White Stork Project

A group of private landowners & nature conservation organisations working together to help white storks return home to England for the 1st time in 100s of years

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Oh yes ! @ProjectStork are now livestreaming a nest from Knepp– this is the pairs 5th breeding attempt together and they are now on three eggs . . . watch 24/7 to catch all the action at https://t.co/X8MSe38CZ3

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

@mermhart Thank you! Glad you're enjoying it!

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

@kayakpoole @RoyDennisWF @timmackrill @CotsWildTweets @PaulaThorpe20 Thank you John, much appreciated, fantastic photos. Thanks for coming and lovely to meet you!

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

We're delighted to be taking part in the The Big Give's #Greenmatchfund
For the next couple of days, every £1 you donate from will be matched by @BigGive. Thanks so much for all donations so far, they will be incredibly helpful for the project! https://t.co/UKSz0FnTLl

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

Our first egg on the live camera at Knepp Wilding hatched this morning! Parent storks Ania and Bartek have been keeping the new chick and remaining eggs safe and warm today. Watch them live on our YouTube channel: https://t.co/astMLO6el9

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

So excited to share our brand new live camera on one of the stork nests at Knepp. Just in time for Mother's Day, the first egg was laid last night! https://t.co/wagORZBBGN

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

This breeding season, we're hoping to share the wonders of stork development. Help us reach our £4000 goal for a live camera at Knepp! Every donation counts. https://t.co/aMrziTUrzY

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

We are excited to introduce our new Migration Map, crafted by ACE Nature. Check out the incredible journeys of satellite-tagged birds routes from southern England to North Africa - https://t.co/b9vL2LBNUC

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

Fantastic day at Knepp with some amazing volunteers. Huge efforts in coppicing for stork nesting material which is especially crucial for our non-flying storks in the predator-proof enclosure. Fingers crossed for a successful breeding season and huge thanks to all involved

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

Many of our storks have now migrated but some still remain in Sussex, a small group has been seen foraging in fields around the River Rother recently.
Thanks to everyone for ongoing sightings and wonderful photographs! 📷Thanks to Alastair Lloyd

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

Thank you to everyone who has submitted a sighting recently. We have had several reports of a group of around 30 storks foraging in fields around Sandwich, Kent, including 3 of our satellite tagged young from this year.

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

It's been a fantastic season for the storks and we are looking forward to updating everyone on progress. We have had 26 wild chicks fledge at Knepp, 33 juveniles from the Cotswold Wildlife Park released at Knepp and 8 satellite tags deployed on the young. Updates to follow!

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

We are excited to be welcoming Laura to the team as the new White Stork Project Officer. The role will involve managing the husbandry tasks, working with the fantastic stork volunteer team and coordinating education and outreach for the project.

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

Join us on an aerial journey over some of the stork nests at Knepp, giving us a respectable bird’s-eye view of the contents of the nests across the rewilding project.

Collecting data through the season helps document breeding activity and informs us of nest success rates.

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

@KneppWilding @KneppWildlandFd @CotsWildTweets @AldinaFranco @ueaenv @biouea @KneppWilding @KneppWildlandFd @CotsWildTweets @AldinaFranco @ueaenv @biouea

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

We are excited to share the latest update from Knepp, where we have 19 eggs in 7 nests so far! 🪺

We'll continue to monitor these throughout the breeding season but you can help us fund more #satellite tags to help us #research their #migration & survival at the link below:

[Knepp Wildland Foundation @KneppWildlandFd]

Can you help us track the white #stork migration?

Help us raise £3,000 before May to cover cost of satellite tags. These will collect crucial data on the migration routes of juveniles released from ⁦@KneppWilding⁩ as part of ⁦@ProjectStork⁩ https://t.co/AjOdSIYWJu

[CotswoldWildlifePark @CotsWildTweets]

In celebration of #WorldStorkDay Richard gives us an update on our special group of White Storks

@ProjectStork

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

@barnsleybirder @CotsWildTweets @KneppWilding @KneppWildlandFd @RoyDennisWF @ueaenv @AldinaFranco @Movetech_GPS GB9U followed a similar route to that in map one, and is currently exploring the wetlands of northern France.

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

Our storks have already been seen in France, Spain & Morocco this year, inc. GB6U & GB9U which fledged from Knepp last year, and GBA0 which was part of the @CotsWildTweets release in August 2022.

#whitestork #migration #WorldRewildingDay #reintroduction #birdringing

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

@LucyNeate @KneppWilding @KneppWildlandFd @CotsWildTweets @RoyDennisWF She most certainly is! She's the left-hand bird in the first photo, and has paired up with GB9A for the second year running😁🤞

[White Stork Project @ProjectStork]

The 2023 nesting season is well and truly underway at Knepp. With eleven active nests and birds sitting on at least five of these already, we're hopeful for another bumper breeding season! 🤞

#whitestork #speciesrestoration #rewilding #spring #visitsussex #sussexwildlife