rhône Delta sprawls into the Mediterranean, a landscape of stark and haunting beauty emerges—vast salt marshes punctuated by […]

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Cañón del Río Lobos Nature Park

Santa María de las Hoyas, Spain

+126 birds+25 mammals

Where limestone cliffs rise abruptly from a serpentine river valley, the Río Lobos carves one of Spain’s most dramatic natural […]

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Cap de Creus Nature Park

Roses, Spain

+148 birds+14 mammals

Where granite cliffs plunge into crystalline Mediterranean waters, the easternmost reaches of the Iberian Peninsula reveal a landscape sculpted by […]

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Nature Reserve

Cap de Ferrutx Nature Reserve

Artà, Spain

+137 birds+12 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge into crystalline Mediterranean waters, a mosaic of Mediterranean scrubland, pine forest, and rocky terrain defines one […]

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Central Balkan National Park

Zhidov dol, Bulgaria

+111 birds+21 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Bulgarian highlands, ancient beech and conifer forests blanket mountains that rise dramatically from the Balkan […]

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Circeo National Park

Italy

+140 birds+10 mammals

Where the Tyrrhenian Sea collides with limestone ridges and Mediterranean scrub, an ancient landscape unfolds along Italy’s southern Lazio coast. […]

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Collserola Nature Park

Barcelona, Spain

+131 birds+20 mammals

Where Mediterranean scrubland rises abruptly from Barcelona’s urban edge, a remarkable patchwork of pine forests, cork woodlands, and rocky limestone […]

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Nature Reserve

Dirigida Laguna de Gallocanta Nature Reserve

Las Cuerlas, Spain

+136 birds+21 mammals

Where continental steppe meets the vast mirror of inland water, Spain’s largest natural lagoon reveals a landscape of haunting beauty. […]

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Doñana National Park

Hinojos, Spain

+146 birds+12 mammals

Where the Guadalquivir River spills into the Atlantic, Spain’s southwestern corner erupts into one of Europe’s most biodiverse wetlands. Vast […]

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Ebro Delta Natural Park

Eucaliptus, Spain

+147 birds+6 mammals

Where the Ebro River surrenders to the Mediterranean, a vast mosaic of lagoons, reed beds, and salt marshes unfolds across […]

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Wetland

Espacio Natural Remolar-Filipinas

El Prat del Llobregat, Spain

+121 birds+28 mammals

Where the Llobregat River delta meets the Mediterranean, a patchwork of salt marshes, reed beds, and shallow lagoons creates one […]

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Espai d’interès natural de les Gavarres

Cruïlles, Monells i Sant Sadurní de l'Heura, Spain

+116 birds+14 mammals

Where Mediterranean scrubland meets temperate forest, rolling granite hills define one of Catalonia’s most biodiverse landscapes. Across nearly 600 square […]

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Estrecho Nature Park

Pedro Valiente, Spain

+135 birds+23 mammals

Where Mediterranean pine forests meet wind-sculpted coastal cliffs, one of Europe’s most dynamic ecological crossroads unfolds across the Strait of […]

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Gargano National Park

Cagnano Varano, Italy

+133 birds+12 mammals

Where limestone plateaus rise abruptly from the Adriatic coast, a spur of land juts into southern Italy bearing one of […]

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Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park

Pietracamela, Italy

+78 birds+18 mammals

Where granite massifs pierce the Apennine spine, weathered limestone cliffs rise from verdant beech forests in a landscape of dramatic […]

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Kerkini Lake National Park

Serres, Greece

+132 birds+25 mammals

Where the Strymon River winds through northeastern Greece, a sprawling freshwater lake mirrors the dramatic Belasitsa Mountains, creating one of […]

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Kidepo Valley National Park

Uganda

+133 birds+29 mammals

Where granite peaks rise above sweeping savanna and acacia woodlands meet riverine forests, one of Africa’s most remote wilderness sanctuaries […]

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L’Albufera Nature Park

València, Spain

+130 birds+22 mammals

Dawn breaks over a vast lagoon where freshwater meets saltmarsh, creating one of Spain’s most biodiverse wetland mosaics. This protected […]

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Wetland

L’Empordà Nature Park Marshes

Empuriabrava, Spain

+127 birds+26 mammals

Where the Pyrenean foothills flatten into the Mediterranean, freshwater marshes, reed beds, and lagoons create one of Spain’s most vital […]

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Lagunas de Archidona Nature Reserve

Archidona, Spain

+133 birds+25 mammals

Where shallow lagoons mirror the vast Spanish sky, a patchwork of reed beds and freshwater marshes creates one of Iberia’s […]

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Marjal Pego-Oliva Nature Park

