«Velykyi Lug» National Nature Park

«Velykyi Lug» National Nature Park

Veliky Lug National Park was founded in 2006. There are various vegetation types in its vast territory: steppe, forest, and, of course, water and marsh. The slopes of the beams and the shores of the Kakhovka reservoir are covered with a carpet of over 40 species of plants, some of which are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. Among them - endemics birch and tsimbohazma of Dnipro, several types of feather grass and tulip. In shallow water, there are such relicts as floating shingle, salvia floating, water walnut. The animal world of the Great Meadow is diverse too. In the waters of the Kakhovka Reservoir and the Belozerka River there are about 56 species of fish. These are good places for spawning. Near the water you can find a muskrat, a raccoon dog, as well as many birds: crisps, duck, heron, gull, several species of kidney, goose and many others. During the trips they are joined with gullies, cormorants, some species of geese, cranes, rats, etc. In the beams you can find wild boars, hares, foxes, martens, roe deer. There are a lot of snakes in the Mayachansky Bere, especially the Red-billed Yellow-Dwarf and Steppe Viper. If the first does not hurt a person, then with the viper one should be careful. Remember, snakes never attack the first, so, walking in steppe expanses, look carefully under your feet. In the beams there are birds that are included in the Red Book: filin, marmot, lun steppe, balaban, sapsan, drophy and others. There are also can be found pheasants, chickpeas, quails.