On 13^th February 2016 we visited the Centreof Environmental Education in Ełk with a presentation entitled "Active protection of the great snipe Gallinago media in the Upper Narew River Valley Natura 2000 site". The assembled audience was presented with main assumptions and preliminary results of the project. At the end of the meeting, gathered visitors could see the diaporama by Robert Dróżdż and the film by Tomasz Kłosowski from the series "Dancing with nature". We are grateful to the Bird Lovers Club at the Centreof Environmental Education in Ełk for the invitation and a friendly atmosphere at the meeting.