| Slowinski National Park |
 Slowinski National Park- more information here.Slowinski National Park is located in the centre of Poland’s sea coast between Leba and Rowy in Pomerania region. In 1977, UNESCO named the Park one of its World Biosphere reserves and included it in its Man and Biosphere project. Formerly the Park’s area was a sea bay. Its relief was formed by Scandinavian glacier and, later, by waters of the Baltic sea. The glacier left there a sequence of moraine hills which surround the Park at the South and the West. The Baltic, together with other geomorphologic processes created sandbars which presently separate lakes from the see. The whole Gardno – Leba Sandbar is built of sand thrown ashore by the waves. The sand, dried by the sun and the wind, was blown further inland, thus forming migrating dunes. The largest dune area is the £eba Sandbar with the area of approx. 500 ha and dunes reaching 30 m. and moving up to 3-10 m per year. Migrating dunes , together with 4 shallow seaside lakes are unique in Europe. The largest lakes are £ebsko (area 7140 ha, max. depth 6,3 m), Gardno (area 2468 ha, max. depth 2,6 m). The Park has approximately 850 species of vascular plants of which 50 are under protection.Birds are dominating among vertebrate present in the Park. Out of 257 species recorded there, 150 are nesting. Among rare species are sea eagle, lesser spotted eagle, golden eagle, eagle owl, raven, swans and a variety of duck species. |