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ul. Chłopska, Oborniki
Słonawy is a small strict reserve within the town of Oborniki in Greater Poland. It protects roughly one kilometre of the river Wełna — from the weir by the former Słonawy mill down to the point where the river joins the Warta. Protection covers the channel itself along with its current, gravel bed and riverside vegetation, so the stretch has kept a natural, fast-flowing character rare in the lowlands.
The purpose of protection is the spawning grounds of migratory and rheophilic fish. Salmon, sea trout, vimba, brown trout and grayling are listed here — species for which clean, well-oxygenated water and a stony bed are a condition of reproduction. This is one of very few reserves in the country created with fish fauna in mind. The vegetation, with its distinctly montane character, is also unusual for the Greater Poland landscape.
The reserve is viewed from the bank and from footbridges — as a strict protection area it is not open for entering the channel or for angling. A walk along the Wełna takes less than an hour and is easy to combine with sightseeing in Oborniki.
