Green Velo

The water-mire preserve covers three forest lakes, heavily overgrown with peat vegetation, in the south-eastern part of the Sobibór Landscape Park: Płotycze, Brudno and Brudzieniec, which form one hydrological system. All the lakes are surrounded by fens, bogs and poor fens, where many types of rare vegetation occur, typical for the northern regions of forest-tundra, among others: the downy willow, swamp willow, birch, as well as insect-eating: round-leaved sundew and waterwheel plants.

Wetlands around the lakes are difficult to access, because besides mires, they are surrounded by wet swampy forests. Living in them, unbothered by man, are black storks, Eurasian eagle-owls, lesser spotted eagles, black and white-backed woodpeckers, as well as moose and wild boars. Part of the terrain has been made available for tourists, who can use the Stulno educational path (6km, approx. 3 hours). The path, which loops around, starts at the forestry lodge in Stulno and leads to Brudno and Płotycze Lakes. Through the wooded areas between Brudzienie and Płotycze Lakes runs the Włodawa to Wola Uhruska path. The large number of narrow-clawed crayfish living in Płotycze Lake speaks to the naturalness and cleanliness of the Sobibór Forests, and the local rushes and trees are a refuge for many species of butterflies, birds and bats. The Trzy Jeziora Preserve and the Sobibór Landscape Park have been incorporated into the International Biosphere Preserve “Polesie Zachodnie”.