Where can you see the Eurasian Particolored Bat?
Some of the best places to see the Eurasian Particolored Bat in the wild include Pirin National Park (Bulgaria), Färnebofjärden National Park (Sweden) and Söderåsens National Park (Sweden) — among 8 wildlife hotspots across France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Germany and Estonia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Écrins National Park
La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar, France
+143 birds+36 mammals
Where granite peaks and Alpine meadows converge across nearly 2,100 square kilometres, Écrins National Park forms one of the wildest mountainous strongholds of the French Alps.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFärnebofjärden National Park
Gävleborgs län, Sweden
+170 birds+20 mammals
Where the Gävle River widens into a sprawling delta before meeting the Gulf of Bothnia, Färnebofjärden National Park unfolds across a landscape of exceptional ecological complexity.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHarz National Park
Harz (LK Goslar), Germany
+141 birds+38 mammals
Where granite peaks rise above beech and spruce forests, the Harz unfolds as one of Germany's most biodiverse upland landscapes. Straddling the border between Lower Saxony…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMercantour National Park
Isola, France
+146 birds+32 mammals
Where alpine meadows surrender to vertiginous limestone cliffs, the Mercantour's beating heart pulses with Mediterranean and Alpine rhythms. This 4,221-square-kilometre sanctuary straddles France's southeastern border, its…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPirin National Park
Bansko, Bulgaria
+124 birds+10 mammals
Where jagged limestone peaks pierce the Macedonian sky, ancient glacial valleys cradle some of Bulgaria's most pristine wilderness. This southwestern corner of the Balkans rises to…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRegional Park of the Catalan Pyrenees
Olette, France
+244 birds+63 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust skyward above cloud-laden valleys, a wild tapestry of Mediterranean and alpine ecosystems interweaves across the Franco-Spanish frontier. These Pyrenean slopes harbour extraordinary…
VIEW NATURE RESERVESöderåsens National Park
Skåne län, Sweden
+136 birds+18 mammals
Steep beech-clad ravines and limestone escarpments carve through the landscape of southern Sweden's Skåne region, creating Söderåsens—a textbook example of temperate woodland gorge habitat. The park's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSoomaa National Park
Viljandi County, Estonia
+172 birds+20 mammals
Across the boglands of south-central Estonia, where water dominates more than half the landscape, lies one of northern Europe's most hydrologically dynamic national parks. The terrain…
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