Description
Lake Farskie (Jezioro Farskie) is a birdrich lake near Gliwice. The shores are overgrown with a strip of reeds. The lake is visited by numerous anglers, and the sight of a pitched tent is not uncommon. But this is also a very good place for birding. You can see many ducks, geese and other water birds and the lake is visited by flocks of gulls in large numbers. On the north side of the lake there are also some mudflats on the shores of Farskie where you can find waders and resting gulls.
Around the reed beds you can find Синогушка. Farskie Lake one of the few places in Silesia where it is breeding and you can see it in relatively large numbers. Sometimes more than 5 males are observed. Another interesting species is голем воден бик. During the breeding season it is possible to hear 1 or 2 males from the reeds. Also дамчеста барска кокошка can be seen or heard here in numbers up to several individuals. Other birds you can see around the lake are патка крецка, мал нуркач, барска кокошка, блатна еја, мустаклеста сипка, штурче трскарче, обичен трскар, трскар рогозар, Мочварна овесарка, жолтогрла стрнарка and мал пескар. Farskie Lake is bordered by smaller and heavily overgrown water reservoirs on the side of Pszczyńska Street. It is worth to check them for birds.
Details
Access
Farskie Lake is located near the junction of the A4 and A1 motorways. Click on the P in the map to get directions to a parking place. A circular walk around the lake is about 2 km long.

