Zabłocie

Zabłocie is a faunistic nature reserve of the bird type in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, covering about 537 hectares. It was established in 1999 to protect nesting sites of rare bird species and natural plant communities of the former Sandomierz Forest^[1].

The reserve protects the nesting sites of rare bird species. The source does not name them^[1].

It protects natural plant communities remaining from the former Sandomierz Forest, and numerous protected and rare plant species are recorded, though the source does not list them^[1].

The reserve lies in the Kolbuszowa Plateau mesoregion^[1], a low sandy plateau on the Sandomierz Basin side of south-eastern Poland.

The Kolbuszowa Plateau has a temperate climate with cold winters and warm summers, with most rain falling in summer.

The reserve preserves a remnant of the former Sandomierz Forest, a once much larger woodland in this part of the Subcarpathian region^[1]. It spans parts of the gminas of Głogów Małopolski, Świlcza, Kolbuszowa and Sędziszów Małopolski.

Zabłocie was established in 1999 by Regulation No. 75/99 of the Subcarpathian Voivode (Official Gazette no. 26, item 1178), covering 539.81 hectares; it is now measured at about 537 hectares. A 2017 regulation of the regional directorate also applies^[1].

A marked cycling route, Rowerowe Podkarpackie, runs to the reserve, and a 4.8 km nature trail loops through it, according to trail listings. The attraction is the bird habitat and the old forest remnants.

The reserve is reached by the nature trail and the cycling route; no visitor facilities are described. It lies inside the Mielec–Kolbuszowa–Głogów Protected Landscape Area^[1].

Protection focuses on the breeding sites of rare birds and the surviving natural plant communities of the Sandomierz Forest, within a protected landscape area^[1].