Yellow-browed Warbler

Altai Tavan Bogd National Park

Tsengel, Mongolia

+146 birds+3 mammals

Where the Altai Mountains rise in jagged defiance along Mongolia's western frontier, the terrain transforms into a realm of alpine tundra, rocky plateaus, and glacier-carved valleys…

Baikal National Park

Ольхонский район, Russia

+184 birds+11 mammals

Where the world's deepest freshwater lake meets ancient Siberian taiga, Baikal National Park sprawls across 66,203 square kilometers of one of Earth's most singular ecosystems. The…

Cabo Peñas

Susacasa, Spain

+303 birds+21 mammals

Where sea cliffs rise sheer from the Bay of Biscay, Susacasa's observation point commands one of Asturias's most dramatic coastal vistas. The landscape here is defined…

Calanques National Park

Bouches-du-Rhône, France

+233 birds+42 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge dramatically into crystalline Mediterranean waters, Calanques National Park preserves one of Europe's most striking coastal landscapes. These steep-sided inlets, carved by erosion…

Camargue Regional Nature Park

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France

+378 birds+48 mammals

Where the Rhône Delta sprawls into the Mediterranean, a landscape of stark and haunting beauty emerges—vast salt marshes punctuated by shallow lagoons, reed beds, and scrubland…

Cap de Creus Natural Park

Roses, Spain

+245 birds+23 mammals

Where the Pyrenees tumble into the Mediterranean, Cap de Creus Nature Park unfolds across 300 square kilometres of one of northeastern Spain's most dramatic coastal wilderness…

Collserola Natural Park

Barcelona, Spain

+194 birds+20 mammals

Where Mediterranean scrubland rises steeply from Barcelona's urban edge, Collserola unfolds across 173 square kilometres of low mountains that form a crucial ecological buffer between city…

Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

Tulcea, Romania

+277 birds+27 mammals

Where the Danube surrenders to the Black Sea, a vast labyrinth of channels, reed beds, and freshwater lakes sprawls across nearly 13,400 square kilometers of eastern…

Delta de l’Ebre Natural Park

Eucaliptus, Spain

+341 birds+18 mammals

Where the Ebro River spreads into a vast labyrinth of shallow lagoons, reed beds, and brackish marshes before surrendering to the Mediterranean, one of southern Europe's…

Doñana National Park

Hinojos, Spain

+300 birds+13 mammals

Where the Guadalquivir River delta spreads into the Atlantic, vast marshes, cork woodlands, and coastal dunes converge to create one of southwestern Europe's most biodiverse wetland…

Eryri National Park

Gwynedd, United Kingdom

+199 birds+36 mammals

Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Snowdonia landscape, Eryri National Park encompasses one of Britain's most dramatic mountain terrain. The park's rugged plateaus, deep glacial…

Espacio Natural Remolar-Filipinas

El Prat del Llobregat, Spain

+297 birds+7 mammals

Where the Llobregat River delta meets the Mediterranean, a patchwork of salt marshes, reed beds, and shallow lagoons creates one of Catalonia's most dynamic wetland ecosystems.…

Estrecho Natural Park

Pedro Valiente, Spain

+281 birds+20 mammals

Where Mediterranean pine forests meet wind-sculpted coastal cliffs, one of Europe's most dynamic ecological crossroads unfolds across the Strait of Gibraltar. Spanning 686 square kilometers of…

Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China

+443 birds+13 mammals

Garajonay National Park

Hermigua, Spain

+68 birds+1 mammals

Laurel forests cloak the volcanic ridges of this Canarian national park, their evergreen canopy so dense that mist clings to the moss-draped branches even on cloudless…

Giant Panda National Park

Mianyang, China

+447 birds+47 mammals

Where the eastern slopes of China's Sichuan plateau descend into cloud-wrapped valleys, one of Asia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across more than 350,000 square kilometres. This…

Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park

Tsagaan Subarga Hural, Mongolia

+183 birds+23 mammals

Where rust-coloured badlands rise from the southern Gobi steppe, the terrain transforms into a landscape of geological drama that few visitors expect to find in Mongolia's…

Gorkhi-Terelj National Park

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

+137 birds+5 mammals

Where granite monoliths rise abruptly from rolling steppe grasslands, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park unfolds across the landscape north of Ulaanbaatar, a sanctuary where forest and alpine meadow…

Great Orme National Nature Reserve

Llandudno, United Kingdom

+113 birds+7 mammals

Limestone cliffs rise dramatically from the Irish Sea along the Conwy coast, their windswept summits offering sanctuary to a mosaic of heathland, grassland and rocky outcrops…

Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park

Haikou, China

+69 birds+1 mammals

Tropical forests blanket the volcanic slopes of central Hainan, where moisture-laden winds from the South China Sea collide with mountainous terrain to create some of China's…

Hamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park

Hamburg, Germany

+206 birds+6 mammals

Where the North Sea exhales across the Elbe estuary, the tidal mudflats of Hamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park emerge twice daily in a landscape of extraordinary ecological…

Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park

Ao Nang, Thailand

+253 birds+9 mammals

Where limestone karsts rise dramatically from turquoise waters, Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park unfolds across a mosaic of beach, mangrove forest, and island…

Hermaness National Nature Reserve

Shetland, United Kingdom

+86 birds+3 mammals

At the northern tip of Unst, the northernmost inhabited island of Shetland, sea cliffs of weathered sandstone and basalt rise dramatically from the North Sea, their…

Holkham National Nature Reserve

North Norfolk, United Kingdom

+235 birds+11 mammals

Where Norfolk's coastal flatlands meet the North Sea, Holkham National Nature Reserve unfolds across nearly 4,000 hectares of some of England's most dynamic and least predictable…

Hustai National Park

Altanbulag, Mongolia

+198 birds+16 mammals

Where the steppe rolls endlessly beneath vast Mongolian skies, Hustai National Park preserves one of Central Asia's most dynamic grassland ecosystems. Rolling hills and open prairie…

Jiuzhai Valley

Jiuzhaigou County, China

+226 birds+7 mammals

Where crystalline alpine streams cascade through limestone gorges and karst terrain rises in dramatic vertical walls, Jiuzhai Valley unfolds across nearly 1,300 square kilometers of southwestern…

Kanha Tiger Reserve

Kanha Kisli F.V., India

+321 birds+23 mammals

Where sal forests give way to emerald meadows and crystalline streams carve through ancient valleys, one of India's finest wilderness reserves unfolds across the Maikal Range.…

Kaziranga National Park

Kohora, India

+422 birds+26 mammals

Dawn breaks over the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where tall grasslands stretch endlessly beneath monsoon-heavy skies. This sprawling wilderness of northeastern Assam is a mosaic of…

Kenfig National Nature Reserve

Kenfig, United Kingdom

+142 birds+5 mammals

Where brackish lakes meet windswept dunes and the North Atlantic's influence shapes every living thing, Kenfig National Nature Reserve spreads across Wales's coastal Glamorgan landscape like…

Khangai Nuruu National Park

Erdenetsogt, Mongolia

+136 birds+7 mammals

Where granite ridges pierce Mongolia's central steppe, alpine meadows give way to dense coniferous forests that climb toward windswept summits. Khangai Nuruu sweeps across 1.2 million…

Khangchendzonga National Park

Sakkyong, India

+290 birds+1 mammals

Where the eastern Himalayas surge toward their crowning peaks, Khangchendzonga National Park embraces a landscape of almost overwhelming vertical drama. Rising from subtropical river valleys into…

Khao Laem National Park

Sangkhla Buri District, Thailand

+197 birds

Where the Vajiralongkorn Reservoir sprawls across the forested valleys of Kanchanaburi's northern borderlands, Khao Laem National Park protects a landscape where limestone ridges rise dramatically from…

Khao Laem Ya-Mu Ko Samet National Park

Mueang Rayong District, Thailand

+159 birds+3 mammals

Where limestone hills meet the Gulf of Thailand, Khao Laem Ya–Mu Ko Samet National Park stitches together a mosaic of terrestrial and marine worlds that few…

Khao Yai National Park

Prachantakham District, Thailand

+377 birds+46 mammals

Evergreen dipterocarp forest blankets the rolling terrain of this national park in eastern Thailand, where limestone hills rise abruptly from the forest floor and seasonal streams…

Khoridol Saridag National Park

Khatgal, Mongolia

+164 birds+6 mammals

Where granite peaks thrust skyward across Mongolia's remote southeastern reaches, a landscape of raw geological drama unfolds. Deep river gorges carved through ancient stone create a…

L’Albufera Natural Park

València, Spain

+321 birds+18 mammals

Where shallow lagoons meet Mediterranean coastal marshland, L'Albufera Nature Park unfolds as one of Spain's most vital wetland complexes. This protected landscape, designated under IUCN Category…

Lake District National Park

Westmorland and Furness, United Kingdom

+209 birds+36 mammals

Where slate fells rise steeply from mirror-still waters, the Lake District unfolds as one of Britain's most ecologically intricate mountain landscapes. The park's patchwork of deep…

