Sezon dzikiej przyrody, miesiąc po miesiącu na całym świecie

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Sezon dzikiej przyrody — styczeń

  1. Morelia 🇲🇽 MeksykMonarch butterfly season · 10 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.92
  2. Tampa 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneManatee season at Big Bend · 1 lis – 15 kwiManatees 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. Arusza 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving season · 20 sty – 15 mar (zwykle)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 sty – 15 mar (zwykle)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 🇧🇷 BrazyliaDolphins in the bay · 1 sty – 31 gruSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.73
  6. Monterey 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 paź – 28 lut (zwykle)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 Georgia Południowa i Sandwich PołudniowyFur seal pupping · 15 lis – 15 sty (zwykle)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 🇯🇵 JaponiaCranes winter at Izumi · 1 lis – 25 mar (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 gru – 31 maj (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Etoszy 🇳🇦 NamibiaCalving and the zebra move · 15 lis – 28 lut (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonarch butterflies · 15 paź – 15 lut (zwykle)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 Wyspy KokosoweReef fish spawning season · 1 gru – 28 lut (zwykle)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 Wyspa Bożego NarodzeniaRed crab migration · 15 paź – 15 sty (zwykle)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 sty – 15 mar (zwykle)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 🇨🇱 ChileGuanaco birthing · 15 lis – 10 sty (zwykle)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 🇯🇵 JaponiaSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 gru – 15 mar (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 gru – 10 mar (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Grand Teton 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 gru – 31 mar (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 gru – 5 kwi (zwykle)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

Co się dzieje na świecie — styczeń →

Sezon dzikiej przyrody — luty

  1. Munnar 🇮🇳 IndieEravikulam calving closure · 1 lut – 31 mar (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneManatee season at Big Bend · 1 lis – 15 kwiManatees 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 🇲🇽 MeksykMonarch butterfly season · 10 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)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 lut – 31 maj (zwykle)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 lut – 15 kwi (zwykle)With the tall grass cut and the waterholes shrinking, rhino and deer are visible across the floodplain instead of hidden in it.81
  6. Arusza 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving season · 20 sty – 15 mar (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 paź – 28 lut (zwykle)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 sty – 15 mar (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 gru – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonarch butterflies · 15 paź – 15 lut (zwykle)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 🇧🇷 BrazyliaDolphins in the bay · 1 sty – 31 gruSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.71
  12. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JaponiaCranes winter at Izumi · 1 lis – 25 mar (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Etoszy 🇳🇦 NamibiaCalving and the zebra move · 15 lis – 28 lut (zwykle)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 Wyspa Bożego NarodzeniaBaby crabs come ashore · 20 lis – 20 lut (zwykle)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 Wyspy KokosoweReef fish spawning season · 1 gru – 28 lut (zwykle)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 sty – 15 mar (zwykle)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 🇯🇵 JaponiaSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 gru – 15 mar (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Great Sand Dunes 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSandhill crane migration · 1 lut – 31 marTwenty 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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 gru – 5 kwi (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 gru – 10 mar (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Grand Teton 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 gru – 31 mar (zwykle)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

Co się dzieje na świecie — luty →

Sezon dzikiej przyrody — marzec

  1. Austin 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 lis (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneManatee season at Big Bend · 1 lis – 15 kwiManatees 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 🇲🇽 MeksykMonarch butterfly season · 10 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.88
  4. Munnar 🇮🇳 IndieEravikulam calving closure · 1 lut – 31 mar (zwykle)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 lut – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 gru – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇯🇵 JaponiaCranes winter at Izumi · 1 lis – 25 mar (zwykle)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 sty – 15 mar (zwykle)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. Arusza 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving season · 20 sty – 15 mar (zwykle)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 lut – 15 kwi (zwykle)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 🇧🇷 BrazyliaDolphins in the bay · 1 sty – 31 gruSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.68
  12. Nagano 🇯🇵 JaponiaSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 gru – 15 mar (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Great Sand Dunes 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSandhill crane migration · 1 lut – 31 marTwenty 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 sty – 15 mar (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 gru – 5 kwi (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 gru – 10 mar (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Grand Teton 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 gru – 31 mar (zwykle)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

