Jezioro Prosino nature reserve

The Jezioro Prosino nature reserve is a faunal reserve in Czaplinek municipality in Drawsko County, 0.2 km east of voivodeship road no. 163 Czaplinek - Połczyn-Zdrój and 0.7 km south-east of Kluczewo. It includes Lake Prosino with a belt of shoreline vegetation. It lies within the Drawsko Landscape Park and two Natura 2000 sites.

Wetland birds

The reserve was established on 17 November 1988 on an area of 81 ha, and in 2007 it was enlarged to 86 ha. The aim of protection is wetland birds and their habitats: the crane, the bittern, the red kite, the common tern, the marsh harrier, the kingfisher and the red-backed shrike. Also protected are plants, among them bogbean and crested buckler-fern. Supervision is exercised by the Regional Conservator of Nature in Szczecin, and the area is under active protection.

Practical information

• From the south and west the reserve is skirted by the marked red “Solny” Trail from Czaplinek to Połczyn-Zdrój.
• The rules for birdwatching and moving around the reserve are given by the manager.