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Types of place

Every kind of birding.

By what the place is — observatory, sanctuary, Ramsar, IBA, SPA — and, apart, by the birds recorded there.

Bird observatoriesRinging stations and migration watchpoints13 placesBird sanctuariesReserves set apart for birds82 placesRamsar wetlandsWetlands of international importance853 placesImportant Bird AreasAreas BirdLife counts as vital for birds45 placesSpecial Protection AreasProtected under the EU Birds Directive241 places

Or choose by the birds

From the species recorded at each place: raptors, waders, seabirds, ducks and geese, storks and cranes, flamingos, owls, threatened birds, migration hotspots.

Places for raptorsEight raptor species or more841 placesPlaces for wadersTwelve wader species or more686 placesPlaces for seabirdsEight seabird species or more622 placesPlaces for ducks & geeseTwelve duck and goose species or more616 placesPlaces for storks & cranesStorks and cranes recorded559 placesPlaces to see flamingosFlamingos recorded266 placesPlaces for owlsFour owl species or more419 placesPlaces with threatened speciesThree threatened species or more736 placesMigration hotspotsSixty migrant species or more695 places

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.You are here
forestsForestyaEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit