Dierenseizoen, maand voor maand over de hele wereld

De gnoetrek, de kraanvogels, de monarchvlinders, de zeehondenpups op het strand, de beren bij de rivier — op het ritme van de regen en het voedsel.

67 bestemmingen op SeasonMap, binnen elke maand gerangschikt op de comfortscore — want het gaat er niet alleen om waar het seizoen speelt, maar of het weer de reis ondertussen waard is.

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Wanneer het speelt

Aantal bestemmingen waar het dierenseizoen die maand speelt. De periodes schuiven elk jaar een beetje.

Dierenseizoen in januari

  1. Morelia 🇲🇽 MexicoMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.92
  2. Tampa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov – 15 aprManatees crowd into the warm outflow of the Big Bend power station when the bay drops below about twenty degrees, and the free viewing centre beside it opens for exactly those dates.84
  3. Arusha 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving season · 20 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)The short grass plains around Ndutu and the southern Serengeti, reached on safari from Arusha, fill with newborn wildebeest calves and the predators that follow them; camps here book out well before the February peak.77
  4. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving · 15 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)Close to half a million calves drop in a three-week burst on the short-grass plains around Ndutu, and every predator in the ecosystem is there for it.75
  5. Pipa Beach 🇧🇷 BraziliëDolphins in the bay · 1 jan – 31 decSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.73
  6. Monterey 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 okt – 28 feb (meestal)Monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus at the Pacific Grove sanctuary from late October to about the start of March, peaking around the turn of the year.72
  7. Grytviken Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke SandwicheilandenFur seal pupping · 15 nov – 15 jan (meestal)Antarctic fur seals take over every workable beach to breed, and the bulls hold territory aggressively enough that landings get moved or dropped.72
  8. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapanCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov – 25 mrt (meestal)Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen.70
  9. Big Sur 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 dec – 31 mei (meestal)Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring.68
  10. Nationaal park Etosha 🇳🇦 NamibiëCalving and the zebra move · 15 nov – 28 feb (meestal)Zebra and springbok drop their young as the new grass comes up, the plains game shifts west, and the predators go with them.65
  11. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMonarch butterflies · 15 okt – 15 feb (meestal)Tens of thousands of monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus grove at Natural Bridges from mid-October, hanging in a shape that looks like dead leaves until the sun hits them.64
  12. West Island CocoseilandenReef fish spawning season · 1 dec – 28 feb (meestal)The islands' one dive operator times trips to the reef's summer breeding activity: giant triggerfish nesting at Canyons and bump-head parrotfish gathering to spawn at Cologne Gardens, both easiest to see across December to February.64
  13. Flying Fish Cove KersteilandRed crab migration · 15 okt – 15 jan (meestal)Millions of crabs leave the forest with the first rain and walk to the sea, and the cove is one of the easiest places to stand in the middle of it.57
  14. Ngorongoro 🇹🇿 TanzaniaCalving on the Ndutu plains · 1 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)The herds drop most of their calves on the short-grass plains at Ndutu, in the conservation area's western corner, and the predators concentrate on them.54
  15. Cordillera del Paine 🇨🇱 ChiliGuanaco birthing · 15 nov – 10 jan (meestal)Chulengos drop in the open country on the eastern side from late November, which is also why the pumas are working that ground in daylight.50
  16. Nagano 🇯🇵 JapanSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)The macaques at Jigokudani sit in the pool all year, but the winter version with snow on their heads is the one people come for.47
  17. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal)The road from Gardiner through to Cooke City is the only one ploughed all winter, and the Lamar Valley in the snow is where the wolf watchers set their scopes at first light.31
  18. Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Thousands of elk come down out of the high country to winter on the flats north of Jackson, and horse-drawn sleighs take people out among them.30
  19. Jackson 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 dec – 5 apr (meestal)Several thousand elk drop out of the high country onto the flats north of town for the winter, and horse-drawn sleighs run out among them from mid-December until the herd leaves in early April.29

