Foglefonna National Park, Norway

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Folgefonna National Park is a 545.2-square-kilometre (210.5 sq mi) national park in Hordaland county, Norway. The park is located on the Folgefonna peninsula and it spans the municipalities of Jondal, Kvinnherad, Etne, Odda, and Ullensvang. The national park was opened by Queen Sonja on May 14, 2005. The high mountains of the park are too barren for many creatures to thrive, but there the ptarmigans thrive. Golden eagles nest in several valleys that reach up towards the glacier and they feed on the ptarmigans in the glacial areas. Meadow pipits are the most abundant species above the tree line. In the wooded areas below the tree line, red deer are abundant, in fact more red deer are shot in Kvinnherad municipality than anywhere else in the country. Black grouse and capercaillie can also be found in the pine forests. This is also one of the last places to find the white-backed woodpecker in all of Western Europe. Avalanches in this area leave many dead trees in their paths and this is exactly the habitat favoured by these woodpeckers.