Co się dzieje na świecie — marzec →

Sezon dzikiej przyrody — kwiecień

  1. Gibraltar GibraltarSpring raptor migration · 15 lut – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 gru – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 lis (zwykle)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.84
  4. Park Narodowy Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneBat flight programme · 1 kwi – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇳🇿 Nowa ZelandiaSeal pups in the streams · 1 kwi – 30 wrz (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneManatee season at Big Bend · 1 lis – 15 kwiManatees 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. Wan 🇹🇷 TurcjaPearl mullet spawning run · 15 kwi – 15 lip (zwykle)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 🇧🇷 BrazyliaDolphins in the bay · 1 sty – 31 gruSpinner 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 lut – 15 kwi (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 gru – 5 kwi (zwykle)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 🇨🇱 ChilePuma tracking season · 15 kwi – 30 wrz (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSpring wildlife on the northern range · 15 kwi – 15 cze (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSpring caribou migration · 1 kwi – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇨🇱 ChilePuma tracking season · 15 kwi – 30 wrz (zwykle)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

Co się dzieje na świecie — kwiecień →

Sezon dzikiej przyrody — maj

  1. Gibraltar GibraltarSpring raptor migration · 15 lut – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 gru – 31 maj (zwykle)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. Gqeberha 🇿🇦 Południowa AfrykaSardine run past Algoa Bay · 15 maj – 31 lip (zwykle)Shoals move up the coast from late May with gannets diving on them and dolphins working from below.91
  4. Durban 🇿🇦 Południowa AfrykaSardine run · 25 maj – 20 lip (zwykle)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 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 maj – 15 lis (zwykle)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.83
  6. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSalmon runs · 15 maj – 15 wrz (zwykle)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. Wan 🇹🇷 TurcjaPearl mullet spawning run · 15 kwi – 15 lip (zwykle)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 maj – 10 lip (zwykle)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 maj – 31 paź (zwykle)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. Braszów 🇷🇴 RumuniaBear watching season · 1 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.77
  11. Park Narodowy Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneBat flight programme · 1 kwi – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇳🇿 Nowa ZelandiaSeal pups in the streams · 1 kwi – 30 wrz (zwykle)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 🇧🇷 BrazyliaDolphins in the bay · 1 sty – 31 gruSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.71
  14. Whistler 🇨🇦 KanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 maj – 15 paź (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 lis (zwykle)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.69
  16. Park Narodowy Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSpring wildlife on the northern range · 15 kwi – 15 cze (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Katmai 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneCoastal bears in the sedge meadows · 25 maj – 15 lip (zwykle)Before the salmon arrive, brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams at places like Hallo Bay.60
  18. Park Narodowy Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSpring caribou migration · 1 kwi – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇨🇱 ChilePuma tracking season · 15 kwi – 30 wrz (zwykle)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 🇨🇱 ChilePuma tracking season · 15 kwi – 30 wrz (zwykle)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

Co się dzieje na świecie — maj →

Sezon dzikiej przyrody — czerwiec

  1. Durban 🇿🇦 Południowa AfrykaSardine run · 25 maj – 20 lip (zwykle)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. Wan 🇹🇷 TurcjaPearl mullet spawning run · 15 kwi – 15 lip (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 cze – 20 wrz (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneWhite shark season · 1 cze – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSalmon runs · 15 maj – 15 wrz (zwykle)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. Gqeberha 🇿🇦 Południowa AfrykaSardine run past Algoa Bay · 15 maj – 31 lip (zwykle)Shoals move up the coast from late May with gannets diving on them and dolphins working from below.88
  7. Braszów 🇷🇴 RumuniaBear watching season · 1 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.85
  8. Rodos 🇬🇷 GrecjaMoths at Petaloudes · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)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 maj – 10 lip (zwykle)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 🇪🇨 EkwadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 cze – 15 gru (zwykle)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 maj – 31 paź (zwykle)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. Pietropawłowsk Kamczacki 🇷🇺 RosjaSalmon run · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.78
  13. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 maj – 15 lis (zwykle)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.77
  14. Whistler 🇨🇦 KanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 maj – 15 paź (zwykle)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 🇧🇷 BrazyliaDolphins in the bay · 1 sty – 31 gruSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.74
  16. Park Narodowy Katmai 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneCoastal bears in the sedge meadows · 25 maj – 15 lip (zwykle)Before the salmon arrive, brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams at places like Hallo Bay.73
  17. Park Narodowy Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSpring wildlife on the northern range · 15 kwi – 15 cze (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneBat flight programme · 1 kwi – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇳🇿 Nowa ZelandiaSeal pups in the streams · 1 kwi – 30 wrz (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Lake Clark 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneBear viewing season · 1 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 lis (zwykle)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.59
  22. Szarm el-Szejk 🇪🇬 EgiptSummer schooling at Ras Mohammed · 1 cze – 31 sie (zwykle)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 🇨🇱 ChilePuma tracking season · 15 kwi – 30 wrz (zwykle)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. Sundarbany 🇧🇩 BangladeszThree-month breeding closure · 1 cze – 31 sieThe forest department shuts the Bangladeshi Sundarbans to visitors and to fishing for the breeding season.37
  25. Cordillera del Paine 🇨🇱 ChilePuma tracking season · 15 kwi – 30 wrz (zwykle)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

