Climate change and other human activities are causing profound effects on marine ecosystem productivity, with many seabirds showing alarming declines (Sydeman et al. 2021). Based on the idea that "…we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught", we aimed to exchange our informal public tours to the common tern population at the Banter See for a proper exhibition allowing better views and larger group sizes, including school classes. In collaboration with the city of Wilhelmshaven, funded by the DBU and NBank, and making use of the artistic talents of Uwe Franzen and Dr. Maria Röbbelen, we therefore designed and established an exhibition on our ‘Weltenbummler’ (see picture). This exhibition opened on the 12^th of May 2023 and is now managed by the UNESCO-Weltnaturerbe Wattenmeer Besucherzentrum Wilhelmshaven.