Where to see
Podarcis muralis
Aigüestortes National Park leads · 14 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Wall Lizard during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 11 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 12 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 14 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France |
Aigüestortes National Park
In Aigüestortes National Park, Spain, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Common Wall Lizard sighting on a given day, the highest of the 14 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Picos de Europa National Park and more
After Aigüestortes National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Wall Lizard are in Picos de Europa National Park (Spain, about 80%), Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain, about 80%) and Triglav National Park (Slovenia, about 80%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May to August in Aigüestortes National Park (about 90%), February, June and August in Picos de Europa National Park (about 90%) and March–September and November in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Wall Lizard on a given day. Each park's Common Wall Lizard page has the full month-by-month chart.