Wat er in januari wereldwijd speelt →

Dierenseizoen in februari

  1. Munnar 🇮🇳 IndiaEravikulam calving closure · 1 feb – 31 mrt (meestal)The national park above the town shuts for the Nilgiri tahr calving season, which takes the area's main draw out of an itinerary for about two months.94
  2. Tampa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov – 15 aprManatees crowd into the warm outflow of the Big Bend power station when the bay drops below about twenty degrees, and the free viewing centre beside it opens for exactly those dates.90
  3. Morelia 🇲🇽 MexicoMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.90
  4. Gibraltar GibraltarSpring raptor migration · 15 feb – 31 mei (meestal)The northbound crossing is longer and thinner than the autumn one: black kites from late winter, then short-toed and booted eagles gaining height over the Rock before heading inland.84
  5. Chitwan 🇳🇵 NepalWildlife viewing on short grass · 1 feb – 15 apr (meestal)With the tall grass cut and the waterholes shrinking, rhino and deer are visible across the floodplain instead of hidden in it.81
  6. Arusha 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving season · 20 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)The short grass plains around Ndutu and the southern Serengeti, reached on safari from Arusha, fill with newborn wildebeest calves and the predators that follow them; camps here book out well before the February peak.79
  7. Monterey 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 okt – 28 feb (meestal)Monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus at the Pacific Grove sanctuary from late October to about the start of March, peaking around the turn of the year.77
  8. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving · 15 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)Close to half a million calves drop in a three-week burst on the short-grass plains around Ndutu, and every predator in the ecosystem is there for it.76
  9. Big Sur 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 dec – 31 mei (meestal)Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring.75
  10. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMonarch butterflies · 15 okt – 15 feb (meestal)Tens of thousands of monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus grove at Natural Bridges from mid-October, hanging in a shape that looks like dead leaves until the sun hits them.73
  11. Pipa Beach 🇧🇷 BraziliëDolphins in the bay · 1 jan – 31 decSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.71
  12. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapanCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov – 25 mrt (meestal)Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen.68
  13. Nationaal park Etosha 🇳🇦 NamibiëCalving and the zebra move · 15 nov – 28 feb (meestal)Zebra and springbok drop their young as the new grass comes up, the plains game shifts west, and the predators go with them.65
  14. Flying Fish Cove KersteilandBaby crabs come ashore · 20 nov – 20 feb (meestal)About a month after spawning the young crabs come out of the sea and head inland in a red carpet a few centimetres deep.60
  15. West Island CocoseilandenReef fish spawning season · 1 dec – 28 feb (meestal)The islands' one dive operator times trips to the reef's summer breeding activity: giant triggerfish nesting at Canyons and bump-head parrotfish gathering to spawn at Cologne Gardens, both easiest to see across December to February.60
  16. Ngorongoro 🇹🇿 TanzaniaCalving on the Ndutu plains · 1 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)The herds drop most of their calves on the short-grass plains at Ndutu, in the conservation area's western corner, and the predators concentrate on them.57
  17. Nagano 🇯🇵 JapanSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)The macaques at Jigokudani sit in the pool all year, but the winter version with snow on their heads is the one people come for.55
  18. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSandhill crane migration · 1 feb – 31 mrtTwenty thousand cranes stop over in the San Luis Valley on the way north, feeding in the fields by day and flying back to the wetlands at dusk.49
  19. Jackson 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 dec – 5 apr (meestal)Several thousand elk drop out of the high country onto the flats north of town for the winter, and horse-drawn sleighs run out among them from mid-December until the herd leaves in early April.35
  20. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal)The road from Gardiner through to Cooke City is the only one ploughed all winter, and the Lamar Valley in the snow is where the wolf watchers set their scopes at first light.33
  21. Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Thousands of elk come down out of the high country to winter on the flats north of Jackson, and horse-drawn sleighs take people out among them.33

Wat er in februari wereldwijd speelt →

Dierenseizoen in maart

  1. Austin 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCongress Avenue bats · 20 mrt – 1 nov (meestal)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.90
  2. Tampa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov – 15 aprManatees crowd into the warm outflow of the Big Bend power station when the bay drops below about twenty degrees, and the free viewing centre beside it opens for exactly those dates.89
  3. Morelia 🇲🇽 MexicoMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.88
  4. Munnar 🇮🇳 IndiaEravikulam calving closure · 1 feb – 31 mrt (meestal)The national park above the town shuts for the Nilgiri tahr calving season, which takes the area's main draw out of an itinerary for about two months.87
  5. Gibraltar GibraltarSpring raptor migration · 15 feb – 31 mei (meestal)The northbound crossing is longer and thinner than the autumn one: black kites from late winter, then short-toed and booted eagles gaining height over the Rock before heading inland.79
  6. Big Sur 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 dec – 31 mei (meestal)Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring.75
  7. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapanCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov – 25 mrt (meestal)Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen.74
  8. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving · 15 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)Close to half a million calves drop in a three-week burst on the short-grass plains around Ndutu, and every predator in the ecosystem is there for it.73
  9. Arusha 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving season · 20 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)The short grass plains around Ndutu and the southern Serengeti, reached on safari from Arusha, fill with newborn wildebeest calves and the predators that follow them; camps here book out well before the February peak.72
  10. Chitwan 🇳🇵 NepalWildlife viewing on short grass · 1 feb – 15 apr (meestal)With the tall grass cut and the waterholes shrinking, rhino and deer are visible across the floodplain instead of hidden in it.69
  11. Pipa Beach 🇧🇷 BraziliëDolphins in the bay · 1 jan – 31 decSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.68
  12. Nagano 🇯🇵 JapanSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)The macaques at Jigokudani sit in the pool all year, but the winter version with snow on their heads is the one people come for.66
  13. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSandhill crane migration · 1 feb – 31 mrtTwenty thousand cranes stop over in the San Luis Valley on the way north, feeding in the fields by day and flying back to the wetlands at dusk.59
  14. Ngorongoro 🇹🇿 TanzaniaCalving on the Ndutu plains · 1 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)The herds drop most of their calves on the short-grass plains at Ndutu, in the conservation area's western corner, and the predators concentrate on them.58
  15. Jackson 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 dec – 5 apr (meestal)Several thousand elk drop out of the high country onto the flats north of town for the winter, and horse-drawn sleighs run out among them from mid-December until the herd leaves in early April.46
  16. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal)The road from Gardiner through to Cooke City is the only one ploughed all winter, and the Lamar Valley in the snow is where the wolf watchers set their scopes at first light.44
  17. Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Thousands of elk come down out of the high country to winter on the flats north of Jackson, and horse-drawn sleighs take people out among them.44