Land of the Leopard National Park

Khasansky District, Russia

+83 birds+11 mammals

Where coniferous and mixed forests sweep across the rolling terrain of Russia's Far East, Land of the Leopard National Park embraces a landscape shaped by the…

Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve

Holy Island, United Kingdom

+240 birds+13 mammals

Windswept tidal flats and rocky outcrops define this reserve on Holy Island, where the North Sea's relentless rhythm shapes both landscape and wildlife. The terrain shifts…

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park

Norderney, Germany

+193 birds+12 mammals

Where the North Sea meets the German coast, a vast expanse of tidal mudflats, salt marshes, and shallow waters creates one of Europe's most dynamic estuarine…

Mount Nanling Forest Park

Ruyang Forest Farm, China

+179 birds+3 mammals

Granite ridges and weathered peaks rise through a canopy of subtropical montane forest where Ruyang Forest Farm anchors one of southern China's most biodiverse landscapes. Across…

Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park

Thailand

+47 birds+1 mammals

Forty-two limestone islands rise from the Gulf of Thailand, their weathered karst peaks piercing emerald waters in a landscape of stunning geological drama. Mu Ko Ang…

Mu Ko Similan National Park

Lam Kaen, Thailand

+82 birds+1 mammals

Granite islands rise from the Andaman Sea in a scattered archipelago where limestone cliffs meet turquoise shallows, their steep faces weathered into caves and overhangs that…

Muddus / Muttos National Park

Norrbottens län, Sweden

+128 birds+7 mammals

Where boreal forest meets wetland across the high plateaus of Swedish Lapland, Muddus National Park unfolds as one of northern Europe's most pristine wilderness sanctuaries. Vast…

Nagarahole Tiger Reserve

Nalkeri Forest, India

+323 birds+23 mammals

Where granite escarpments rise above dense deciduous forests and the Kabini River carves through pristine wilderness, one of India's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across the Western…

Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve

Goldcliff, United Kingdom

+153 birds+7 mammals

Across the Severn Estuary's southern reaches, where the Gwent Levels meet tidal mud and reedbed in a mosaic of wet grassland and shallow pools, lies one…

North York Moors National Park

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

+234 birds+32 mammals

Across the high moorlands of North Yorkshire, where heather and bilberry sprawl beneath vast skies, the landscape rises and falls in gentle undulation—a patchwork of open…

Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park

Mu Dan Jiang Shi, China

+202 birds+19 mammals

Across the temperate forests of northeastern China, where winters grip the landscape in subzero silence and summers remain cool and brief, the Mudanjiang region supports a…

Orang National Park

Rangagarapathar, India

+298 birds+1 mammals

Where the Brahmaputra's floodplains meet the foothills of Assam, Orang National Park unfolds across a mosaic of riverine grasslands, forests and wetlands that pulse with the…

Panna National Park

Badgadi Kalan, India

+271 birds+17 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through central India's Vindhyan plateau, a landscape of stark beauty unfolds across nearly six hundred square kilometers. The Ken River carves through…

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom

+250 birds+41 mammals

Where the Cambrian coastline meets the Celtic Sea, cliff-top moorland and hidden coves define a landscape carved by 300 million years of geological drama. Pembrokeshire Coast…

Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area

Thaphabath District, Thailand

+113 birds

Where the Annamite Mountains descend into central Thailand's monsoon forests, Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area sprawls across rugged limestone terrain interlaced with river valleys and…

Port-Cros National Park

Hyères, France

+271 birds+29 mammals

Where Mediterranean granite islands rise from crystalline waters off the Provençal coast, Port-Cros National Park protects one of Europe's most intact marine and terrestrial ecosystems. The…

Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve

Shangrao, China

+270 birds+7 mammals

Where the Yangtze River's massive floodplain spreads across central China, Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve encompasses one of the continent's most dynamic and water-rich wetland systems.…

Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve

Southport, United Kingdom

+197 birds+17 mammals

Where the Ribble flows into the Irish Sea, a landscape of mudflats, salt marshes and shallow pools creates one of northwest England's most dynamic estuarine ecosystems.…

Rum National Nature Reserve

Isle Of Rum, United Kingdom

+112 birds+8 mammals

Where the Inner Hebrides rise from the Atlantic, Rum's landscape embodies the raw drama of Scotland's northwest. Steep ridges and volcanic plateaus dominate this island nature…

S’Albufera Natural Park

Platja de Muro, Spain

+253 birds+6 mammals

Where Mediterranean lagoons meet the Balearic coast, S'Albufera stretches across nearly 1,600 hectares of wetland and dune systems that rank among Europe's most ecologically vital shallow-water…

