Sights Curonian Spit, Russia

The main attraction of braids are neobelennye dunes - one of the highest in Europe. They consist of granular quartz sand and a light stretch along the Curonian Spit, sometimes breaking off steep slopes directly into the water of the bay. From their peaks, sometimes reaching about 60 meters high, on the one hand you can see the stunning beauty of the Baltic Sea, and on the other hand is visible to the entire Curonian Spit and the Bay. It was here, on a dune Effah, filmed the famous movie "White Sun of the Desert" and all the famous Said, buried it in the golden sands of the Curonian Spit.

Nature spit is unique. Seventy-two percent of its territory covered with forests. Here grows over 600 species of trees, shrubs and herbaceous vegetation. No less rich and varied fauna of this corner of the planet. Here you can find 296 species of terrestrial vertebrates. Among the mammals are most common elk, wild boar, fox, squirrel, rabbit.

Curonian Spit is often called "bird's Bridge" - because it is here that the migration route of birds flying from Finland, Karelia, the Baltic to southern Europe and Africa. Above Kosoy fly more than 1550 species of birds. Hundreds of birds nest on the spit. This circumstance led to the organization here in 1901, one of the first in the world, an ornithological station, which got its name - Fringila - from the Latin word for finch, since it is the most common type of bird on the spit.

After the Second World War the station for a long time lay in ruins and was restored only in 1956. Since ornithologists were ringed over two million birds. And if you fall into the hands of ringed birds, then you yourself can take part in their exciting work. To do this, copy all the letters and numbers with the rings and send to the address: Moscow, Center for banding. Do not forget to mention when and where you found the bird and ring.

Here first of all developed recreation and recreational activities (at the bases of rest), and recreational and utilitarian (gathering berries and mushrooms). Large popular bus tour of Kaliningrad and other cities in the region.