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Kiskunság National Park leads · 26 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Buzzard during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 4 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 6 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 10 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 12 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 13 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 14 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 15 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 16 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 17 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 18 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 19 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 20 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 21 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 22 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 23 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 24 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 25 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Kiskunság National Park
In Kiskunság National Park, Hungary, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Common Buzzard sighting on a given day, the highest of the 26 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Hortobágy National Park and more
After Kiskunság National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Buzzard are in Hortobágy National Park (Hungary, about 50%), Fertő-Hanság National Park (Hungary, about 50%) and Biebrza National Park (Poland, about 40%). Outside Europe, the best options are Horton Plains National Park in Asia (about 30%) and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park in Africa (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January in Kiskunság National Park (about 80%), October to January in Hortobágy National Park (about 70%) and January in Fertő-Hanság National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Buzzard on a given day. Each park's Common Buzzard page has the full month-by-month chart.
