page_title: Ujście Warty National Park
section_title: Wildlife
hierarchical_section_title: Ujście Warty National Park / Wildlife
caption_attribution_description: English: Ujście Warty National Park near Kostrzyn nad Odrą (Poland) Русский: Национальный парк «Устье Варты» около Костшина на Одре (Польша)
context_page_description: The Ujście Warty National Park, or the Warta River-Mouth National Park in English, is the youngest of Poland's 23 National Parks. It was created on June 19, 2001, in the region of the lowest stretch of the Warta river, up to its confluence with the Odra, which marks the Polish–German border. The Park covers an area of 80.38 square kilometres within Lubusz Voivodeship. The name Ujście Warty means "mouth of the Warta" – the Polish word ujście also being used for the termination of a river at another river or lake rather than the sea.
  The Park was created on the area of the former Słońsk Nature Reserve, which had existed since 1977, and parts of the Ujście Warty Landscape Park. The ground here is swampy and muddy, which makes it a haven for birds. This is why the former Słońsk preserve, which is now part of the Park, was in 1984 covered by the Ramsar Convention, whose purpose is to protect such areas.
  The Park has its headquarters in the village of Chyrzyno, near Kostrzyn nad Odrą.
context_section_description: Plant life is highly heterogeneous in biological sense. It is to large extent natural, although hundreds of years of human activity have influenced it, especially in the forested areas. On the other hand, nature in swampy areas closer to the Warta, is mainly untouched and as such is an interesting object of studies for biologists from Poland and other European countries. This is because most major river valleys in Europe have been changed by humans.
  The area of the Park is one of the most important regions of birds’ lairs in Poland. There are 245 species of birds here and lairs of 160, including 7-8 species of ducks. 26 species are endangered (according to the  BirdLife International list). Among them are: Acrocephalus paludicola, Crex crex, Limosa limosa, Grus grus, Botaurus stellaris, Ixobrychus minutus or quite common here Chlidonias niger.
  Moreover, in the Park there are 34 species of mammals, including otters (Lutra lutra) and beavers (Castor fibre).
  The main threat to Park’s ecosystem is the return of bigger plants to the delicate systems of meadows and pastures. Their regrowth endangers lairs of birds, so Park’s authorities have taken necessary steps to fight this phenomenon.
  Since May 31, 1996 there has been Centre of Natural Education at Chyrzno, which since fall of that year has been organizing courses for pupils and students. Among activities undertaken by the Centee there are: trips to the Park, ornithology camps, ecology workshops. In Park there are some walking and cycling trails and two nature walks Ptasim szlakiem (“Along birds’ trail”), which crosses through the most valuable parts of the Słońsk reserve.
  The Park's Board owns a small lodge with 5 overnight rooms for 15 persons and a guest-house for about 30 visitors.
caption: Great egret in Ujście Warty National Park
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