Speckled Wood

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Speckled Wood

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Picos de Europa National Park leads · 19 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

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

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Speckled Wood?

Picos de Europa National Park

In Picos de Europa National Park, Spain, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Speckled Wood 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 Speckled Wood?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February and November in Picos de Europa National Park (about 60%), March–April and June in Aigüestortes National Park (about 50%) and August in Snowdonia National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Speckled Wood on a given day. Each park's Speckled Wood page has the full month-by-month chart.