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08.2017. White-tailed eagle over the Szczecin Lagoon. PAP/Afa Pixx/Zenon Żyburtowicz

Artificial islands become vital breeding grounds for rare Polish birds - but for how long?

It took just a few years for two artificial islands in the Szczecin Lagoon to become some of Poland’s most important breeding grounds for rare birds. But researchers warn that the success may be short-lived: as one of the islands becomes overgrown, species that depend on open ground are already disappearing.