Do you know that: the great snipe Gallinago media is in Poland a very rare bird. The number of its population inland has been calculated to amount to merely 400-550 tooting males. The breeding population in the Polesie National Park equals 5-8 tooting males, i.e. over 1% of the national…
Do you know that: the ferruginous duck Aythya nyroca belongs in Poland to a rare and endangered duck species, entered into the Polish Red Book of Animals [Polska czerwona księga zwierząt] (a list of most endangered species in Poland). In Poland only 100-130 breeding females have been identified. Polesie is…
Do you know that: the black stork Ciconia nigra is a very rare species in Poland. Its population amounts to barely 1400-1600 pairs. Some of the pairs regularly breed in Polesie. Do you know that: a species which is less numerous than the black stork is the white-tailed eagle…
Do you know that: the white-winged tern Chlidonias leucopterus is a breeding species at Lake Łukie in the Polesie National Park. The population of this breeding bird is not numerous in Poland and the exact number is constantly changing and fluctuates between 150 and 12000 breeding pairs. Apart from the…
Do you know that: the Eurasian bittern Botaurus stellaris (phot. Ł. Bednarz) is a secretive heron which builds nests in reeds. Males are territorial and generate a characteristic mating call which is referred to as booming which in April and May is audible from a distance of 2-5 km.
Do you know that: the Montagu’s harrier Circus pygargus is a vanishing species of Accipitriformes – in Poland there are 2700-4300 breeding pairs. This harrier does not build nests on the trees as the majority of Accipitriformes, but directly on the ground – in reed bed plants on a peat…
Do you know that: from August to September on the Bubnów Marsh cranes coming to this place as their sleeping quarter can be observed. The crane is one of the biggest birds whose wingspan amounts up to 240 cm. In the autumn cranes gather at staging areas before they fly…
Do you know that: the aquatic warbler Acrocephalus paludicola is a tiny bird which breeds only in 40 places in the world, which are situated in 6 countries. Over 90% of its overall population occurs in only 3 countries: Belarus, Ukraine and Poland. The Polesie National Park is one of…
Do you know that: the little crake Porzana parva is a breeding variety of the rail Rallidae. Rails are connected with bodies of water and swampy areas where plants partly submerged in water occur. Apart from little crakes the following species belong to the breeding rails: the spotted crake, the…
Do you know that: the white-backed woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos (phot. Robert Dróżdż) is one of the rarest woodpeckers in Poland. There are 1000-1300 pairs, whereas in the Lublin Region scarcely 30-50 pairs. In the spring these woodpeckers “drum”, i.e. peck rapidly on an empty branch with their bills – the…