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New Poland in Winter Itinerary for 2020

Alison Steel
By Alison Steel
Operations Manager
8th July 2019
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We are excited to bring you a newly improved Poland in Winter itinerary for 2020 that takes in both the Bialowieza Forest and the Biebrza Marshes.

During the winter months, eastern Poland is often covered with a blanket of snow, creating a winter wonderland. Larger animals frequently leave clear tracks and we will particularly be looking to locate European Bison, deer, Pine Marten and Wild Boar in the areas around, and within, the Bialowieza Forest. If we are very fortunate a wolf or lynx may also be seen! A good selection of birds remain around the forests and we hope to find Black, Great Spotted, Middle Spotted, White-backed and Three-toed Woodpecker, White-tailed Eagle, Crested Tit, Fieldfare and Hawfinch.

In the Biebrza Marshes we will be particularly watching out for European Elk, Eurasian Otter and Beaver around the frozen marshes and lakes, as well as Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Goldeneye and Goosander. We will also look for tracks and signs of the local wolf pack.

For a full itinerary, click here to visit our tour page.

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White-backed Woodpecker

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European Bison

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White-tailed Eagle

About the Author

Alison Steel

Alison Steel

Operations Manager
Alison grew up with a fascination of the natural world and enjoys exploring new places. During her zoology degree she spent her summers working on a variety of conservation projects, including 2 months studying hummingbirds in Ecuador and monitoring bats, tarsiers and coral reef systems in Indonesia. She has a bird ringing permit and is often up early on weekend mornings to mist net with a local group. Starting work for Naturetrek in 2015, she is now responsible for looking after a number of UK, Eastern European, African, Asian and Australasian holidays, and also leads tours across an equally varied range of countries, from the UK to Japan! Some of her recent travel highlights include watching displaying birds-of-paradise, swimming with a Whale Shark and finding Komodo Dragons in Indonesia, photographing Puffins on the Farne Islands and ‘dancing’ cranes in Hokkaido, visiting a Brown Bear hide in Romania, discovering stunning views in Montenegro and Uzbekistan, seeing Wallcreeper for the first time in Bulgaria, watching eagles and otters on Mull, and exploring Sierra Leone.

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