Polesie National Park

The National Park Polesie (Polish Poleski Park Narodowy ) is a national park in Poland, which, in the Lublin Voivodeship, close to the Ukrainian border is.

Generally

The National Park is located in the western part of the historic landscape Polesie (German Polesia ) whose entire area extends to the region of Leczyca - Vlodava Lakeland. This landscape is an extension of the tundra and forest tundra that has advanced this far. A special feature of the flat parking area, the complex is low Karbonattorfmoore with the Bubnov - swamp, the swamp Staw and part of Orlowski - peatland. So there are 47.8 km ² national park area of water and 20.9 km ² from wasteland. In 2002, the National Park and the adjacent landscape protection areas of the UNESCO declared a Biosphere Reserve. It was also the National Park, as well as received the neighboring Ukrainian reserve in the Ramsar Convention. On the eastern side of the bow, in the Ukraine is the National Park Shatsk, which must already be counted among the Rokitnosümpfe.

Flora

Typical plant communities of the National Park are low and high peat bogs. There are also swamp birch forests and pine forests. Of course, water and reed communities are also well represented. Very often boreal plant species such as the Low Birch, Lapland willow and blueberry pasture and the sundew in the National Park.

Fauna

The National Park Polesie is an important breeding and Nistort for many rare birds. The protected, large peatlands play an important role during the fly-through period of many birds, and especially in spring recreation and Nahrungsort of several species of ducks, coots and swans as well as cranes and wading birds. Of the 146 breeding species here are 17 highly endangered. The most valuable species are the golden eagle, sea eagle and spotted eagle and lesser spotted eagle, beach runners and Green Sandpiper. The ornithological rarities include the curlew and snipe. The most common bird of prey is in Poland increasingly rare Montagu's Harrier. In addition, in the National Park live 21 species of fish, including carp, tench, crucian carp, roach, pike, perch, eels and the very rare and protected Sumpfelritze. Of the 6 species of reptiles, the terrapin deserves special attention, which here has one of their largest sites in Europe. Of the 35 mammal species have to be mentioned: the birch mouse, Nathusius' pipistrelle, the ermine, otter, moose, the wolf and the recently re- ausgewilderte beaver.