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Learn the wildlife of Bieszczadzki National Park

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827 species have research-grade observations inside Bieszczadzki National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta36
  2. Whinchat Saxicola rubetra10
  3. European Robin Erithacus rubecula9
  4. Common Raven Corvus corax7
  5. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs7
  6. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio7
  7. Greater Whitethroat Curruca communis7
  8. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros6
  9. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos4
  10. Western House Martin Delichon urbicum4

Plants

  1. Willow gentian Gentiana asclepiadea131
  2. Common bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus71
  3. European beech Fagus sylvatica66
  4. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium62
  5. European mountain ash Sorbus aucuparia50
  6. Sweet-William Dianthus barbatus50
  7. Monk's-rhubarb Rumex alpinus47
  8. Bladder campion Silene vulgaris39
  9. Lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea37
  10. Orange hawkweed Pilosella aurantiaca36

Mammals

  1. Red Deer Cervus elaphus16
  2. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes12
  3. European Mole Talpa europaea7
  4. Bank Vole Clethrionomys glareolus5
  5. Eurasian Beaver Castor fiber3
  6. Common Shrew Sorex araneus2
  7. European Fat Dormouse Glis glis2

Insects

  1. Small Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia27
  2. Eastern Mountain Grasshopper Capraiuscola ebneri23
  3. Carabus auronitens19
  4. Spotted Longhorn Beetle Rutpela maculata18
  5. Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus17
  6. Purple Emperor Apatura iris17
  7. Silpha carinata17
  8. Forest Bug Pentatoma rufipes15
  9. Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi14
  10. Musk beetle Aromia moschata14

Spiders and kin

  1. Four-spot Orbweaver Araneus quadratus7
  2. Marbled Orbweaver Araneus marmoreus3
  3. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus2

Reptiles

  1. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara56
  2. Adder Vipera berus21
  3. Grass snake Natrix natrix14
  4. Eastern Slowworm Anguis colchica8
  5. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis5

Amphibians

  1. Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra31
  2. Yellow-bellied Toad Bombina variegata11
  3. European Toad Bufo bufo8
  4. European Common Frog Rana temporaria6
  5. Carpathian Newt Lissotriton montandoni3

Mollusks

  1. Carpathian Blue Slug Bielzia coerulans24
  2. Roman Snail Helix pomatia7
  3. Copse Snail Arianta arbustorum2

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Parks outside the U.S. are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet). KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service or any park's managers. Free, with no ads, no account, and no purchases.