Zalew Wislany is a refuge of birds protecting nesting places of white-tailed eagles, spotted crakes, black terns, cormorants and egrets as well as large concentrations of migrating water birds: mute swans, greater white-fronted geese, common pochards, tufted ducks and common coots. The lagoon is a very important element of southern-Baltic trail of birds' passages. During each migrating season hundreds of thousands of water birds, as well as passerine birds, stop here to feed and spend the night in the reed fields. Special Protection Area, which covers 33665.8 ha, stretches eastward from Katy Rybackie and the Nogat estuary up to the Russian border. more »

The best way to get to the southern part of the refuge is by train going from Gdansk to Braniewo. You can also get here by car or PKS coach, since Elblag - the biggest city in the area - lies by the international road E77 and national road no. 22. more »