While exploring a local field I found this sign put up by the local council pointing out the presence of skylarks in the area and asking people to be cautious of them.
I have a few of these signs ready to be uploaded but I’m not sure if these are good candidates or not. On the one hand, it does provide a couple facts and a photo of them (I spotted two but wouldn’t have even realised if it weren’t for the sign and photo), but at the same time, it’s less of an informational sign and more of a CTA to watch what you’re doing in order to avoid disturbing the skylarks.
i would submit this. it has interesting facts and brings awareness. it meets my “would i head out to see this?” test.
unless something i am not seeing in that photo suggests this is only put up during the nesting season.
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I would vote for this. It contains information about the birds, rather than just a warning/keep out sign. It also highlights the best route to take to keep them safe. I would visit the field to see the skylarks for sure, so I think its a good place to explore.
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I’d submit this, too! Yes, it’s related to protection of a threatened species, but that sign was put there for humans to use and not the threatened birds themselves. With so many bird species in crisis due to human encroachment, I love to see educational signs like this!
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I’ve had about 5 of these similar to yours accepted.
When I initially asked on others opinions there were some who thought they were there as a stay away warning and wouldn’t accept them so make sure you make it clear they are there to help the skylarks while educating the humans and directing them to stay on the paths through the nesting areas.
While I’m here I might as well add I’ve found quite a lot of these signs across the area. I’ve found 15 so far.
Most of these were put up by croydon council, which all have the same sign on the top, but have one of 3 different signs on the bottom. One of them didn’t have a bottom sign. There a couple put up by tandridge council which only have one sign. One I saw on its own and one I saw paired with the sign from croydon council.
Before I copy and pasted the description for all of them but have started to differentiate between some of them by writing different descriptions for some of them.
Additionally the nomination emily marked as a duplicate above has a different bottom sign than the one it was marked as a duplicate of.
Another update - I have managed to get all but one of the ones I’ve found so far approved and live. Combined with all the other things I’ve found to be submitted and approved (trail markers, other nature signs), I’ve brought the waypoint count in the area from about five to around 40.
In pogo at least, that’s led to nine new gyms popping up in the fields. I haven’t checked ingress yet but sometime I will go around and capture all the portals 
It is really rewarding seeing the fruits of your efforts in wayfarer 
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