Forests, meadows, pastures and arable lands of Warminskie Bociany refuge are home for 2% of the country population of white stork. It is a species valuable for protection of biodiversity in Europe. Among all European countries Poland has the highest number of hatching white storks. Warminskie Bociany refuge is located in Warmia, in a southern part of Nizina Staropruska (the Old-Prussian Plain). It stretches along the border with Obwod Kaliningradzki (the Kaliningrad Zone). more »

In order to get to the area of the refuge it is best to take a bus to Bartoszyce or Wegorzewo - busses run from Olsztyn, Warsaw and Gdansk. However, the most comfortable mean of transport in these desolated region will definitely be your own car. more »