Small Tortoiseshell

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Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Aigüestortes National Park leads · 19 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Small Tortoiseshell during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

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1 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~50%
2 Hohe Tauern National Park 🇦🇹 Austria
~50%
3 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
~40%
4 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~40%
5 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~40%
6 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~40%
7 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~30%
8 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~30%
9 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~30%
10 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~30%
11 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~30%
12 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~30%
13 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~30%
14 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~20%
15 Gauja National Park 🇱🇻 Latvia
~20%
16 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
17 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~20%
18 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~20%
19 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Small Tortoiseshell?

Aigüestortes National Park

In Aigüestortes National Park, Spain, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Small Tortoiseshell sighting on a given day, the highest of the 19 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Small Tortoiseshell?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are June in Aigüestortes National Park (about 80%), June and November in Hohe Tauern National Park (about 60%) and March and August in Tatra National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Small Tortoiseshell on a given day. Each park's Small Tortoiseshell page has the full month-by-month chart.