Where to see
Prunella modularis
Aoraki Mount Cook National Park leads · 15 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Dunnock during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aoraki Mount Cook National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Arthur's Pass National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 6 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 7 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 9 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 10 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 14 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 15 | Egmont National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Aoraki Mount Cook National Park
In Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Dunnock sighting on a given day, the highest of the 15 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Arthur's Pass National Park and more
After Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Dunnock are in Arthur's Pass National Park (New Zealand, about 50%), Snowdonia National Park (United Kingdom, about 50%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 40%). Outside Oceania, the best option is Snowdonia National Park in Europe (about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are September in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (over 90%), April–May and October in Arthur's Pass National Park (about 70%) and January in Snowdonia National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Dunnock on a given day. Each park's Dunnock page has the full month-by-month chart.
