Golczewskie Uroczysko

Golczewskie Uroczysko is a forest nature reserve of about 101 hectares near Golczewo, in Kamień County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It was created in 2004 to preserve natural raised-bog ecosystems, a forest lake and the semi-natural forest on wet, swampy ground around them^[1].

The sources describe habitats rather than species, so no animals are named here. The mix of raised bog, lake and wet forest provides habitat for wetland and woodland wildlife^[1].

The reserve protects raised-bog vegetation, a forest lake, and swamp forest on wet sites. Natural processes such as fluctuation, succession and regeneration are meant to continue in these habitats^[1].

The reserve is in the Gryfice Plain mesoregion^[1]. Its landform is a peat-forming wetland: raised bogs build up from accumulated peat around Lake Żabie in the south of the reserve.

The Gryfice Plain, near the Baltic coast of Pomerania, has a temperate maritime-influenced climate with mild winters and cool summers. High rainfall and water retention are what keep the raised bog wet.

The reserve lies about 3 km east of Golczewo. A disused railway forms its southern border, and the Las Golczewski landscape complex adjoins it^[1].

It was established by Regulation No. 16/2004 of the West Pomeranian Voivode of 5 May 2004, on the initiative of Tomasz Szeszycki, with an area of 95.78 hectares at foundation (now measured at 101.20). A protection plan was adopted in 2009 and amended in 2017^[1].

A 15.5 km red-marked tourist trail circles Lake Żabie, starting and ending in Golczewo^[1]. A local regional listing also describes a 4 km educational path, "Las Golczewski", with 7 stops.

The reserve is reached on foot from Golczewo along the red trail. No visitor facilities are described for the reserve itself^[1].

The reserve is under active protection with a protection plan adopted in 2009 and amended in 2017, aimed at keeping the raised-bog and wet forest ecosystems natural^[1].