Wat er in maart wereldwijd speelt →

Dierenseizoen in april

  1. Gibraltar GibraltarSpring raptor migration · 15 feb – 31 mei (meestal)The northbound crossing is longer and thinner than the autumn one: black kites from late winter, then short-toed and booted eagles gaining height over the Rock before heading inland.90
  2. Big Sur 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 dec – 31 mei (meestal)Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring.87
  3. Austin 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCongress Avenue bats · 20 mrt – 1 nov (meestal)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.84
  4. Nationaal park Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.80
  5. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSeal pups in the streams · 1 apr – 30 sep (meestal)Fur seal pups leave the colony through the colder months and swim up the streams north of town to play in the pools under the waterfalls.80
  6. Tampa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov – 15 aprManatees crowd into the warm outflow of the Big Bend power station when the bay drops below about twenty degrees, and the free viewing centre beside it opens for exactly those dates.78
  7. Van 🇹🇷 TurkijePearl mullet spawning run · 15 apr – 15 jul (meestal)Inci kefali, a fish found nowhere outside Lake Van, swim up to 24km up the rivers that feed the lake to spawn each spring, and fishing is banned lakewide for the run.74
  8. Pipa Beach 🇧🇷 BraziliëDolphins in the bay · 1 jan – 31 decSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.70
  9. Chitwan 🇳🇵 NepalWildlife viewing on short grass · 1 feb – 15 apr (meestal)With the tall grass cut and the waterholes shrinking, rhino and deer are visible across the floodplain instead of hidden in it.62
  10. Jackson 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 dec – 5 apr (meestal)Several thousand elk drop out of the high country onto the flats north of town for the winter, and horse-drawn sleighs run out among them from mid-December until the herd leaves in early April.57
  11. Puerto Natales 🇨🇱 ChiliPuma tracking season · 15 apr – 30 sep (meestal)Trackers work the eastern side of the park through the cold months, when the grass is short, the guanacos are bunched and the cats hunt in daylight.57
  12. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSpring wildlife on the northern range · 15 apr – 15 jun (meestal)Bison calves in the Lamar Valley from late April, bears out of the den on the lower slopes, and wolves visible against the last snow.51
  13. Kobuk Valley National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSpring caribou migration · 1 apr – 31 mei (meestal)The Western Arctic herd heads north through the valley toward its calving grounds while the river is still frozen, so any viewing is by ski plane and timing depends on the herd.44
  14. Cordillera del Paine 🇨🇱 ChiliPuma tracking season · 15 apr – 30 sep (meestal)The cold months are when trackers find them: fewer visitors, snow that holds a print, and long low light at both ends of the day.37

Wat er in april wereldwijd speelt →

Dierenseizoen in mei

  1. Gibraltar GibraltarSpring raptor migration · 15 feb – 31 mei (meestal)The northbound crossing is longer and thinner than the autumn one: black kites from late winter, then short-toed and booted eagles gaining height over the Rock before heading inland.93
  2. Big Sur 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 dec – 31 mei (meestal)Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring.92
  3. Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSardine run past Algoa Bay · 15 mei – 31 jul (meestal)Shoals move up the coast from late May with gannets diving on them and dolphins working from below.91
  4. Durban 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSardine run · 25 mei – 20 jul (meestal)Cold water pushes shoals of sardines up from the Eastern Cape with gannets, dolphins and sharks behind them, most reliably in the last two weeks of June.84
  5. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration · 15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.83
  6. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSalmon runs · 15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)Kings push into Ship Creek from mid-May, silvers take over from late July, and you can watch it from a car park in the middle of the city.81
  7. Van 🇹🇷 TurkijePearl mullet spawning run · 15 apr – 15 jul (meestal)Inci kefali, a fish found nowhere outside Lake Van, swim up to 24km up the rivers that feed the lake to spawn each spring, and fishing is banned lakewide for the run.81
  8. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaGrumeti River crossings · 15 mei – 10 jul (meestal)Before the famous Mara crossings the herds push north-west through the corridor and over the Grumeti, where the crocodiles are the largest in the park.79
  9. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)As interior pans dry up, elephants pull out of the bush and concentrate along the Chobe riverfront, with herds of a thousand or more common by September and October.78
  10. Brașov 🇷🇴 RoemeniëBear watching season · 1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.77
  11. Nationaal park Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.77
  12. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSeal pups in the streams · 1 apr – 30 sep (meestal)Fur seal pups leave the colony through the colder months and swim up the streams north of town to play in the pools under the waterfalls.74
  13. Pipa Beach 🇧🇷 BraziliëDolphins in the bay · 1 jan – 31 decSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.71
  14. Whistler 🇨🇦 CanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 mei – 15 okt (meestal)Sixty-odd bears live on the two mountains and are visible from the lifts and the golf courses from the melt onward, most obviously in spring on the new grass and in autumn on the berries.70
  15. Austin 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCongress Avenue bats · 20 mrt – 1 nov (meestal)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.69
  16. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSpring wildlife on the northern range · 15 apr – 15 jun (meestal)Bison calves in the Lamar Valley from late April, bears out of the den on the lower slopes, and wolves visible against the last snow.61
  17. Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCoastal bears in the sedge meadows · 25 mei – 15 jul (meestal)Before the salmon arrive, brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams at places like Hallo Bay.60
  18. Kobuk Valley National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSpring caribou migration · 1 apr – 31 mei (meestal)The Western Arctic herd heads north through the valley toward its calving grounds while the river is still frozen, so any viewing is by ski plane and timing depends on the herd.60
  19. Puerto Natales 🇨🇱 ChiliPuma tracking season · 15 apr – 30 sep (meestal)Trackers work the eastern side of the park through the cold months, when the grass is short, the guanacos are bunched and the cats hunt in daylight.50
  20. Cordillera del Paine 🇨🇱 ChiliPuma tracking season · 15 apr – 30 sep (meestal)The cold months are when trackers find them: fewer visitors, snow that holds a print, and long low light at both ends of the day.31

