Where can you see the European Mole?
Some of the best places to see the European Mole in the wild include Białowieża National Park (Poland), Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany) and Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park (Italy) — among 73 wildlife hotspots across 12 countries, including the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany and France. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Aggtelek National Park
Szin, Hungary
+119 birds+13 mammals
Where limestone karst terrain rises and plunges across North Hungary's borderlands, Aggtelek National Park unfolds across 543 square kilometres of one of Europe's most geologically dramatic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBannau Brycheiniog National Park
Powys, United Kingdom
+178 birds+36 mammals
Where sandstone ridges rise above the rolling moorlands of mid-Wales, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park protects one of Britain's most compelling upland landscapes. The park's dramatic peaks,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBavarian Forest National Park
Germany
+127 birds+18 mammals
Where ancient spruce and fir forests rise across the Bohemian plateau, the Bavarian Forest National Park unfolds as one of central Europe's most intact temperate woodland…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBelluno Dolomites National Park
Sospirolo, Italy
+72 birds+10 mammals
Where the Dolomites' pale limestone ramparts rise above the Veneto plain, the Belluno Dolomites National Park encompasses a landscape of profound ecological diversity. The park's subarctic-style…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBiałowieża National Park
Bialowieza, Poland
+177 birds+23 mammals
Straddling the border between Poland and Belarus, this primordial forest landscape encompasses one of Europe's last remaining expanses of old-growth woodland, where ancient trees rise through…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBiebrza National Park
Goniądz, Poland
+242 birds+33 mammals
Where the Narew River sprawls across northeastern Poland's flatlands, Biebrza National Park unfolds as one of Europe's largest and most ecologically vital wetland complexes. Encompassing roughly…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBieszczady National Park
Bieszczady County, Poland
+131 birds+16 mammals
Where the Carpathian foothills roll across southeastern Poland, a vast upland wilderness of beech and spruce forest unfolds across nearly 1,575 square kilometres, sheltering one of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBükk National Park
Répáshuta, Hungary
+161 birds+15 mammals
Where forested limestone ridges rise across northern Hungary, Bükk National Park unfolds across nearly 900 square kilometres of temperate woodland, rocky gorges, and karst formations that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCaerlaverock National Nature Reserve
Carsethorn, United Kingdom
+109 birds+16 mammals
Where the Solway Firth meets the Scottish coast, saltmarsh and mudflat create a landscape shaped by tidal rhythms and temperate maritime climate. Caerlaverock's mosaic of habitats—brackish…
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