Shadoofs

In the past the shadoof played an important function for grazing and also created a significant esthetic element in the landscape of the Lower Rye Island. As part of the LIFE Ostrovné Lúky project we built 5 “dummy” shadoofs during summer 2018, to serve as perches for birds since intensely agriulturalized land does not offer…

Grazing in Danube floodplain forest

Meadows are ecologically valuable areas. In the Danube floodplain forest, meadows were maintained by grazing of mowing. However, in the context of the change of management, they gradually became wane. Within the action of  restoration of traditional grazing we returned traditional grazing into this area. The grazing is located near village Bodíky and its area…

Workshop with the Marcelová Elementary School

With children from Elementary School in Marcelova, on April 6, 2018, we cleaned the habitat for the European bee-eater and expanded his food choices through 20 planted white poplars, we built an insect hotel and decorated 25 beehives full of bees. Children have learned new information about the European bee-eater, pollinators, pastures, beekeeping, and bird…

Networking in Switzerland

In March 2018, in order to share project outputs with other organizations abroad, we spent a week at the Primaria Primary School and at the Verein true move NGO in St. Gallen in Switzerland. At the beginning of the project, the great team of this school had inspired us in creation of educational materials and…