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Kiskunság National Park leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Blue during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 6 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 10 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 11 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 12 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 13 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 14 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 15 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 16 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia |
Kiskunság National Park
In Kiskunság National Park, Hungary, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Common Blue sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Bavarian Forest National Park and more
After Kiskunság National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Blue are in Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 30%), Cévennes National Park (France, about 30%) and Picos de Europa National Park (Spain, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May in Kiskunság National Park (about 60%), May in Bavarian Forest National Park (about 50%) and May and July–August in Cévennes National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Blue on a given day. Each park's Common Blue page has the full month-by-month chart.
