Wyspa Sołtyski nature reserve

The Wyspa Sołtyski nature reserve is a forest reserve covering 22.71 ha, established on 12 September 1994 on an island in the eastern part of Lake Ińsko, the deepest lake of the Ińsko Lakeland. It lies within the Ińsko Landscape Park and two Natura 2000 sites.

Old-growth trees and fungi on the island

Protection covers the old-growth stands and dead wood of acidophilous beech forest, oak-hornbeam forest and acidophilous oak forest. Also protected are rare fungi, among them the bear's head tooth and the beech tooth, plants such as the white water lily, and animals including the sedge warbler, the gadwall and the common frog. Numerous erratic boulders lie on the island, and along the shore of the lake, already beyond the island, grow underwater stonewort meadows.

Practical information

• Location: an island on Lake Ińsko, in Ińsko municipality in Stargard County.
• The reserve is open to visitors, but its entire area is under active protection. Check the rules of entry and of getting to the island with the Ińsko municipal office or the manager.
• Nearby there are holiday centres, a campsite and a municipal bathing area.