Wat er in mei wereldwijd speelt →

Dierenseizoen in juni

  1. Durban 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSardine run · 25 mei – 20 jul (meestal)Cold water pushes shoals of sardines up from the Eastern Cape with gannets, dolphins and sharks behind them, most reliably in the last two weeks of June.93
  2. Van 🇹🇷 TurkijePearl mullet spawning run · 15 apr – 15 jul (meestal)Inci kefali, a fish found nowhere outside Lake Van, swim up to 24km up the rivers that feed the lake to spawn each spring, and fishing is banned lakewide for the run.93
  3. Seattle 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 jun – 20 sep (meestal)Sockeye run through the fish ladder in early summer, chinook and coho into September, and the viewing windows below the locks are free and busy.92
  4. Hyannis 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWhite shark season · 1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)White sharks follow the grey seals into Cape waters from early summer and are gone by late autumn, with the tagged detections peaking in August and September.91
  5. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSalmon runs · 15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)Kings push into Ship Creek from mid-May, silvers take over from late July, and you can watch it from a car park in the middle of the city.90
  6. Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSardine run past Algoa Bay · 15 mei – 31 jul (meestal)Shoals move up the coast from late May with gannets diving on them and dolphins working from below.88
  7. Brașov 🇷🇴 RoemeniëBear watching season · 1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.85
  8. Rhodos 🇬🇷 GriekenlandMoths at Petaloudes · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Jersey tiger moths gather in their thousands in the shaded valley at Petaloudes for the dry months, and the site is closed to visitors outside them.83
  9. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaGrumeti River crossings · 15 mei – 10 jul (meestal)Before the famous Mara crossings the herds push north-west through the corridor and over the Grumeti, where the crocodiles are the largest in the park.80
  10. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 jun – 15 dec (meestal)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.80
  11. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)As interior pans dry up, elephants pull out of the bush and concentrate along the Chobe riverfront, with herds of a thousand or more common by September and October.80
  12. Petropavlovsk-Kamtsjatski 🇷🇺 RuslandSalmon run · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.78
  13. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration · 15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.77
  14. Whistler 🇨🇦 CanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 mei – 15 okt (meestal)Sixty-odd bears live on the two mountains and are visible from the lifts and the golf courses from the melt onward, most obviously in spring on the new grass and in autumn on the berries.74
  15. Pipa Beach 🇧🇷 BraziliëDolphins in the bay · 1 jan – 31 decSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.74
  16. Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCoastal bears in the sedge meadows · 25 mei – 15 jul (meestal)Before the salmon arrive, brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams at places like Hallo Bay.73
  17. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSpring wildlife on the northern range · 15 apr – 15 jun (meestal)Bison calves in the Lamar Valley from late April, bears out of the den on the lower slopes, and wolves visible against the last snow.69
  18. Nationaal park Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.69
  19. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSeal pups in the streams · 1 apr – 30 sep (meestal)Fur seal pups leave the colony through the colder months and swim up the streams north of town to play in the pools under the waterfalls.68
  20. Lake Clark National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBear viewing season · 1 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams early in the summer, then move to the salmon streams at Silver Salmon Creek and Crescent Lake later on.63
  21. Austin 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCongress Avenue bats · 20 mrt – 1 nov (meestal)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.59
  22. Sharm-el-Sheikh 🇪🇬 EgypteSummer schooling at Ras Mohammed · 1 jun – 31 aug (meestal)High summer is when the snapper and barracuda gather in numbers off the point, which is the one thing here worth putting up with the heat for.54
  23. Puerto Natales 🇨🇱 ChiliPuma tracking season · 15 apr – 30 sep (meestal)Trackers work the eastern side of the park through the cold months, when the grass is short, the guanacos are bunched and the cats hunt in daylight.40
  24. Sundarbans 🇧🇩 BangladeshThree-month breeding closure · 1 jun – 31 augThe forest department shuts the Bangladeshi Sundarbans to visitors and to fishing for the breeding season.37
  25. Cordillera del Paine 🇨🇱 ChiliPuma tracking season · 15 apr – 30 sep (meestal)The cold months are when trackers find them: fewer visitors, snow that holds a print, and long low light at both ends of the day.27

