Signs for Birds – celebration event

SIGNS FOR BIRDS: a project free of borders

Come along on Wednesday 13th for the soft launch of Signs for Birds.

The Lee Valley is a habitat for many birds. Some live here for only part of the year and spend the rest of the time in other countries. Birds migrate for food, climate, to mate and to find safe spaces to build a home and raise their young. Migrating birds navigate using the sun and the stars, earths’ magnetic field, physical landmarks, and intuitive way-finding. They don’t have signs that tell them where to go like humans do. As a way for us to imagine the navigational challenges that birds face we have made a series of signs, found along Coppermill Lane and the surrounding area.

The signs were developed in workshops at the Mill and with students at Coppermill Primary School and are an artwork by Europa with what if: projects. The projects is supported by the London Borough of Waltham Forest Forest and St James Street Big Local and delivered by OMNI.