Co się dzieje na świecie — czerwiec →

Sezon dzikiej przyrody — lipiec

  1. Seattle 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 cze – 20 wrz (zwykle)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 lip – 31 paź (zwykle)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.93
  3. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSalmon runs · 15 maj – 15 wrz (zwykle)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 🇿🇦 Południowa AfrykaSardine run · 25 maj – 20 lip (zwykle)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. Gqeberha 🇿🇦 Południowa AfrykaSardine run past Algoa Bay · 15 maj – 31 lip (zwykle)Shoals move up the coast from late May with gannets diving on them and dolphins working from below.88
  6. Wan 🇹🇷 TurcjaPearl mullet spawning run · 15 kwi – 15 lip (zwykle)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 🇪🇨 EkwadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 cze – 15 gru (zwykle)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. Pietropawłowsk Kamczacki 🇷🇺 RosjaSalmon run · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.83
  9. Whistler 🇨🇦 KanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 maj – 15 paź (zwykle)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 lip – 31 paź (zwykle)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.81
  11. Braszów 🇷🇴 RumuniaBear watching season · 1 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)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 maj – 10 lip (zwykle)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 🇮🇩 IndonezjaKomodo dragon mating season · 1 lip – 31 sie (zwykle)The one time of year the males fight, standing up against each other on the trails.80
  14. Juneau 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSalmon run and bears · 20 lip – 15 wrz (zwykle)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 maj – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneWhite shark season · 1 cze – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 maj – 15 lis (zwykle)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.78
  18. Banff 🇨🇦 KanadaBear-season trail closures · 15 lip – 1 paź (zwykle)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. Rodos 🇬🇷 GrecjaMoths at Petaloudes · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)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 🇧🇷 BrazyliaDolphins in the bay · 1 sty – 31 gruSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.75
  21. Sigirija 🇱🇰 Sri LankaThe Gathering at Minneriya · 15 lip – 30 wrz (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Katmai 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneCoastal bears in the sedge meadows · 25 maj – 15 lip (zwykle)Before the salmon arrive, brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams at places like Hallo Bay.71
  23. Park Narodowy Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneBat flight programme · 1 kwi – 31 paź (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Lake Clark 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneBear viewing season · 1 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)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 🇳🇿 Nowa ZelandiaSeal pups in the streams · 1 kwi – 30 wrz (zwykle)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

…i jeszcze 6 w tym miesiącu (lipiec).

Co się dzieje na świecie — lipiec →

Sezon dzikiej przyrody — sierpień

  1. Seattle 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 cze – 20 wrz (zwykle)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 lip – 31 paź (zwykle)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.94
  3. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EkwadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 cze – 15 gru (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSalmon runs · 15 maj – 15 wrz (zwykle)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. Braszów 🇷🇴 RumuniaBear watching season · 1 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)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 🇮🇩 IndonezjaKomodo dragon mating season · 1 lip – 31 sie (zwykle)The one time of year the males fight, standing up against each other on the trails.82
  7. Hyannis 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneWhite shark season · 1 cze – 31 paź (zwykle)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 sie – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 maj – 15 lis (zwykle)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.81
  10. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrazyliaDolphins in the bay · 1 sty – 31 gruSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.81
  11. Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KeniaMara River crossings · 1 lip – 31 paź (zwykle)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.80
  12. Whistler 🇨🇦 KanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 maj – 15 paź (zwykle)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 🇨🇦 KanadaBear-season trail closures · 15 lip – 1 paź (zwykle)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 lip – 31 paź (zwykle)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 maj – 31 paź (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Shenandoah 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneBlack bear season · 1 sie – 31 paź (zwykle)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. Pietropawłowsk Kamczacki 🇷🇺 RosjaSalmon run · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.75
  18. Sigirija 🇱🇰 Sri LankaThe Gathering at Minneriya · 15 lip – 30 wrz (zwykle)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 🇳🇿 Nowa ZelandiaLambing at Cornwall Park · 1 sie – 10 wrz (zwykle)The working farm around Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) has new calves from mid-July and lambs from early August.73
  20. Rodos 🇬🇷 GrecjaMoths at Petaloudes · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)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 🇳🇿 Nowa ZelandiaSeal pups in the streams · 1 kwi – 30 wrz (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSalmon run and bears · 20 lip – 15 wrz (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneBat flight programme · 1 kwi – 31 paź (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Katmai 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneJuly salmon run at the falls · 25 cze – 5 sie (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneCaribou cross at Onion Portage · 25 sie – 5 paź (zwykle)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