Molinell, Spain

+132 birds+19 mammals

Where freshwater marshes meet Mediterranean scrubland, one of Spain’s most vital wetland systems unfolds across the Valencian coast. Brackish lagoons […]

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Monfragüe National Park

Torrejón el Rubio, Spain

+118 birds+11 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through the heart of Extremadura, ancient Mediterranean scrubland meets a landscape sculpted by the Tagus River. […]

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Montaña de Montserrat Nature Park

Marganell, Spain

+126 birds+30 mammals

Where granite monoliths erupt from the Mediterranean scrubland like cathedral spires, an otherworldly landscape unfolds across Catalonia’s most dramatic mountain […]

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Mountain & Alpine

Montañas de Prades

Capafonts, Spain

+126 birds+28 mammals

Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Tarragona hinterland, a wild mosaic of pine forests, scrubland, and limestone cliffs creates […]

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Montes de Málaga Nature Park

Málaga, Spain

+146 birds+12 mammals

Where pine forests descend into Mediterranean scrubland and limestone ridges puncture the Andalusian sky, a landscape of remarkable ecological complexity […]

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Mount Ainos National Park

Sami Municipal Unit, Greece

+77 birds+6 mammals

Where the Ionian Sea meets the limestone heights of Cephalonia, a windswept wilderness of scree slopes and ancient Calabrian pines […]

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Mount Parnitha National Park

Municipal Unit of Acharnes, Greece

+135 birds+15 mammals

Where granite ridges rise dramatically above the Athenian sprawl, a remarkable wilderness unfolds across nearly 38,000 hectares of Mediterranean terrain. […]

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North York Moors National Park

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

+128 birds+21 mammals

Heather moorlands roll across 554 square miles of the Yorkshire uplands, where rolling hills give way to deep valleys carved […]

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Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

Sobrarbe, Spain

+121 birds+29 mammals

Where limestone cliffs rise nearly a thousand metres in sheer vertical walls, the Pyrenees reveal their most dramatic visage. Ordesa […]

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Parc del Foix

Castellet i la Gornal, Spain

+111 birds+13 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge toward the Foix River, a ribbon of Mediterranean riparian woodland winds through steep-sided gorges in Catalonia’s […]

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Parc del Garraf

Rat-Penat, Spain

+128 birds+11 mammals

Where Mediterranean limestone plateaus plunge toward the Catalan coast, sculpted cliffs and hidden ravines create a landscape of stark beauty […]

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Nature Reserve

Parcial C Marina de les Medes Nature Reserve

Torroella de Montgrí, Spain

+121 birds+11 mammals

Crystal waters lap against a constellation of seven limestone islands where the Costa Brava meets the Mediterranean, their rocky shores […]

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Parque-Reserva Natural de las Quinientas

Berlanga, Spain

+134 birds+23 mammals

Where limestone cliffs rise dramatically above emerald valleys, a tapestry of Mediterranean ecosystems unfolds across one of Spain’s most biodiverse […]

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Península de Llevant Nature Park

Betlem, Spain

+138 birds+12 mammals

Where Mediterranean limestone cliffs plunge toward turquoise shallows, the eastern peninsula of Mallorca reveals one of Spain’s most ecologically pristine […]

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Pindos National Park

Ioannina Regional Unit, Greece

+128 birds+22 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above Greece’s spine, the Pindos Mountains harbour one of southern Europe’s wildest and most […]

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Pirin National Park

Bansko, Bulgaria

+133 birds+21 mammals

Where jagged limestone peaks pierce the Macedonian sky, ancient glacial valleys cradle some of Bulgaria’s most pristine wilderness. This southwestern […]

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Pollino National Park

Viggianello, Italy

+102 birds+23 mammals

Where the southern Apennines rise toward the sky in jagged limestone peaks, forests of Bosnian pine cling to precipitous slopes […]

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Ports Natural Park

Alfara de Carles, Spain

+55 birds+8 mammals

Where limestone ridges rise dramatically above Mediterranean scrubland, the Ports massif commands the border between Catalonia and Aragon in northeastern […]

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Posets–maladeta Natural Park

Benasque, Spain

+121 birds+29 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Pyrenean sky at over 3,300 metres, the Posets–Maladeta massif commands one of Spain’s most dramatic […]

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Nature Reserve

Puigventós Nature Reserve

Olesa de Montserrat, Spain

+123 birds+28 mammals

Where the limestone ridges of Catalonia fold into Mediterranean scrubland, a patchwork of cork oak forests and rocky outcrops creates […]

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Nature Reserve

Regional Park of the Catalan Pyrenees

Olette, France

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where granite peaks thrust skyward above cloud-laden valleys, a wild tapestry of Mediterranean and alpine ecosystems interweaves across the Franco-Spanish […]

