Comprising a landscape of karst (limestone) plains and plateaux, the Slovak Karst National Park is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and part of the Carpathian Mountain range in southern Slovakia.
The cliffs, rocky slopes, gorges, caves, woodlands and plateaux of the Slovak Karst support a huge variety of wildlife. The Szepes-Gömör Mountains are home to pygmy and Tengmalm’s owls, common crossbill, hazel grouse, nutcracker and three-toed woodpecker as well as wolf and lynx.
The scenic Szádelő Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its 400-metre-high limestone cliffs, narrow gorge and old beech forest are home to a wonderful range of fauna and flora, including grey-headed and Syrian woodpeckers, collared flycatcher, wryneck, hawfinch and fire salamanders. Meadows here are home to good populations of the charismatic and engaging European souslik (ground squirrel) and raptors such as eastern imperial eagle and saker falcon.
This tour takes you to some of Slovakia’s most spectacular landscapes at the height of spring. The vast coniferous forests of the Tatra Mountains and dramatic gorges and beech woods of the Slovak Karst are home to owls, woodpeckers and eagles, as well as firecrest and other sought-after species. Find out more about Spring Birding in Slovakia
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