Re-exposition of the display case “Wetland complex of Losiny Island”

The wetland complex of the Losiny Ostrov National Park is a unique faunal reserve within Moscow. The new display case shows 24 animal species and about a dozen plant species, picturing life in the swamp at the height of spring. Thanks to the professional work with the space by the museum’s artist Lyudmila Viktorovna Litvinova, the display case has become visually larger and contains a three-dimensional picture of nature with a full sense of presence.

A black-headed gull and its nest with clutches are clearly visible in the foreground. This is one of the most numerous birds on Losiny Island. Colonies of black-headed gulls protect many aquatic and semi-aquatic birds from predators and crows. Therefore, next to the black-headed gull there is a nest of coots, mallards, a tufted ducks and shovelers. A marsh harrier watches the life of water birds from a perch on the left side of the display case, and nearby, among the thickets of a black alder, a raccoon dog hides. A much better view opened up of a large bittern, hiding in the reed thickets, and of a female teal, the smallest of the forest dabbling ducks. The new inhabitants of the display case were a gray heron, created especially for this exhibition by the museum’s taxidermist Oksana Mbita Ebele, and a male wild boar with tusks protruding from its mouth and a powerful snout with a snout.

The plants in the window have also been transformed. The birch and the black alder trees were covered with new leaves. With skillful hands of senior researcher Department of Ecology Gennady Kurilin rosemary willow, blueberry and blueberry bushes were “grown”.

The new display case will be of interest to all nature lovers in central Russia. It is located on the 3rd floor of the museum, in room No. 7 in the “Interaction between Man and Nature” section.