Wolin National Park by Natalias

A trip to the Owl Mountains Landscape Park

In October 2013 in Poland we had wonderful weather - ideal for climbing our nearest mountains. That's why we went on a trip to Wielka Sowa (Great Owl) the highest peak in our Owl Mountains and it's also situated in the Owl Moutains Landscape Park. Wiktoria made a film to let you see what we saw on our trip.

Quiz about wild animals

Below you can see a film with 25 photos of wild animals. All the photos were taken by Polish students and they show wild animals which live in Poland. The task for students is to find out what are the names of the animals. Write the answers on a paper and give your teacher. Good luck! Wild animals in Poland on PhotoPeach

2nd videomeeting

On 18th November 2013 after many attempts Greek and Polish students met on Skype. They wanted to disccuss about their pets. Polish students saw Greek students' drawings and heard their aminals descriptions in English.

Swallows - House Martin

In Poland all kinds of swallows are endangered and are now protected. In Dzierżoniów we have house martins and we watched them make the nest and then how they take care of their babies. We made a film showing the life of house martins.

Narew National Park

Narew is a river in north-east Poland in a very flat area. In 1996 they founded Narew National Park, where you can see amazing views, plants and animals. And the presentation about Narew National Park by Wiktoria.

Stolowe Mountains National Park

Stołowe Mountains National Park is one of the Park in the Sudetes - the oldest mountains in Europe. Stołowe (Table) Mountains are quite near our town Dzierżoniów. Wiktoria made a presentation about this Stołowe Mountains National Park.

Best photos of nature taken by Polish students

At last we have finished our internal photo competition of nature. Many students took par in it and it was very difficult to choose the best ones. The swallowtail caterpillar is just amazing. The sand lizard without a tail and mountainous lake in Tatras are very impressive as well.

Syrian woodpecker in Poland

On holiday we were lucky and we saw Syrian Woodpecker in Dzierżoniów. They are very rare birds in Poland and we found out they don't live in our region, but one visited us. Do you see Syrian woodpeckers in Greece and Bulgaria? As we read they live in the Balcan Peninsula.

Click here to see our film with Syrian woodpecker in Dzierżoniów.

Tatra National Park

In the Tatras we have a beautiful nature and there's a national park on this area. Wiktoria and Mela show you the beauty of Tatra National Park.

Presentation by Wiktoria
Mela visited the Tatra national Park with her family and took photos of nature:

EDELWEISS

Edelweiss is a well-known mountain flower. The plant prefers rocky places at about 1800–3000 m altitude. Leaves and flowers are covered with white hairs and appear woolly. The dense hair appears to be an adaptation to high altitudes, protecting the plant from cold, aridity and ultraviolet radiation. As a scarce short-lived flower found in remote mountain areas, the plant has been used as a symbol for alpinism. The flowers bloom between July and September. Cveti 3v

TULIPA URUMOFFI

Tulipa Urumoffii This wild tulip counts among the most notable Bulgarian endemics. It occurs rather localized in Northeastern Bulgaria, Eastern Stara Planina Mountain, Znepole Region, Sofia Region and Tundzha Hilly Country. The flowering is in April and May. The plant is strictly protected by the law and included in the Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. The plant is named after Ivan Urumov, one of the first Bulgarian botanists with great contribution to the development of botany in this country. http://plantwatching.com/tulipa-urumoffii/ http://e-ecodb.bas.bg/rdb/en/vol1/Tulurumo.html#map GERGANA 3v

WHITE LOTUS

Nymphaea alba, also known as the European White Waterlily, White Lotus, or Nenuphar, is an aquatic plant. It grows in water from 30-150 centimeters deep and likes large ponds and lakes. The leaves can be up to thirty centimeters in diameter and they take up a spread of 150 centimeters per plant. The flowers are white and they have many small stamens inside. It is protected and increasingly rare plant. Бялата водна лилия е от семейство Водни рози. Тя е водно растение, обитаващо спокойни водоеми с дълбочина от 30 до 150 cm. Листата и достигат 30 cm в диаметър и могат да се разпрострат в радиус от 75 cm по повърхността на водата. Едно от най-красивите водни цветя. У нас тя е защитено и все по-рядко срещащо се растение.

Sylviya 4b and VIKI 3g

The ten most significant landmarks in Bulgaria by Dessy 11 years old

The Ten Most Significant Landmarks in Bulgaria En

Desette Prirodni Zabelejitelnosti DESSY

Spring in Poland by Wiktoria

Wiktoria took a lot of photos, including animals! And made a film presenting nature of Poland in spring.

LYNX BY DESSY

The lynxes dessy en from Rositsa Dimova

The lynxes dessy bg from Rositsa Dimova

ALPINE TRITON POSTER

Alpine Triton is three tons retail SALAMANDER. Length reached 9 cm in males and 12 cm for females.

During the breeding season in Spring, males have blue staining back side with black and white dots, and the abdomen have a blue stripe. They have small comb back is colored in yellow and black. Females are gray brown with green spots, to hide in the water. Belly and both sexes is bright orange. After the breeding season, adult specimens become darker, almost black color, designed to disguise the land.

In Bulgaria Alpine Triton found in isolated groups in the Balkan Mountains (Petrokhan) Osogovska, Rila (Seven Rila Lakes), Rhodope Montain (Smolyan Lakes) and Average forest.

Alpine Triton prefers dense deciduous forests with an abundance of water in the hilly  and mountainous areas. Hardly lives outside woods. Alpine Triton  lives near mountain lakes and wetlands. In breeding season live more often in the water and the rest the year mainly on land. There he lies beneath dry leaves, decaying trees and stumps.

After waking up from hibernation moved to water in preparation for spawning.

It feeds on small invertebrate. The female lays 100-200 eggs.

Made by Gabriel Nikolov

Storks in Bulgaria

 

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills.

The storks occur in many regions of the world  and that those groups use to eat fish. The storks have no syrinx and are mute. The bill clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest.

Many species are migratory. Most storks eat frogs, fish, insects, earthworms, small birds and small mammals.

There are 19 living species of storks in six genera.

Their nests are often very large and may be used for many years. Some nests have been known to grow to over 2 m in diameter and about 3 m  in depth.

For you – Nature detectives 3^rd grade

Щъркелите  са големи, дългокраки, с дълги и здрави клюнове блатни птици.

Щъркелите се появят в много региони на света и се хранят с риба. Щъркелите нямат трахея и са напълно безгласни. Тракането е важен начин за комуникация в гнездата.

Има 19 живи вида щъркели в шест рода. Много от видовете са мигриращи.

Повечето щъркели ядат жаби, риби, насекоми, земни червеи, малки птици и дребни бозайници.

Техните гнезда са често много големи и могат да се използват в продължение на много години. Някои гнезда нарастват до над 2 м в диаметър и около 3 м дълбочина.

За вас – природолябителите от 3 клас

Spring in Poland

Agata took photos of spring in Poland, made a film with "Four Seasons" by Vivaldi:

Blackbird

Krzysiek was lucky and recorded the blackbird singing on a sunny day. Do you know this lovely birs?