The Bug Landscape Park The Location of the
The Bug Landscape Park
The Location of the Bug Landscape Park The Park is located in the east-central part of the Mazovia Region. It covers the leftbank part of the Lower Bug Valley, from the estuary of the river Toczna in Draźniew (in the borough of Korczew) to the estuary of the river Liwiec near Kamieńczyk, and a part of the lower Narew River. It is one of the biggest landscape parks in Poland protects almost 120 km of the River Bug. The area of the proper Park today is 74, 136. 5 ha (113, 671. 7 ha with the protecting zone surrounding it).
Why was the Bug Landscape Park created? To protect historical and cultural values: to save the freely meandering to save the original, unique lowland river Bug and its character of the rural valley, with plentiful settlements, backwaters and branches, To protect natural values: To protect landscape values: to save the rural landscape that has undergone only minimal changes throughout history, to save high erosion slopes of the plateaus around the rivers Bug and Narew as well as the flood terrace with numerous parabolic dunes. to save the remnants of big forests and the rich flora with numerous protected and rare plant species and plant communities. to save the traditional function of the countryside and its villages and to develop folk handicraft.
The Fauna of the Bug Landscape Park The Bug Landscape Park gives protection to over 191 species of birds. The rarest of them, inhabiting the wet areas and river valleys are: the Eurasian curlew, the common snipe, the common tern. The steep river slopes host species such as the Eurasian kingfisher and the European sand martin. The river banks are populated by grey herons and white storks. The species especially worth mentioning are: the black stork and the crane, and birds of prey: the lesser spotted eagle, the European honey buzzard, the sparrowhawk and the European kestrel.
The Bug Landscape Park is also home to 12 species of amphibians and 6 species of reptiles. The most important among them are the smooth snake and the European pond turtle. Dense forestation favours the occurance of big forest mammals such as elks, deer, boars, does, badgers and foxes.
48 species of fish can be found in the waters of this huge Park, among them such rare ones as barbels, sneeps, or vimba breams. The Park is also home to 49 species of mammals (almost half of the overall number of mammal species found in Poland); 27 of them are under legal protection, the other 22 – under strict protection. 4 of the species are included in the Polish Red Book: 3 species of bats (the Leisler's bat, the western barbastelle and the rearmouse) and 1 species of rodents (the European hamster). Some alien species can also be found in the Park, the mink, the raccoon dog or the red-eared slider among others. Their presence is not beneficial for the indigenous fauna of the area, however. The Park is also remarkable for its 216 species of spiders, 10 of which are listed in the Polish Red Book.
The Flora of the Bug Landscape Park The extremely diversified lie of the land in the Bug Ladnscape Park allows equal diversity of the plant life, with 161 plant communities found there. The majority of forest areas consist of pine woods and well-preserved alluvial forests (willow -poplar – 40 ha, elm-ash – 100 ha). The outstanding feature of the Park is the omnipresent contrast of such diverse surfaces as peatbogs neighbouring sandy dunes or fertile wetland alluvial forests next to dry woods. The Bug Landscape Park is home to 1027 species of plants (which constitutes 42% of the plant species found in Poland 86% of the species found in the Polish Lowland). There are 13 species of ferns, 7 species of lycopods, 9 species of gymnosperms, 789 species of dicotyledons and 202 species of monocotyledons. We will also find there 51 species of plants considered rare in Poland, such as the willow Salix starkeana, the silene, the rue-leaved saxifrage, the spurge laurel, the European columbine, or the martagon lily. Among the plants found in peatbogs and meadows are: the wild rosemary and the roundleaved sundew; the watr plants worth mentioning are: the white nenuphar and the water violet.
