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Wolin National Park- more information here and on official site.
Wolin National Park is located in the mouth of the Odra, in north-western Poland (Zachodnie Pomorze region), at Poland’s border with Germany, and it aims to protect extremely valuable environment of the north-western part of Wolin island. After a part of Pomeranian Bay and internal sea waters of Szczecin Lagoon were included in the Park, it became Poland’s first marine national park.

Wigry National Park

Wigry National Park- more information on official site and here.
Wigry National Park is located in north-eastern Poland, in Podlasie region; farmed areas there are protected as landscape park. Glaciation period contributed to the formation of numerous lakes varying by shape, area and depth. The Park has 43 of them; the largest, Lake Wigry (area 2187 ha, max. depth 73 m) spreads in its central part. The main river, the Czarna Hancza, which flows through Lake Wigry is a well known, favourite kayak route. Forest communities which are the closest to natural ones are marsh forests and woods as well as alder carrs. Large part of the Park’s area is covered with peatbogs which often form unique plant communities on the national scale. Most of high moors and transitory peatbogs have retained their natural character. Among more than 1700 animal species recorded so far in the Park, the most characteristic one is European beaver, common on the river and lake sides; it is estimated, that the number of beavers in the Park approximates 250. Wolves are the most common large predators locally, and their population is gradually increasing.

The Warta Mouth National Park

The Warta Mouth National Park- more information on official site and here.
The Warta Mouth National Park replaced Slonsk Natural Reserve established in 1977 and a park of The Warta Mouth landscape park. Due to its extreme importance, particularly for waterfowl, the area of Slonsk Reserve was embraced in 1984 by Ramsar convention which aims at the protection of marsh habitats of birds. The Warta which is the main river in the Park, divides it into southern part, which is the former Slonsk Reserve covering Kostrzyn artificial lake, and northern part called the Northern Polder. Annual differences in water level in the southern part of the Park approximate 4m and its main function is to collect flooding water.The Warta Mouth National Park is one of the most important nesting places of waterfowl in Poland, with its 245 avian species, of which 160 nest there, including 4 species of grebes, 7-8 various duck species, 5 species of rails and 9-10 wadders. For many bird species, the Park provides the most important nesting site in Poland. As many as 26 species which nest here are threatened with extinction, according to BirdLife International.

Polesie National Park

Polesie National Park- more information here and on official site (polish only).
The Park is located in Eastern Poland, in the western part of Polesie region which borders with the Lublin Upland in the South, Podlasie region in the North and Mazowsze region in the West. The whole Park spreads across Leczyñsko-Wlodawskie Lakeland which makes up southern part of Polesie Lubelskie. The Park’s area is a substitute of tundra and tundra /forest habitats which reached the most southward and westward places in Europe. Among 21 fish species living in the Park are carp, tench, crucian carp, roach, rudd, Northern pike, perch, eel, and very rare and protected lake minnow.

Wielkopolska National Park

Wielkopolska National Park- more information here and on official site (english soon).
Wielkopolska National Park is located in south-western Poland (Wielkopolska region) 15 km south of Poznan, in Wielkopolska Lakeland. Researchers discovered there approximately 1100 species of vascular plants, 200 species of bryophites, 150 species of lichens, 350 species of algae and 400 species of higher fungi. Most of the species are European and Siberian species, including Scots pine (70% of forests) and Central European species such as common oak, hornbeam, yellow fox-glove and white five-leaf. Northern species include twin flower, which is a relic of the glacial period. The Park has abundant fauna, with particularly rich invertebrate group, of which the most numerous are insects, with more than 3 thousand species. The world of arachnids is also varied, including water spider which spends its whole life under water. Lake waters are home to numerous perch, bream, tench, pike and eel.

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