szescstopni @szescstopni@qoto.org

This spot is usually under water, but the summer was dry this year. I don't call those trees lying on the forest floor dead – they're home to myriads of small animals, plants, and #fungi.

#wetlands #forest #Polesia

Wetlands inspectors risking their lives to check the miserable condition of infrastructure on this pond.

#IdąPsięta #wetlands #wetland #Polesia

Despite attempts to eradicate them, #beavers are still at work here, helping our #wetlands to stay wet.

#IdąPsięta

Masza, #wetlands explorer.

#IdąPsięta

If you have any questions about living in the #wetlands of #Polesia, ask now.

Oops.

No, she's not responsible for this. We expected this tree would fall much earlier.

#IdąPsięta $Polesia #forest #wetlands

To mow, or not to mow?

#wetlands #Polesia

If I finally have some spare cash I'll fit our small part of #wetlands with so many sensors that no drop of rain will go unnoticed.

Nature fights back. This fish pond is still operational, but even larger ponds nearby have become part of a national park and it's almost impossible to discern their anthropogenic origin.

#Wetlands #Polesia

In Poland Canadian goldenrod is an invasive species, quashing local plants, and it covers more and more wetland meadows in my area. But it's beautiful.

#bloomscrolling #doomscrolling #wetlands #Polesia

No water left. This is the pool of #water in the previous picture right now.

#IdąPsięta #wetlands

The old, sturdy power pole, bravely providing electricity to our home despite the storms. Living at the end of the line means we're the last to get fixed when strong winds damage transmission lines. It's living on the edge, until we can afford a photovoltaic installation.

#Polesia #Wetlands

Vuko, the fern inspector.

#IdąPsięta #Wetlands #DogsOfMastodon

Vuko discovering a tropical jungle in the #wetland forests of #EasternPoland.

#IdąPsięta #DogsOfMastodon #Wetlands

The fern path.

#IdąPsięta #wetlands #DogsOfMastodon

We finally had some rain in the night. Getting to work is more exciting now.

#RuralRoads #wetlands #Polesia

To jump in or not to jump in.

#IdąPsięta #wetlands #Polesia

We stumbled upon a monument of a dog on our walk through wetland meadows and forests today. She must have been famous for something, but we don't know what.

#IdąPsięta #wetlands #Polesia

A small ditch in the #wetlands. Now trying to confirm what I heard – that this used to be a small river, Mietułka, which formed the border between Poland and Lithuania a couple of centuries ago. Now just a ditch.

#Polesia

The road was dry for a couple of days but now it's back to the way #IdąPsięta like it the most.

#Wetlands #Polesia #RuralRoads