Ok reserve in the city of Ryazan

Oka State Natural Biosphere Reserve is located in the Spassky and Spas-Klepikovsky districts of the Ryazan region, in the southeast of the Meshchersk lowland. It was created in 1935 with the aim of protecting the Russian hoodlum. The area of the reserve is 55,744 hectares, around the reserve is a protected area of 22,985 hectares. On the territory of the reserve there are forests, swamps, open lands, lakes and rivers.

On the territory of the reserve, pine and birch forests prevail. There are a large number of black alders - peat bogs or wetland forests in which black alder grows. The real pearl of the reserve is the Oka floodplain meadows. In the reserve there are rare plants, including those listed in the Red Book, among which jellyfish, Venus shoe real, Neottianta klobuchkova and other plants.

The wildlife of the reserve is particularly rich. It is represented by mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, as well as invertebrates. Among the protected rare animals here are the Russian dick, river otter, European mink, edible and herbal frogs, white-tailed eagle and other representatives of the fauna. There are numerous populations of various rodents, wolves, foxes, moose, deer, waders, cuckoos, ordinary already, vipers and so on. In the waters live numerous perches, pikes, breams, yazes and other types of fish. Also in the reserve there is a nursery of cranes of rare species, among which a special place is occupied by sterch.