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Winter in Podlaskie
Beskid Zywiecki

After the winter the water from melted snow keeps the forest wet for many weeks.
In some parts it is difficult to go. Not so much for deer or bison, but the more for man.

The season of spring starts remarkably later than in more western areas.
It can easily be observed by the dates of flowering of such appealing plants like the white anomene, Anemone nemorosa, flowering
many weeks after well developed forests more situatied much closer to the Atlantic ocean.

The beauty of the forest in spring is obvious.
The birds are singing. Golden oriole... Grey headed woodpecker... Cranes... Finches... and again Golden oriole! He'll never stop!
Century old oaks unfold their fresh leaves with enviable souplesse.
The forest floor is coloured whereever possibly - blue, white, yellow, purple, green - and we are free to witness the flowers overwhelming joy in life.

Don't forget your raincoat, it is time for new adventures in Bialowieza...

The forest is in danger !
Bialowieza Forest Campain (Poland) - Belovezhskaya Pushcha 21st C (Belarus)
Sustainable Forest Degeneration (december 2004) - article in English - letter - article in Dutch

"This forest is the last of its kind in Europe. I hope that in future the EU will help to protect it"
Bogdan Jaroszewicz (Director Bialowieza National Park)

See, smell and hear the beauty!

Flowers of Hepatica nobilis

Main path through Bialowieza National Park - strict reserve - forest floor snowwhite thanks to Anemone nemorosa

Purple and albino Corydalis solida

Meadow under an orchard in the village - thousands of Primula veris celebrate their spring

The old royal oaks in Bialowieza Palace Park accompannied by their young and tiny cumrades within the squares on the floor - at the start of the 21st century

The floodplain-forest floor covered by Anemone nemorosa and Anemone ranunculoides