Wat er in juni wereldwijd speelt →

Dierenseizoen in juli

  1. Seattle 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 jun – 20 sep (meestal)Sockeye run through the fish ladder in early summer, chinook and coho into September, and the viewing windows below the locks are free and busy.97
  2. Nairobi 🇰🇪 KeniaMara migration season · 1 jul – 31 okt (meestal)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.93
  3. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSalmon runs · 15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)Kings push into Ship Creek from mid-May, silvers take over from late July, and you can watch it from a car park in the middle of the city.93
  4. Durban 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSardine run · 25 mei – 20 jul (meestal)Cold water pushes shoals of sardines up from the Eastern Cape with gannets, dolphins and sharks behind them, most reliably in the last two weeks of June.91
  5. Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSardine run past Algoa Bay · 15 mei – 31 jul (meestal)Shoals move up the coast from late May with gannets diving on them and dolphins working from below.88
  6. Van 🇹🇷 TurkijePearl mullet spawning run · 15 apr – 15 jul (meestal)Inci kefali, a fish found nowhere outside Lake Van, swim up to 24km up the rivers that feed the lake to spawn each spring, and fishing is banned lakewide for the run.88
  7. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 jun – 15 dec (meestal)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.83
  8. Petropavlovsk-Kamtsjatski 🇷🇺 RuslandSalmon run · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.83
  9. Whistler 🇨🇦 CanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 mei – 15 okt (meestal)Sixty-odd bears live on the two mountains and are visible from the lifts and the golf courses from the melt onward, most obviously in spring on the new grass and in autumn on the berries.81
  10. Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KeniaMara River crossings · 1 jul – 31 okt (meestal)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.81
  11. Brașov 🇷🇴 RoemeniëBear watching season · 1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.80
  12. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaGrumeti River crossings · 15 mei – 10 jul (meestal)Before the famous Mara crossings the herds push north-west through the corridor and over the Grumeti, where the crocodiles are the largest in the park.80
  13. Labuan Bajo 🇮🇩 IndonesiëKomodo dragon mating season · 1 jul – 31 aug (meestal)The one time of year the males fight, standing up against each other on the trails.80
  14. Juneau 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSalmon run and bears · 20 jul – 15 sep (meestal)Sockeye run up Steep Creek beside the Mendenhall visitor centre from late July, coho behind them into autumn, and the black bears fish it from below a public boardwalk.80
  15. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)As interior pans dry up, elephants pull out of the bush and concentrate along the Chobe riverfront, with herds of a thousand or more common by September and October.79
  16. Hyannis 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWhite shark season · 1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)White sharks follow the grey seals into Cape waters from early summer and are gone by late autumn, with the tagged detections peaking in August and September.79
  17. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration · 15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.78
  18. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaBear-season trail closures · 15 jul – 1 okt (meestal)When the buffaloberry ripens the grizzlies drop to the valley trails and Parks Canada closes them, or restricts them to tight groups of four, at a day's notice.75
  19. Rhodos 🇬🇷 GriekenlandMoths at Petaloudes · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Jersey tiger moths gather in their thousands in the shaded valley at Petaloudes for the dry months, and the site is closed to visitors outside them.75
  20. Pipa Beach 🇧🇷 BraziliëDolphins in the bay · 1 jan – 31 decSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.75
  21. Sigiriya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaThe Gathering at Minneriya · 15 jul – 30 sep (meestal)As the tank shrinks, hundreds of elephants come out onto the grass on the exposed bed — the largest gathering of wild Asian elephants anywhere.73
  22. Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCoastal bears in the sedge meadows · 25 mei – 15 jul (meestal)Before the salmon arrive, brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams at places like Hallo Bay.71
  23. Nationaal park Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.68
  24. Lake Clark National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBear viewing season · 1 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams early in the summer, then move to the salmon streams at Silver Salmon Creek and Crescent Lake later on.68
  25. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSeal pups in the streams · 1 apr – 30 sep (meestal)Fur seal pups leave the colony through the colder months and swim up the streams north of town to play in the pools under the waterfalls.66

…en nog 6 in juli.

Wat er in juli wereldwijd speelt →

Dierenseizoen in augustus

  1. Seattle 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 jun – 20 sep (meestal)Sockeye run through the fish ladder in early summer, chinook and coho into September, and the viewing windows below the locks are free and busy.95
  2. Nairobi 🇰🇪 KeniaMara migration season · 1 jul – 31 okt (meestal)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.94
  3. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 jun – 15 dec (meestal)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.87
  4. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSalmon runs · 15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)Kings push into Ship Creek from mid-May, silvers take over from late July, and you can watch it from a car park in the middle of the city.83
  5. Brașov 🇷🇴 RoemeniëBear watching season · 1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.82
  6. Labuan Bajo 🇮🇩 IndonesiëKomodo dragon mating season · 1 jul – 31 aug (meestal)The one time of year the males fight, standing up against each other on the trails.82
  7. Hyannis 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWhite shark season · 1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)White sharks follow the grey seals into Cape waters from early summer and are gone by late autumn, with the tagged detections peaking in August and September.82
  8. Gibraltar GibraltarRaptor migration over the Strait · 20 aug – 31 okt (meestal)Storks, honey buzzards and eagles funnel over the Strait in autumn to make the shortest crossing to Africa, and on a good easterly morning they pass low over the Upper Rock in thousands.82
  9. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration · 15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.81
  10. Pipa Beach 🇧🇷 BraziliëDolphins in the bay · 1 jan – 31 decSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.81
  11. Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KeniaMara River crossings · 1 jul – 31 okt (meestal)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.80
  12. Whistler 🇨🇦 CanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 mei – 15 okt (meestal)Sixty-odd bears live on the two mountains and are visible from the lifts and the golf courses from the melt onward, most obviously in spring on the new grass and in autumn on the berries.79
  13. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaBear-season trail closures · 15 jul – 1 okt (meestal)When the buffaloberry ripens the grizzlies drop to the valley trails and Parks Canada closes them, or restricts them to tight groups of four, at a day's notice.78
  14. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaMara River crossings · 1 jul – 31 okt (meestal)The herds bank up on the south side and go over in a rush that may happen twice in a morning or not at all that week.78
  15. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)As interior pans dry up, elephants pull out of the bush and concentrate along the Chobe riverfront, with herds of a thousand or more common by September and October.76
  16. Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBlack bear season · 1 aug – 31 okt (meestal)Bears feed hard on acorns and berries through late summer and autumn, and this is the stretch you actually see them from the Drive.75
  17. Petropavlovsk-Kamtsjatski 🇷🇺 RuslandSalmon run · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.75
  18. Sigiriya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaThe Gathering at Minneriya · 15 jul – 30 sep (meestal)As the tank shrinks, hundreds of elephants come out onto the grass on the exposed bed — the largest gathering of wild Asian elephants anywhere.74
  19. Auckland 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandLambing at Cornwall Park · 1 aug – 10 sep (meestal)The working farm around Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) has new calves from mid-July and lambs from early August.73
  20. Rhodos 🇬🇷 GriekenlandMoths at Petaloudes · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Jersey tiger moths gather in their thousands in the shaded valley at Petaloudes for the dry months, and the site is closed to visitors outside them.73
  21. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSeal pups in the streams · 1 apr – 30 sep (meestal)Fur seal pups leave the colony through the colder months and swim up the streams north of town to play in the pools under the waterfalls.73
  22. Juneau 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSalmon run and bears · 20 jul – 15 sep (meestal)Sockeye run up Steep Creek beside the Mendenhall visitor centre from late July, coho behind them into autumn, and the black bears fish it from below a public boardwalk.73
  23. Nationaal park Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.67
  24. Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenJuly salmon run at the falls · 25 jun – 5 aug (meestal)Sockeye stack up below Brooks Falls and the bears stand in the lip catching them mid-air, which is the picture everyone has seen.67
  25. Kobuk Valley National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCaribou cross at Onion Portage · 25 aug – 5 okt (meestal)In autumn the Western Arctic herd swims the Kobuk River at Paatitaaq, a crossing used for more than eight thousand years and still the season's subsistence hunt for Inupiat families.65