Sagarmatha National Park

Khumjung, Nepal

+219 birds+7 mammals

Soaring peaks and deep glacial valleys define this alpine wilderness in northeastern Nepal, where the terrain rises from forested foothills into a realm of high-altitude tundra…

Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park

Germany

+378 birds+49 mammals

Where the North Sea ebbs and flows across a vast expanse of exposed mud and sand, the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park reveals one of Europe's most…

Seven Sisters National Nature Reserve

Eastbourne, United Kingdom

+190 birds+15 mammals

Where the South Downs meet the English Channel, the chalk cliffs of Seven Sisters rise in a dramatic sequence of white promontories that have shaped both…

Sierra de las Nieves National Park

Tolox, Spain

+159 birds+7 mammals

Where limestone summits pierce the Mediterranean sky above Andalusia's coastal ranges, Sierra de las Nieves National Park unfolds across nearly 500 square kilometres of dramatically folded…

Skomer Island

Haverfordwest, United Kingdom

+177 birds+5 mammals

Where the Irish Sea crashes against the Welsh coast, wind-scoured cliffs rise dramatically from churning waters, creating one of Britain's most pristine island sanctuaries. Skomer Island's…

South Downs National Park

Chichester, United Kingdom

+298 birds+45 mammals

Chalk downland ridges rise and fall across the South Downs, their open grasslands and beech hangers creating a mosaic of habitats that has shaped human settlement…

Stenshuvuds National Park

Skåne län, Sweden

+224 birds+19 mammals

Where limestone cliffs rise sharply above the Øresund Strait, Stenshuvuds National Park commands the southeastern tip of Skåne, a landscape carved by glaciation into rolling beech…

Taman Negara National Park

Kampong Samas, Malaysia

+393 birds+48 mammals

Where ancient rainforest meets limestone peaks, one of Southeast Asia's oldest protected wilderness preserves sprawls across 4,343 square kilometers of primordial landscape. Dipterocarp giants tower overhead,…

The Lizard National Nature Reserve

Garras, United Kingdom

+120 birds+2 mammals

Where windswept moorlands meet rocky outcrops along Cornwall's dramatic southern coast, the Lizard National Nature Reserve unfolds as one of southwest England's most ecologically distinctive landscapes.…

Transbaikal National Park

Barguzinsky Rayon, Russia

+83 birds+7 mammals

Where the eastern shore of Lake Baikal meets the Barguzinsky Range, a vast wilderness of boreal forest, alpine tundra, and rocky shoreline unfolds across more than…

Tuscan Archipelago National Park

Rio, Italy

+174 birds+8 mammals

Where the Tyrrhenian Sea fragments into granite and schist islands, the Arcipelago Toscano National Park protects one of the Mediterranean's most biodiverse maritime realms. Scattered across…

Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park

Küstengewässer einschließlich Anteil am Festlandso, Germany

+230 birds+19 mammals

Where the Baltic coast dissolves into a labyrinth of shallow lagoons and coastal wetlands, Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park protects one of northern Europe's most dynamic and…

Wolong National Nature Reserve

Wenchuan County, China

+333 birds+17 mammals

Where the Qingyi River cuts through the eastern flanks of the Minshan Range, a temperate montane forest cloaks steep valleys in dense canopy that thins dramatically…

Wulingyuan

Jundiping, China

+97 birds+3 mammals

Sandstone peaks erupting from forested valleys define this sprawling 993-square-kilometre national park in Hunan Province, where vertical cliffs rise dramatically above lush subtropical woodland. The landscape—a…

Wuyishan National Park

Yanshan County, China

+141 birds+2 mammals

Where subtropical monsoon rains sustain a perpetually humid landscape, Wuyishan National Park rises from Fujian's eastern plateau as a realm of forested ridges, cascading streams, and…

Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve

Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, China

+173 birds+2 mammals

Where subtropical monsoon forests meet the margins of the Yunnan plateau, Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve sprawls across a landscape of dramatic relief—deep river valleys carved by…

Yancheng National Nature Reserve

Yancheng, China

+208 birds+4 mammals

Where the East China Sea's tidal rhythms sculpt the Jiangsu coast, Yancheng National Nature Reserve sprawls across one of Asia's most dynamic wetland complexes. This vast…

Yugyd Va National Park

Vuktyl Municipal District, Russia

+37 birds+3 mammals

Where granite massifs pierce the boreal wilderness of Russia's far northeast, Yugyd Va sprawls across one of Europe's largest intact forest ecosystems. Spanning nearly 54,000 square…

Zhalong National Nature Reserve

Qiqihar, China

+78 birds

Across the wetlands of northeastern China, where the Heilongjiang climate swings between brutal winters and warm summers, lies one of East Asia's most vital refuges for…