Reketija

History

The village formed part of the Trakai Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until it was annexed by Prussia in the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. In 1807, it became part of the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw, and after its dissolution it became part of Russian-controlled Congress Poland in 1815. As of 1827, the village had a population of 298, which by the 1880s grew to 352. The Poles along with inhabitants of several other villages (including Liubavas () and Klinavas ()) established a commune headed by wójt Aleksander Filipowicz. In February 1919, the Lithuanians dissolved the local Polish authorities, introduced martial law and arrested Filipowicz. During World War II, it was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1940, then by Nazi Germany from 1941, and then re-occupied by the Soviet Union in 1944.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  517
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  513
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  435
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  434
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  404
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  398
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  396
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  387