The Bug Landscape Park and Tourism is viewed as essential for the Park’s functionality. A huge part of the river Bug – 250 km in length – constitutes a refuge within the Park’s borders. Numerous cities, such as Wyszków or Janów Podlaski, offer a wide range of accommodations and boarding. Zegrze Lake (also known as the Zegrze Reservoir) – the northern border of the Park – is a popular destination for the inhabitants of the Warsaw area who love water sports. Many leisure resorts and centres of water sports can be found in Zegrze, Zegrze Południowe, Zegrzynek, Jachranka, Białobrzegi and Rynia. There also 12 bicycle routes around the Zegrze Reservoir, the total length of the routes amounts to over 351 km. Janów Podlaski is famous for its stables where purebred Arabian horses are bred; the annual auctions of horses attract crowds of breeders and exhibitors from Poland abroad. The stables, founded in 1817, are the oldest and most famous in Poland. The Podlachian Regional Tourist Organisation is located in Białystok, with branches in Augustów, Suwałki and Zawady. Tourists can also contact local activity groups in Suwałki, Dąbrowa Białostocka, Hajnówka, Mały Płock, Łapy, Drohiczyn, Dobrzyniew Duży and Sejny. The Mazovian Regional Tourist Organisation is located in Warsaw, with branches in Przasnysz, Ostrołęka, Siedlce, Ossowo/Kobyłka, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki and Ostrowia Mazowiecka.
Tourist and Educational Trails within the Area of the Bug Landscape Park The most popular tourist trails and pathways are: the BLUE trail: The Valley of the River Bug (MZ-5042 n): Knychówek – Korczew – Ruska Strona – Skrzeszew – Gródek – Krzemień-Wieś – Kiełpiniec – Rytele-Olechny – Wólka Okrąglik – Treblinka – Orzełek – Sadoleś – Brzuza – Gwizdały – Łochów, the GREEN trail: Łochów (railway station) – Gwizdały – Łochów Wieś – Wólka Paplińska – Paplin – Turna – Liw, the RED trail: Kamieńczyk – Jegiel reserve – Czaplowizna reserve – Krupińskie – Sadowne Węgrowskie (railway station) – Stare Lipki – Moczydło reserve – Starawieś – Węgrów, the BLACK trail: Kamieńczyk – Jerzyska – Łochów (railway station), the YELLOW trail: Topór (railway station) – Czaplowizna reserve – Topór (railway station)
The most popular educational trails and pathways are: Huta Gruszczyno – Treblinka – 31 km; 8 stops with thematic information boards: on the battle of 31 st July 1944 won by the partisans of the Home Army, on birds’ nests, on birds of prey, on the succesion of plants, etc. Jerzyska – 3 km; 6 stops with thematic information boards: on forest-forming species, on lives of beavers, on fire protection, etc. Jeziorka Kałeczyńskie – 9 km; with 11 information boards: nature monuments, forms of nature protection, a guide for a forest traveller, edible and poisonous mashrooms, water plants, etc. Korczew – Mogielnica – 14 km; with 10 information boards: water birds, ecological succession, Przekop natural reserve, forest birds, amphibians and reptiles of Poland, etc. Kules Peatbog – 1. 6 km; with 8 information boards: the Bug Landscape Park, life on the dunes, pine woods, the world of animals, birds of the peatbog, etc.
The Bug Landscape Park’s existence is essential both for cultural and historical as well as environmental reasons. It helps to save the natural character of the meandering river Bug and its valley, and the remnants of the big forests and the rich flora and fauna living within the Park’s borders. It is also a place where the rural settlements have kept their unique character and traditional way of life and where folk handicraft can still be developed.
The extreme diversity of the landscape is the basic characteristic of the Park. Its biggest asset is the valley of the meandering river Bug, with its numerous backwaters, branches, slopes and sandpatches. Another imposing feature are the forests and woods complexes – the remnants of old primeval forests – which constitute ca. 36% of the are of the Park.
In 2014 to celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the foundation of the Park, its authorities together with the Polonia House in Pułtusk organised a bicycle rally. 24 participants (among them a group of students of Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. P. Skargi in Pułtusk) set off from the Polonia House’s courtyard on a 65 km ride through the Bug Landscape Park – from the Stawinoga reserve to Szygówek – to end up in the Tavern of the Polonia House. During the rally the participants learned the history of the Park, found out about its cultural and natural wealth, there were also numerous competitions. In the evening, at a bonfire, the winners received their awards. The rally was also meant to promote environmental-friendly forms of physical acrivity and turned out to be a great success.
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Created by: Magdalena Żebrowska Karolina Jabłońska Anita Andruchewicz Class IIa LO. Im. Piotra Skargi w Pułtusku
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