In 2005 eight cities all over the world, including the City of Łódź, agreed on cooperation within the framework of FP6 project SWITCH - Managing Water for the City of the Future (www.switchurbanwater.eu). In each of them ...

In the City of Łódź there are 29 streams and rivers of various sizes, 18 of them named and 11 unnamed, whose total length is 125 km. The aim of the present study was gaining initial knowledge of the abundance and diversity ...

The evaluation was conducted using the bird species richness and occurrence of the key species. The key species were: 1. Species endangered globally according to IU CN/BirdLife International criteria, 2. Species of ...

Three breeding species of raptors were observed in Łagiewnicki Forest in 2009-2010 (number of breeding pairs): Common Buzzard Buleo buteo (5-6 pairs), Goshawk Accipiter gentilis (5 pairs), Sparrowhawk A ccipiter nisus ...

During 1966-2009, in 13 seasons, breeding avifauna were counted in Prince J. Poniatowski Park (Łódź). The increase of species richness from 25 (1966) to 35 species (2009) was observed. The species started to breed in the ...

One of the key components of The Blue-Green Network in Łódź are valuable natural areas like the relicts of the natural wildlife (called “Green Treasures of Łódź”) which parts have been preserved in Łódź in spite of two ...

In 2010 in the City of Łódź, Central Poland, electrofishing was carried out at 15 sites in the Dobrzynka, Jasień, Olechówka, Łódka and Jasieniec Streams in the Ner/Odra system. Fourteen fish species were recorded (13 ...

In 2010 electrofishing was conducted at four sites located in the Ner River section flowing across the City of Łódź. Two species co-dominated in abundance: perch (36.1%) and roach (34.2%). The site downstream from the ...

In 2010 in the City of Łódź, Central Poland, electrofishing was carried out at 12 sites in the Miazga, Bzura, Sokołówka and Lagiewniczanka Streams in the Vistula system. Eight fish species were recorded, of which two were ...