Polish National

Parks

In Poland we have 23 National Parks.

We will show you them

Babia Gora

National Park

Babia Gora National Park is located in the southern part of the country, on the border with Slovakia.

In 1954 it was designated a

National Park

There are 105 species of birds (including woodpeckers and

eagle owls).

 We can see there a lot of

animals: deer, lynx, wolves and bears.

Insects, especially beetles, including

some that are unique to the area.

Bialowieza

National Park

Białowieza National Park is situated in the

north-eastern part of Poland.

It was created in 1932

Since 1976 it belongs to

World Cultural and

Natural Sites UNESCO.

We can see there first

of all forests.

In Bialowieza National Park there are aurochs, deers, wild boars, wolves

too.

Biebrza National

Park

Biebrza National Park is a national park in Podlaskie Province, northeastern Poland, situated along the

Biebrza River.

The Biebrza National Park was created in

1993.

It is the biggest National

Park in Poland.

The most important part of the

Park is Red Marsh, which is

under strict protection.

Bieszczady

National Park

Bieszczady National Park is located in the extreme south-

east corner of the country, bordering Slovakia and Ukraine.

The Park was created in 1973

Forests cover about 80% of the area of the

National Park. Animals, which life there are bears, wolves, wild boar, beavers and

lynxes, deers. The Park is also home for snakes,

eagles and owls.

Tuchola Forest

National Park

Tuchola Forest National Park is a large forest near the town of Tuchola in

northern Poland, and lies between the Brda and Wda rivers.

Tuchola Forest PN was created in 1996

It contains the Tuchola Forest National Park, which is at the core of

the Tuchola Forest Biosphere

Drawa National

Park

Drawa National Park is very big. It is located on three province in the north-westren part of Poland.

It was created in 1990

One of the most precious natural elements of the

Park is fish world.

Very interesting are reptiles, amphibians,

invertebrates too.

Fauna is very varied. There are beautiful

peatbogs, rich meadows, river

ecosystems, lakes and beech and pine forests.

Gorczanski

National Park

The park is in the central strip of the

Gorce Mountains.

It was created in 1981

The most popular animals in

Gorczanski National Park are:

Lynxes

Weasels

And of the birds are:

Black stork birds

Buzzards

The symbol of Gorce National Park is a salamander.

In the park there are a lot of forests and meadows, what is

the most characteristic for

this place.

Stolowe Mountains National

Park

Stolowe Mountains National Park is situated

in the middle Sudeten.

It was created in 1993

In the Stolowe Mountains

National Park are many forests.

There are deer, wild boar, roe deer, fox and

small rodents.

Kampinos

National Park

Kampinos National Park is covering areas

Kampinos Basin in the western Warsaw’s valley.

It was established in 1959

Kampinos’s fauna is very rich and

includes approximately 16 thousand different species of animals.

We can see there great borons, mixed forests,

dunes, marshes, bogs.

Karkonosze

Mountain National

Park

Karkonosze National Park is in a south-west part of our

countryclose to the border national

with Czech Republic.

It was created in 1959

In the park there are about the thousand

of species plants and a lot of species

forest animals.

For example:

Beavers

Roe deers

Foxes

And a lot of birds:

Bats

Owls

Thrushes

Woodpeckers

Magurski National

Park

The park is situated in heart of Low Beskid.

It was created in 1995

In the park there are almost 800 species of plants and almost 200

species of animals.

Narew National

Park

Narew National Park is a National Park in Podlaskie

Province, north-eastern Poland, traversed by the Narew River.

 

Narew National Park was

created in 1996

Valley is a haven for birds - there

are 179 species of them, including

those unique for the area.

Mammals are represented by

around 40 species, among them

some elk and otter as well

as numerous beavers.

Ojcowski

National Park

It is in the Lesser Poland Province, in the Cracow district.

It was created in 1956

A bat is a symbol of the park.

The number of appearing

here species of animals is beingestimated at 11 thousand.

In Ojcowski National Park we can

see many caves, where live bats.

There are a lot of forests.

There are 84 species protected plants.

The most popular are:

Alpine Roses

Father's birches

Pieniny National

Park

Pieniny National Park is a protected area in Lesser Poland

Voivodeship, southern Poland, in the heart of the

Pieniny Mountains.

In 1954 it was designated a National Park

So far around 6500 animal species have

been proven to live in the Pieniny

(mountains).

The most famous summit

is Three Crowns. 

Poleski National Park

Poleski National Park put in the Lublin Province.

It was created in 1990

The flora of the park is very rich. There

are plants typical of boggy and marsh

areas.

Animals Poleski National Park includes many rare

species of animals. Many of them are

protected.

Roztocze National

Park

Roztocze National Park located in the central-

eastern part of the Polish, in the Roztocze.

It was created in 1974

Roztocze National Park

has a typical forest

nature.

We can see there big mammals, like

deers, wild boars, wolves too.

Slowinski

National Park

Slowinski National Park located in Pomeranian Province.

It was created in 1967

In these Park there is a lot of

bogs, meadows, seaside woods,

forests and dunes there.

The most important of animals are

birds. There are 260

species of them.

Swietokrzyski National

Park

The park is located in the central part of Swietokrzyski Mountains.

It was created in 1950

Flora in Swietokrzyski National Park is very varied, but rich too.

We have there a lot of special trees and

plants.

Characteristic for landscape are boulder

fields:

In fauna the most popular are:

Smooth snakes

Green toads

And a lot of beautiful birds:

Tatra National

Park

Tatra National Park is located in the south of Poland,

at the Polish and Slovakia border, in the Tatra Mountains,

where in the highest mountain- Gierlach .

It was established in 1954

Very special for Tatra National

Park are rich rock formations,

lakes, streams and waterfalls.

In these park there are plants

adapted to the mountain climate.

In Tatra National Park, there are a lot of different

animals.

For example:

Chamois

Marmot

Brown Bears

Golden eagles

Warta River

Estuary National

Park

Warta River Estuary National Park is located in Lublin Province and includes three rivers:

Warta, Odra and Postomia.

It was created in 2001

There are a lot of mud and water birds and more than

34 species of mammals.

For example:

Otters

Wielkopolska

National Park

Wielkopolska National Park is located neer big city- Poznań. It

arised on glacial area.

It was established in 1957

In the landscape we can see:

Moraines

Lakes

There are a lot of birds and

insects.

Wigry National

Park

Wigry National Park a National Park in Podlaskie Province in north-

eastern Poland.

The Park was created in 1989

Over 1,700 animal species have been found in the Park.

Wolin National

Park

Wolin National Park is located in the central part of Wolin Island, between the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon.

It was created in 1960

The most interesting are old beach

forests and many rare plants.

In the Wolin National Park we can found 230

species of birds.

There are also mammals: badger, deer,

foxes, bats, wild boar.

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