Part of the Ramsar designated Biebrza National Park, the Biebrza Marshes are an area of fenland supporting a unique variety of plantlife, rare wetland birds and other wildlife including beaver and elk.
The Biebrza Marshes are a unique tapestry of riverside fen, raised bogs and wet woodland and support diverse and abundant birds, mammals and other wildlife including dragonflies and butterflies. They form one of Europe’s most important wetlands and provide significant habitat for boreal breeding species.
The vegetation is incredibly diverse, with many fascinating species including Siberian iris, sundews, about 20 species of orchid, downy willow and shrub birch. Over 250 species of bird have been recorded in the Biebrza Marshes, while their special mammals include elk, pine marten, otter, wolf, hare and beaver.
The wet meadows, alders and peat bogs are ideal habitat for a wide variety of breeding birds including great snipe (450 lekking males), aquatic warbler, great and little bitterns, marsh sandpiper, ferruginous duck and ruff. In the spring, the marshes teem with migrating wildfowl, cranes, waders and other birds.
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