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Vanoise National Park leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Swift during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Gauja National Park | 🇱🇻 Latvia | |
| 4 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 5 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 9 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 11 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 14 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 15 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 16 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Vanoise National Park
In Vanoise National Park, France, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Common Swift sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Cévennes National Park and more
After Vanoise National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Swift are in Cévennes National Park (France, about 40%), Gauja National Park (Latvia, about 30%) and Tatra National Park (Slovakia, about 30%). Outside Europe, the best option is Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park in Asia (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are June to August in Vanoise National Park (about 50%), May and June in Cévennes National Park (about 60%) and June and July in Gauja National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Swift on a given day. Each park's Common Swift page has the full month-by-month chart.
