Where to see
Sylvia atricapilla
Białowieża National Park leads · 24 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Blackcap during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 3 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 5 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 7 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 12 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 13 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 14 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 15 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 16 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 18 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 19 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 20 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 21 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 22 | Gauja National Park | 🇱🇻 Latvia | |
| 23 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 24 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Białowieża National Park
In Białowieża National Park, Poland, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Blackcap sighting on a given day, the highest of the 24 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Plitvice Lakes National Park and more
After Białowieża National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Blackcap are in Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia, about 60%), Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 60%) and Tatra National Park (Slovakia, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May in Białowieża National Park (about 90%), May in Plitvice Lakes National Park (about 80%) and January in Sierra Nevada National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Blackcap on a given day. Each park's Blackcap page has the full month-by-month chart.