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Rila National Park

Mala tsarkva, Bulgaria

+131 birds+20 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Balkan skyline, pristine conifer forests blanket steep mountain slopes in an ecological tapestry that has […]

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S’Albufera Nature Park

Platja de Muro, Spain

+133 birds+15 mammals

Dawn breaks across a mosaic of shallow lagoons and reed beds where the Mediterranean meets one of Europe’s most vital […]

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Samaria National Park

Chania Regional Unit, Greece

+138 birds+12 mammals

Where granite gorges plunge nearly a kilometer into the Cretan landscape, a dramatic wilderness unfolds across 4,850 hectares of Crete’s […]

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Sarakinikou National Park

Chania Regional Unit, Greece

+134 birds+4 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge toward turquoise waters and endemic Mediterranean scrub clings to rocky slopes, Greece’s most dramatic coastal wilderness […]

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Serra D’Irta Nature Park

Alcossebre, Spain

+129 birds+22 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge into the crystalline Mediterranean, a ribbon of protected coastline unfolds along Spain’s eastern seaboard. The Serra […]

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Nature Reserve

Serra de Mariola Nature Park

Bocairent, Spain

+95 birds+13 mammals

Where limestone ridges claw skyward across the inland Valencia region, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds across 225 square kilometers. […]

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Serra de Montsant Nature Park

La Morera de Montsant, Spain

+129 birds+27 mammals

Where limestone ridges thrust skyward above rolling Mediterranean scrubland, a landscape of dramatic contrasts rewards the discerning traveler. Montsant’s jagged […]

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Sierra de Andújar Nature Park

Our Lady of Cabeza, Spain

+105 birds+20 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through Mediterranean scrubland and cork forests cascade down Andalusian hillsides, one of Spain’s most pristine wilderness […]

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Mountain & Alpine

Sierra de Boumort

Segan, Spain

+125 birds+29 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through the Catalan Pyrenees, ancient limestone cliffs rise in dramatic ramparts above dense Mediterranean forests. This […]

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Nature Reserve

Sierra de Gredos Regional Park

Candeleda, Spain

+130 birds+10 mammals

Where granite peaks claw at 2,592 metres and alpine meadows give way to cork oak scrubland, Spain’s central highlands reveal […]

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Sierra de Guadarrama National Park

Rascafría, Spain

+141 birds+19 mammals

Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Castilian plateau, weathered by millennia into a landscape of raw alpine drama, lies […]

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Sierra de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama Nature Park

Frigiliana, Spain

+127 birds+24 mammals

Where limestone peaks thrust skyward between the Costa del Sol and the Axarquia plain, dramatic gorges and cascading waterfalls carve […]

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Nature Reserve

Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park

Casbas de Huesca/Casbas de Uesca, Spain

+46 birds+9 mammals

Where limestone gorges slice through the Pyrenean foothills of northeastern Spain, dramatic canyon systems create a landscape of vertical cliffs […]

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Sierras Subbéticas Nature Park

Algar, Spain

+49 birds+6 mammals

Where limestone ridges rise sharply above Andalusian valleys, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds across nearly 600 square kilometers of […]

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Sila National Park

San Giovanni in Fiore, Italy

+133 birds+17 mammals

Where ancient beech forests rise above a high Calabrian plateau, Italy’s wilderness core reveals itself in dramatic relief. At elevations […]

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Sounio National Park

Municipal Unit of Ayios Konstantinos, Greece

+135 birds+15 mammals

Where the Athenian coast fractures into dramatic rocky promontories, ancient marble cliffs plunge toward the Aegean in a landscape that […]

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Strandzha Nature Park

Kondolovo, Bulgaria

+132 birds+23 mammals

Where the Rhodope Mountains descend toward the Black Sea coast, ancient forests rise above limestone plateaus in a tapestry of […]

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Tablas de Daimiel National Park

Daimiel, Spain

+137 birds+14 mammals

Where two rivers converge across a vast, flat plain in central Spain, shallow wetlands stretch toward an endless horizon—a landscape […]

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Tbilisi National Park

Tezami, Georgia

150+ birds

Where the Caucasus foothills descend toward Georgia’s capital, pristine river valleys and limestone cliffs create a remarkable patchwork of habitats […]

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Túria Nature Park

València, Spain

+103 birds+11 mammals

Where limestone cliffs rise dramatically above the sinuous Túria River, one of Spain’s most compelling natural laboratories unfolds across nearly […]

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Vikos–Aoos National Park

Ioannina Regional Unit, Greece

+126 birds+24 mammals

Where granite gorges plunge nearly 1,000 metres through the Pindus Mountains, one of Europe’s most dramatic wilderness areas unfolds. The […]

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