Where to see
Anoplotrupes stercorosus
Białowieża National Park leads · 15 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Woodland Dor Beetle during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Gauja National Park | 🇱🇻 Latvia | |
| 4 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 7 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 10 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 12 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 14 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 15 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Białowieża National Park
In Białowieża National Park, Poland, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Woodland Dor Beetle sighting on a given day, the highest of the 15 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Cairngorms National Park and more
After Białowieża National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Woodland Dor Beetle are in Cairngorms National Park (United Kingdom, about 40%), Gauja National Park (Latvia, about 40%) and Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are November in Białowieża National Park (about 80%), September and October in Cairngorms National Park (about 50%) and October in Gauja National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Woodland Dor Beetle on a given day. Each park's Woodland Dor Beetle page has the full month-by-month chart.