…i jeszcze 7 w tym miesiącu (sierpień).

Co się dzieje na świecie — sierpień →

Sezon dzikiej przyrody — wrzesień

  1. Nairobi 🇰🇪 KeniaMara migration season · 1 lip – 31 paź (zwykle)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.94
  2. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 maj – 15 lis (zwykle)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.89
  3. Seattle 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 cze – 20 wrz (zwykle)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 🇪🇨 EkwadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 cze – 15 gru (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneGolden eagle migration · 15 wrz – 31 paź (zwykle)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 sie – 31 paź (zwykle)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. Braszów 🇷🇴 RumuniaBear watching season · 1 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneWhite shark season · 1 cze – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇬🇧 Wielka BrytaniaNew Forest deer rut · 20 wrz – 31 paź (zwykle)The stags roar and fight through October on the heaths north of town, best at first light.82
  10. Rodos 🇬🇷 GrecjaMoths at Petaloudes · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)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 🇧🇷 BrazyliaDolphins in the bay · 1 sty – 31 gruSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.81
  12. Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KeniaMara River crossings · 1 lip – 31 paź (zwykle)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.79
  13. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nowa ZelandiaSeal pups in the streams · 1 kwi – 30 wrz (zwykle)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 🇳🇿 Nowa ZelandiaLambing at Cornwall Park · 1 sie – 10 wrz (zwykle)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 lip – 31 paź (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneBat flight programme · 1 kwi – 31 paź (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Shenandoah 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneBlack bear season · 1 sie – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSalmon runs · 15 maj – 15 wrz (zwykle)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. Sigirija 🇱🇰 Sri LankaThe Gathering at Minneriya · 15 lip – 30 wrz (zwykle)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 🇨🇦 KanadaBear-season trail closures · 15 lip – 1 paź (zwykle)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 maj – 31 paź (zwykle)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. Pietropawłowsk Kamczacki 🇷🇺 RosjaSalmon run · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.70
  23. Jasper 🇨🇦 KanadaElk rut · 1 wrz – 10 paź (zwykle)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 🇨🇦 KanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 maj – 15 paź (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 lis (zwykle)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.66

…i jeszcze 11 w tym miesiącu (wrzesień).

Co się dzieje na świecie — wrzesień →

Sezon dzikiej przyrody — październik

  1. Monterey 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 paź – 28 lut (zwykle)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 lip – 31 paź (zwykle)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.90
  3. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonarch butterflies · 15 paź – 15 lut (zwykle)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 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 maj – 15 lis (zwykle)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.88
  5. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EkwadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 cze – 15 gru (zwykle)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 sie – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 lis (zwykle)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.81
  8. Park Narodowy Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneBat flight programme · 1 kwi – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇧🇷 BrazyliaDolphins in the bay · 1 sty – 31 gruSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.79
  10. Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KeniaMara River crossings · 1 lip – 31 paź (zwykle)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.76
  11. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaMara River crossings · 1 lip – 31 paź (zwykle)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. Morze Martwe 🇯🇴 JordaniaRaptors over the Rift · 1 wrz – 25 paź (zwykle)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. Savaiʻi 🇼🇸 SamoaThe palolo rising · 5–31 paź (zwykle)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 🇪🇬 EgiptOceanic whitetips at Elphinstone · 1 paź – 31 gru (zwykle)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 Wyspa Bożego NarodzeniaRed crab migration · 15 paź – 15 sty (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneWhite shark season · 1 cze – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇬🇧 Wielka BrytaniaNew Forest deer rut · 20 wrz – 31 paź (zwykle)The stags roar and fight through October on the heaths north of town, best at first light.70
  18. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneGolden eagle migration · 15 wrz – 31 paź (zwykle)The Bridger ridge carries the largest known golden eagle migration in the lower forty-eight, counted from the ski area every autumn.68
  19. Park Narodowy Shenandoah 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneBlack bear season · 1 sie – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇨🇦 KanadaSalmon run · 1 paź – 10 lis (zwykle)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 🇹🇼 Republika ChińskaRaptor migration · 25 wrz – 25 paź (zwykle)Something like a quarter of a million raptors funnel over the peninsula each autumn.60
  22. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 maj – 31 paź (zwykle)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 🇨🇦 KanadaBear-season trail closures · 15 lip – 1 paź (zwykle)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 🇨🇦 KanadaElk rut · 1 wrz – 10 paź (zwykle)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 paź – 15 gru (zwykle)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

