Red Marsh Nature Reserve

Red Marsh Nature Reserve (Polish: Rezerwat przyrody Czerwone Bagno) is a nature reserve with an area of 11 629.75 hectares located within the municipalities; Goniądz and Rajgród in Podlaskie Voivodeship northeastern Poland. The reserve is located within Biebrza National Park, whose office is in Osowiec-Twierdza.

History

In the middle of Europe to have retained almost the original area of marsh (swamp), wilderness and sparsely populated, almost deserted places. In the middle basin of Biebrza, already in the interwar period, there were two nature reserves, the Red Marsh and Perches. which the site was extended in 1981, and its size is increased to 629.75 ha in 1911. There are, regular shafts dune known as perches and oak-hornbeam forests. A promoter of these sites and activist for the preservation of remaining natural ecosystems in Poland, professor Simona Kossak, is the author of a daily broadcast (What's hot) on "Radio Bialystok". Existing reserves and the activities of the society resulted in the creation, in 1989, of Biebrza National Park, established in Osowiec-Twierdza.

Fauna

The Red Marsh, being away from the overflow land, wetlands, and riparian morass of the river, Biebrza is different in nature because it creates bogs overgrown with dwarf trees, which provide an excellent refuge for animals, especially for the rare and protected ungulate - moose (Alces alces), and marsh deer (Cervus elaphus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Many packs of wolves also reside within the reserve. In addition, these sites are ideal bedding and nesting sites for birds: white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) and the lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina) which is under strict protection overall.

Flora

A valuable asset of the Red Swamp is not only natural habitat conditions for animals, but also unique vegetation. Plant species under strict protection include:

• Birch (Betula humilis Schrank) - shrub reaching a height of 2 m
• Drosera rotundifolia (Drosera rotundifolia L.) - carnivorous plant
• Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Red Marsh Nature Reserve.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Biebrza National Park.

• Biebrza National Park - the area of the Red Marsh
• Official website BNP - the area of the Red Marsh
• Video about Biebrza National Park
• The Board of Polish National Parks
• Awarded "EDEN - European Destinations of Excellence" non traditional tourist destination 2010