Dęby Wilczkowskie Nature Reserve

Dęby Wilczkowskie is a floristic nature reserve in the Szczecinek municipality, in the Drawsko Lakeland Protected Landscape Area, about 1 km south-west of Świątki, part of Szczecinek. It covers 3.15 ha and protects a fragment of deciduous forest with old oak stands.

What the reserve protects

The reserve was established in 1974 on 1.62 ha and enlarged in 2004. The aim of protection is to preserve a deciduous forest with a site of the rare Gagea spathacea. Also growing here are the least gagea, the spring snowflake and sweet woodruff, and the old oak stand forms an acidophilous lowland beech wood and an oak-hornbeam wood. By the eastern boundary stands a natural monument, a small-leaved lime 31 m high.

Trails nearby

In Świątki begins and ends the Las Klasztorny nature path, 3.9 km long. Along the southern boundary of the reserve run marked circular cycling trails: Dolina Parsęty (51.1 km), Zaczarowane Pejzaże (51.7 km) and Nizica (42.2 km), all starting in Szczecinek. In the area there are also the ruins of Pomeranian Wall bunkers.

Practical information

• Location: Szczecinek Forest District, Janowo forest ward, 0.4 km south of Lake Wilczkowo.
• The reserve is viewed from the outside, from the trails running beside it; check the rules of entry with the Szczecinek Forest District.