Croatia

Croatia is a narrow country for most of its length, though wider at the top. about 25% of the country is considered mountains with a further 17% making up the lower slopes. As such, this country has retained an interesting range of wildlife. It is highly popular for beach holidays (as well as things such as stag do’s) but usually in just an hour or two you can be in the high mountains.

We had a wonderful time in this area, and encountered bears on 4 occasions in the week we were in the country. There are a range of national parks.

Do use the below map to register encounters you have with interesting animals – to help other visitors find where to look.

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Croatia is not a large country (26th in Europe) but due to its narrow shape, it is very quick to get from the wild places to the coast. The fees leveed within the national parks are very reasonable, and we loved our time in the country.

Links to areas to visit will appear below the blog articles on the country

Bear (Croatia)

Tim
February 17, 2018

To put this sighting in context, we had spent 3 lovely days hiking in the Northern Velebit National Park national park in Croatia, it had been beautiful, but apart from a brief sighting of two deer from a large distance away we hadn’t seen any wildlife. We were moving on and so had left the park. …...

Tim
July 10, 2024

Jeremy Vine should know better. Mike Parry is an english broadcaster and journalist, I do not know how good a journalist he was, but if he had given his answers in writing for a newspaper article, he should have been fired as it is all rubbish. Look below for a list of the myths and …...

Tim
March 28, 2024

Wolves still exist in large numbers in Eastern Europe, and are even doing alright in central Europe (this wolf was photographed in Slovakia). Back in the 1960s, while small populations survived in Western Europe, the wolf had been exterminated from the majority of their former habitat. There was a remnant population of around 500 in …...

Tim
August 1, 2023

Last Thursday, while wildfires raged in Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Portugal, Croatia and Algeria and British tourists found themselves being rescued by locals in boats (good boats, not those bringing people fleeing for their lives).

Tim
June 27, 2022

Currently, we are still a small operation, so when I am away articles cease. This will change we move forwards. I have been in Spain. I drove our new electric car down and spent a few days in the Cantabrian mountains. Why the Cantabrian mountains? I visited them with my family some time ago, but …...

Tim
May 24, 2021

Whipsnade zoo had three bears. A tree trunk blew over, allowing two of them to climb into the neighbouring enclosure that contained boar.

Tim
December 11, 2020

I have some wonderful wild pictures. Indeed, when the shop on this site is reformed, I hope to list some of them. I have a reasonably good camera and when this website starts generating some revenue, I would like to buy a better one. However, I don’t think I would ever consider myself as wildlife …...

Tim
March 25, 2018

The Lynx is thought to number around 10,000 individuals across Europe. There are more smaller populations that have been created following reintroduction programmes so I will not break these down in the same way. There are two species of lynx within Europe (these are significantly different animals and would likely be incapable of breeding together, …...

Tim
March 25, 2018

The decline in bear numbers occurred earlier than wolves in many areas, and as bears are slow breeders compared to wolves it can take a long time for populations to recover. In this post I will outline the main populations in Europe.

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Bear (Croatia)

Electric car myths: Mike Parry spouting rubbish to Jeremy Vine – Useful as the electroheads do a good job of putting it right (if your hesitant to buy an electric car – this should help)

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