…en nog 7 in augustus.

Wat er in augustus wereldwijd speelt →

Dierenseizoen in september

  1. Nairobi 🇰🇪 KeniaMara migration season · 1 jul – 31 okt (meestal)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.94
  2. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration · 15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.89
  3. Seattle 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 jun – 20 sep (meestal)Sockeye run through the fish ladder in early summer, chinook and coho into September, and the viewing windows below the locks are free and busy.89
  4. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 jun – 15 dec (meestal)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.88
  5. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGolden eagle migration · 15 sep – 31 okt (meestal)The Bridger ridge carries the largest known golden eagle migration in the lower forty-eight, counted from the ski area every autumn.87
  6. Gibraltar GibraltarRaptor migration over the Strait · 20 aug – 31 okt (meestal)Storks, honey buzzards and eagles funnel over the Strait in autumn to make the shortest crossing to Africa, and on a good easterly morning they pass low over the Upper Rock in thousands.87
  7. Brașov 🇷🇴 RoemeniëBear watching season · 1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.86
  8. Hyannis 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWhite shark season · 1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)White sharks follow the grey seals into Cape waters from early summer and are gone by late autumn, with the tagged detections peaking in August and September.86
  9. Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkNew Forest deer rut · 20 sep – 31 okt (meestal)The stags roar and fight through October on the heaths north of town, best at first light.82
  10. Rhodos 🇬🇷 GriekenlandMoths at Petaloudes · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Jersey tiger moths gather in their thousands in the shaded valley at Petaloudes for the dry months, and the site is closed to visitors outside them.81
  11. Pipa Beach 🇧🇷 BraziliëDolphins in the bay · 1 jan – 31 decSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.81
  12. Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KeniaMara River crossings · 1 jul – 31 okt (meestal)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.79
  13. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSeal pups in the streams · 1 apr – 30 sep (meestal)Fur seal pups leave the colony through the colder months and swim up the streams north of town to play in the pools under the waterfalls.78
  14. Auckland 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandLambing at Cornwall Park · 1 aug – 10 sep (meestal)The working farm around Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) has new calves from mid-July and lambs from early August.77
  15. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaMara River crossings · 1 jul – 31 okt (meestal)The herds bank up on the south side and go over in a rush that may happen twice in a morning or not at all that week.77
  16. Nationaal park Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.76
  17. Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBlack bear season · 1 aug – 31 okt (meestal)Bears feed hard on acorns and berries through late summer and autumn, and this is the stretch you actually see them from the Drive.74
  18. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSalmon runs · 15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)Kings push into Ship Creek from mid-May, silvers take over from late July, and you can watch it from a car park in the middle of the city.73
  19. Sigiriya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaThe Gathering at Minneriya · 15 jul – 30 sep (meestal)As the tank shrinks, hundreds of elephants come out onto the grass on the exposed bed — the largest gathering of wild Asian elephants anywhere.72
  20. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaBear-season trail closures · 15 jul – 1 okt (meestal)When the buffaloberry ripens the grizzlies drop to the valley trails and Parks Canada closes them, or restricts them to tight groups of four, at a day's notice.71
  21. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)As interior pans dry up, elephants pull out of the bush and concentrate along the Chobe riverfront, with herds of a thousand or more common by September and October.70
  22. Petropavlovsk-Kamtsjatski 🇷🇺 RuslandSalmon run · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.70
  23. Jasper 🇨🇦 CanadaElk rut · 1 sep – 10 okt (meestal)Bulls bugle from the golf course and the verges around the townsite through September, and they are genuinely dangerous at close range.69
  24. Whistler 🇨🇦 CanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 mei – 15 okt (meestal)Sixty-odd bears live on the two mountains and are visible from the lifts and the golf courses from the melt onward, most obviously in spring on the new grass and in autumn on the berries.66
  25. Austin 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCongress Avenue bats · 20 mrt – 1 nov (meestal)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.66

…en nog 11 in september.

