Where to see
Lycaena virgaureae
Hohe Tauern National Park leads · 12 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Scarce Copper during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 2 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 11 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 12 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Hohe Tauern National Park
In Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Scarce Copper sighting on a given day, the highest of the 12 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Mercantour National Park and more
After Hohe Tauern National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Scarce Copper are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 50%), Vanoise National Park (France, about 40%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July in Hohe Tauern National Park (about 60%), August in Mercantour National Park (about 70%) and August in Vanoise National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Scarce Copper on a given day. Each park's Scarce Copper page has the full month-by-month chart.
