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Tatra National Park leads · 23 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Coal Tit during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 2 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 3 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 6 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 10 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 14 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 15 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 16 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 18 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 19 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 20 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 21 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 22 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 23 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Tatra National Park
In Tatra National Park, Slovakia, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Coal Tit sighting on a given day, the highest of the 23 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Hohe Tauern National Park and more
After Tatra National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Coal Tit are in Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria, about 70%), Cairngorms National Park (United Kingdom, about 70%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 70%). Outside Europe, the best option is Nikko National Park in Asia (about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January in Tatra National Park (about 90%), April–May, August and October in Hohe Tauern National Park (about 80%) and January–February, April and August–November in Cairngorms National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Coal Tit on a given day. Each park's Coal Tit page has the full month-by-month chart.