Wat er in september wereldwijd speelt →

Dierenseizoen in oktober

  1. Monterey 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 okt – 28 feb (meestal)Monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus at the Pacific Grove sanctuary from late October to about the start of March, peaking around the turn of the year.92
  2. Nairobi 🇰🇪 KeniaMara migration season · 1 jul – 31 okt (meestal)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.90
  3. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMonarch butterflies · 15 okt – 15 feb (meestal)Tens of thousands of monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus grove at Natural Bridges from mid-October, hanging in a shape that looks like dead leaves until the sun hits them.90
  4. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration · 15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.88
  5. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 jun – 15 dec (meestal)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.87
  6. Gibraltar GibraltarRaptor migration over the Strait · 20 aug – 31 okt (meestal)Storks, honey buzzards and eagles funnel over the Strait in autumn to make the shortest crossing to Africa, and on a good easterly morning they pass low over the Upper Rock in thousands.87
  7. Austin 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCongress Avenue bats · 20 mrt – 1 nov (meestal)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.81
  8. Nationaal park Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.81
  9. Pipa Beach 🇧🇷 BraziliëDolphins in the bay · 1 jan – 31 decSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.79
  10. Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KeniaMara River crossings · 1 jul – 31 okt (meestal)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.76
  11. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaMara River crossings · 1 jul – 31 okt (meestal)The herds bank up on the south side and go over in a rush that may happen twice in a morning or not at all that week.75
  12. Dode Zee 🇯🇴 JordaniëRaptors over the Rift · 1 sep – 25 okt (meestal)The Jordan Valley is the funnel for the eastern flyway, and on an autumn morning the thermals carry streams of honey buzzards and storks down the length of it.75
  13. Savai'i 🇼🇸 SamoaThe palolo rising · 5–31 okt (meestal)For one or two nights in October, seven days after the full moon, the reef worms spawn and every village is in the shallows after dark with nets and lamps.75
  14. Marsa Alam 🇪🇬 EgypteOceanic whitetips at Elphinstone · 1 okt – 31 dec (meestal)Late autumn is when the oceanic whitetips are most reliably out on the offshore reef, hanging under the boats between dives.74
  15. Flying Fish Cove KersteilandRed crab migration · 15 okt – 15 jan (meestal)Millions of crabs leave the forest with the first rain and walk to the sea, and the cove is one of the easiest places to stand in the middle of it.73
  16. Hyannis 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWhite shark season · 1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)White sharks follow the grey seals into Cape waters from early summer and are gone by late autumn, with the tagged detections peaking in August and September.71
  17. Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkNew Forest deer rut · 20 sep – 31 okt (meestal)The stags roar and fight through October on the heaths north of town, best at first light.70
  18. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGolden eagle migration · 15 sep – 31 okt (meestal)The Bridger ridge carries the largest known golden eagle migration in the lower forty-eight, counted from the ski area every autumn.68
  19. Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBlack bear season · 1 aug – 31 okt (meestal)Bears feed hard on acorns and berries through late summer and autumn, and this is the stretch you actually see them from the Drive.66
  20. Vancouver 🇨🇦 CanadaSalmon run · 1 okt – 10 nov (meestal)Spawning salmon come up the Capilano and the Adams River east of the city through October, strongest in the years the cycle peaks.65
  21. Kenting 🇹🇼 TaiwanRaptor migration · 25 sep – 25 okt (meestal)Something like a quarter of a million raptors funnel over the peninsula each autumn.60
  22. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)As interior pans dry up, elephants pull out of the bush and concentrate along the Chobe riverfront, with herds of a thousand or more common by September and October.59
  23. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaBear-season trail closures · 15 jul – 1 okt (meestal)When the buffaloberry ripens the grizzlies drop to the valley trails and Parks Canada closes them, or restricts them to tight groups of four, at a day's notice.57
  24. Jasper 🇨🇦 CanadaElk rut · 1 sep – 10 okt (meestal)Bulls bugle from the golf course and the verges around the townsite through September, and they are genuinely dangerous at close range.55
  25. Mfuwe 🇿🇲 ZambiaElephants at Mfuwe Lodge · 20 okt – 15 dec (meestal)A resident elephant family walks straight through Mfuwe Lodge's reception each year to reach an old wild mango tree fruiting in the courtyard, a route the same matriarchal line has used for at least three generations.53

…en nog 6 in oktober.

