Powidz Landscape Park (''Powidzki Park Krajobrazowy'') is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

( Landscape Park) in west-central

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, established in 1998, covering an area of . The Park lies within

Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo wielkopolskie; ), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province, or Greater Poland Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 o ...

, in

Słupca County __NOTOC__ Słupca County ( pl, powiat słupecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local govern ...

(

Gmina Słupca __NOTOC__ Gmina Słupca is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Słupca, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina cove ...

). It takes its name from the village of

Powidz Powidz (pronounced ) is a village in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Powidz. It lies approximately north of Słupca and east of the regiona ...

Fauna

There are 196 species of birds and 34 mammals in the park. The species composition of amphibians (12) and reptiles (5) does not differ much from the surrounding areas. There are 22 species of fish in the park's lakes. The heraldic animal of the Park is the otter, which, due to the numerous lakes with a varied shoreline, good water quality and large fish populations, is relatively numerous (although no detailed quantitative data are available). In the valleys of the watercourses flowing through the Park, traces of the presence of beavers can be observed. The American mink is an alien, invasive mammal species found in the Park and probably exerting a significant negative impact on the populations of water birds Apart from the mammal species typical for the forest ecosystems of Wielkopolska, elk is regularly observed in the Park.

References

Parks in Greater Poland Voivodeship {{Poland-protected-area-stub