…i jeszcze 6 w tym miesiącu (październik).

Co się dzieje na świecie — październik →

Sezon dzikiej przyrody — listopad

  1. Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaSeal pupping at Cape Cross · 15 lis – 31 gru (zwykle)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 🇲🇽 MeksykMonarch butterfly season · 10 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.91
  3. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 maj – 15 lis (zwykle)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.87
  4. Austin 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 lis (zwykle)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 🇪🇨 EkwadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 cze – 15 gru (zwykle)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 🇯🇵 JaponiaCranes winter at Izumi · 1 lis – 25 mar (zwykle)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 🇪🇬 EgiptOceanic whitetips at Elphinstone · 1 paź – 31 gru (zwykle)Late autumn is when the oceanic whitetips are most reliably out on the offshore reef, hanging under the boats between dives.84
  8. Tampa 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneManatee season at Big Bend · 1 lis – 15 kwiManatees 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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 paź – 28 lut (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonarch butterflies · 15 paź – 15 lut (zwykle)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 🇧🇷 BrazyliaDolphins in the bay · 1 sty – 31 gruSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.78
  12. Flying Fish Cove Wyspa Bożego NarodzeniaRed crab migration · 15 paź – 15 sty (zwykle)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 Georgia Południowa i Sandwich PołudniowyFur seal pupping · 15 lis – 15 sty (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Etoszy 🇳🇦 NamibiaCalving and the zebra move · 15 lis – 28 lut (zwykle)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 paź – 15 gru (zwykle)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 🇨🇷 KostarykaRaptor migration over Kèköldi · 15 wrz – 15 lis (zwykle)Millions of hawks, kites and vultures funnel along the Talamanca coast on their way south, peaking in October.53
  17. Vancouver 🇨🇦 KanadaSalmon run · 1 paź – 10 lis (zwykle)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 🇨🇱 ChileGuanaco birthing · 15 lis – 10 sty (zwykle)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 🇨🇦 KanadaPolar bear season · 1 paź – 25 lis (zwykle)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 🇳🇦 NamibiaSeal pupping at Cape Cross · 15 lis – 31 gru (zwykle)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 🇪🇬 EgiptOceanic whitetips at Elphinstone · 1 paź – 31 gru (zwykle)Late autumn is when the oceanic whitetips are most reliably out on the offshore reef, hanging under the boats between dives.92
  3. Morelia 🇲🇽 MeksykMonarch butterfly season · 10 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.91
  4. Tampa 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneManatee season at Big Bend · 1 lis – 15 kwiManatees 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 🇪🇨 EkwadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 cze – 15 gru (zwykle)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 🇧🇷 BrazyliaDolphins in the bay · 1 sty – 31 gruSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.76
  7. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JaponiaCranes winter at Izumi · 1 lis – 25 mar (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 paź – 28 lut (zwykle)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 Georgia Południowa i Sandwich PołudniowyFur seal pupping · 15 lis – 15 sty (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 gru – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonarch butterflies · 15 paź – 15 lut (zwykle)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 Wyspa Bożego NarodzeniaRed crab migration · 15 paź – 15 sty (zwykle)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 Wyspy KokosoweReef fish spawning season · 1 gru – 28 lut (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Etoszy 🇳🇦 NamibiaCalving and the zebra move · 15 lis – 28 lut (zwykle)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 🇯🇵 JaponiaSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 gru – 15 mar (zwykle)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 paź – 15 gru (zwykle)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 🇨🇱 ChileGuanaco birthing · 15 lis – 10 sty (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 gru – 5 kwi (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 gru – 10 mar (zwykle)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. Park Narodowy Grand Teton 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 gru – 31 mar (zwykle)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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