Wat er in oktober wereldwijd speelt →

Dierenseizoen in november

  1. Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiëSeal pupping at Cape Cross · 15 nov – 31 dec (meestal)The colony ninety minutes up the Skeleton Coast pups in November and December and swells to a couple of hundred thousand animals.97
  2. Morelia 🇲🇽 MexicoMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.91
  3. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration · 15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.87
  4. Austin 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCongress Avenue bats · 20 mrt – 1 nov (meestal)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.87
  5. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 jun – 15 dec (meestal)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.86
  6. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapanCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov – 25 mrt (meestal)Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen.84
  7. Marsa Alam 🇪🇬 EgypteOceanic whitetips at Elphinstone · 1 okt – 31 dec (meestal)Late autumn is when the oceanic whitetips are most reliably out on the offshore reef, hanging under the boats between dives.84
  8. Tampa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov – 15 aprManatees crowd into the warm outflow of the Big Bend power station when the bay drops below about twenty degrees, and the free viewing centre beside it opens for exactly those dates.82
  9. Monterey 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 okt – 28 feb (meestal)Monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus at the Pacific Grove sanctuary from late October to about the start of March, peaking around the turn of the year.82
  10. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMonarch butterflies · 15 okt – 15 feb (meestal)Tens of thousands of monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus grove at Natural Bridges from mid-October, hanging in a shape that looks like dead leaves until the sun hits them.79
  11. Pipa Beach 🇧🇷 BraziliëDolphins in the bay · 1 jan – 31 decSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.78
  12. Flying Fish Cove KersteilandRed crab migration · 15 okt – 15 jan (meestal)Millions of crabs leave the forest with the first rain and walk to the sea, and the cove is one of the easiest places to stand in the middle of it.66
  13. Grytviken Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke SandwicheilandenFur seal pupping · 15 nov – 15 jan (meestal)Antarctic fur seals take over every workable beach to breed, and the bulls hold territory aggressively enough that landings get moved or dropped.66
  14. Nationaal park Etosha 🇳🇦 NamibiëCalving and the zebra move · 15 nov – 28 feb (meestal)Zebra and springbok drop their young as the new grass comes up, the plains game shifts west, and the predators go with them.64
  15. Mfuwe 🇿🇲 ZambiaElephants at Mfuwe Lodge · 20 okt – 15 dec (meestal)A resident elephant family walks straight through Mfuwe Lodge's reception each year to reach an old wild mango tree fruiting in the courtyard, a route the same matriarchal line has used for at least three generations.54
  16. Puerto Viejo de Talamanca 🇨🇷 Costa RicaRaptor migration over Kèköldi · 15 sep – 15 nov (meestal)Millions of hawks, kites and vultures funnel along the Talamanca coast on their way south, peaking in October.53
  17. Vancouver 🇨🇦 CanadaSalmon run · 1 okt – 10 nov (meestal)Spawning salmon come up the Capilano and the Adams River east of the city through October, strongest in the years the cycle peaks.49
  18. Cordillera del Paine 🇨🇱 ChiliGuanaco birthing · 15 nov – 10 jan (meestal)Chulengos drop in the open country on the eastern side from late November, which is also why the pumas are working that ground in daylight.44
  19. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaPolar bear season · 1 okt – 25 nov (meestal)Around a thousand bears gather on the coast waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze, and the last week of October into mid-November is when they are most concentrated.29

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  1. Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiëSeal pupping at Cape Cross · 15 nov – 31 dec (meestal)The colony ninety minutes up the Skeleton Coast pups in November and December and swells to a couple of hundred thousand animals.96
  2. Marsa Alam 🇪🇬 EgypteOceanic whitetips at Elphinstone · 1 okt – 31 dec (meestal)Late autumn is when the oceanic whitetips are most reliably out on the offshore reef, hanging under the boats between dives.92
  3. Morelia 🇲🇽 MexicoMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.91
  4. Tampa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov – 15 aprManatees crowd into the warm outflow of the Big Bend power station when the bay drops below about twenty degrees, and the free viewing centre beside it opens for exactly those dates.87
  5. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 jun – 15 dec (meestal)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.81
  6. Pipa Beach 🇧🇷 BraziliëDolphins in the bay · 1 jan – 31 decSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.76
  7. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapanCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov – 25 mrt (meestal)Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen.75
  8. Monterey 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 okt – 28 feb (meestal)Monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus at the Pacific Grove sanctuary from late October to about the start of March, peaking around the turn of the year.73
  9. Grytviken Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke SandwicheilandenFur seal pupping · 15 nov – 15 jan (meestal)Antarctic fur seals take over every workable beach to breed, and the bulls hold territory aggressively enough that landings get moved or dropped.71
  10. Big Sur 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 dec – 31 mei (meestal)Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring.70
  11. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMonarch butterflies · 15 okt – 15 feb (meestal)Tens of thousands of monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus grove at Natural Bridges from mid-October, hanging in a shape that looks like dead leaves until the sun hits them.66
  12. Flying Fish Cove KersteilandRed crab migration · 15 okt – 15 jan (meestal)Millions of crabs leave the forest with the first rain and walk to the sea, and the cove is one of the easiest places to stand in the middle of it.64
  13. West Island CocoseilandenReef fish spawning season · 1 dec – 28 feb (meestal)The islands' one dive operator times trips to the reef's summer breeding activity: giant triggerfish nesting at Canyons and bump-head parrotfish gathering to spawn at Cologne Gardens, both easiest to see across December to February.64
  14. Nationaal park Etosha 🇳🇦 NamibiëCalving and the zebra move · 15 nov – 28 feb (meestal)Zebra and springbok drop their young as the new grass comes up, the plains game shifts west, and the predators go with them.63
  15. Nagano 🇯🇵 JapanSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)The macaques at Jigokudani sit in the pool all year, but the winter version with snow on their heads is the one people come for.53
  16. Mfuwe 🇿🇲 ZambiaElephants at Mfuwe Lodge · 20 okt – 15 dec (meestal)A resident elephant family walks straight through Mfuwe Lodge's reception each year to reach an old wild mango tree fruiting in the courtyard, a route the same matriarchal line has used for at least three generations.51
  17. Cordillera del Paine 🇨🇱 ChiliGuanaco birthing · 15 nov – 10 jan (meestal)Chulengos drop in the open country on the eastern side from late November, which is also why the pumas are working that ground in daylight.47
  18. Jackson 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 dec – 5 apr (meestal)Several thousand elk drop out of the high country onto the flats north of town for the winter, and horse-drawn sleighs run out among them from mid-December until the herd leaves in early April.32
  19. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal)The road from Gardiner through to Cooke City is the only one ploughed all winter, and the Lamar Valley in the snow is where the wolf watchers set their scopes at first light.28
  20. Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Thousands of elk come down out of the high country to winter on the flats north of Jackson, and horse-drawn sleighs take people out among them.27

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