After seeing one of the newly-hatched chicks plummeting to the ground, quick-thinking researchers from the University of Rzeszów rushed to the rescue.
Four people were killed and nine injured, mainly by falling trees, as a result of a devastating storm that hit Poland on Saturday.
Won last year by a linden found towering over a picturesque roadside chapel in Dulcza Wielka near Rzeszów, this year has seen 16 trees shortlisted from a rollcall of nearly 150 nominees. TFN looks at some of this year’s favourites.
VIDEO: The stunning natural formation has now become a hit with photographers, tourists and romantics looking to propose.
An unnamed woman had called Kraków’s Society for the Protection of Animals to report the ‘tree beast’, saying she was too scared to open her windows. She added that the ‘creature’ had been sitting in the tree opposite her apartment for two days and believed it was an iguana.
The mysterious village of Łupków has a rich history but nearly all remnants of the settlement were destroyed after WWII with just the church foundation, bell tower and cemetery remaining.
The new walkway will allow visitors to escape city life and get up close to the birds.
TFN went for a walk in the forest with Wrocław-based carpenter Piotr Krawczyk, to understand how he wants to reconcile utilising trees and preserving them.
The oak and the pine hugging each other, known as the “couple in love”, are protected by law.
From saving lives to witnessing history in motion, the trees, which each have their own story to tell, were chosen from among 50 candidates.
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