Kengiseppskoe shosse, Slantsy, Leningrad
Quarry Life Award 2021

Creation of an educational space "Birds station"

Education and raising awareness
Nature based solutions

"Birds Station" is an environmental education and biodiversity conservation project. None of the environmental problems can be solved without informing the public. One of the main ecological tasks is the preservation of biological diversity, but you should agree that it is difficult to preserve what you know nothing about. It is impossible to form a systemic view if there is no knowledge about the elements of the system and their connections. An ornithological station is a field station for bird watching, but in the case of a public project, it is an educational point including an observation deck and stands with bird images and digital booklets available via QR codes. With the help of information posters, we can draw people's attention to those species that live nearby, the number of which depends on their daily activities. A series of thematic posters (information stands) about the avifauna of a particular area with author's drawings and QR codes, to which the electronic brochure is linked. The brochure contains information on biological species presented in an accessible and informative form. It is planned to create stands with birds of the forest, birds of open spaces, predator birds and an observation deck with near-water birds and wetland birds around the perimeter.