Mar 31, 2025 · Now, a new chapter in their story has been written: numbers are joyfully on the rise in southern England and Storrington in West Sussex has been proclaimed the UK’s first ‘European stork village’. The work to reintroduce white storks back into the UK began in 2016 with the arrival of several non-flying birds from Warsaw, Poland.

Mar 18, 2025 · Stork numbers in the UK have increased drastically since the Stork Project began "White storks need quality habitat, including clean water and lots of insects which they eat," Laura explained ...

Follow the journeys of our GPS-tagged storks as they migrate from their nesting sites in the UK to wintering grounds in continental Europe and as far as Morocco.

Species such as the white stork play a vital role in many ecosystems across Britain. Find out about the projects putting rewilding into action through reintroducing white storks by searching the Rewilding Network map using the species filter.

Jul 15, 2020 · As part of ongoing efforts to restore nature in the U.K., a project is bringing beloved white storks back to the British countryside. A female white stork greets her mate as he brings nesting...

4 days ago · The UK's first European stork village has been announced. Storrington and the nearby Knepp castle Estate have been designated the accolade, which means the communities are now part of the European Stork Villages Network, a transnational initiative by the EuroNatur foundation to combat habitat loss for the birds. Together, Storrington and Knepp are the 16th place in Europe to be recognised as a ...

Mar 18, 2025 · The colony of white storks at Knepp is part of the White Stork Project, an initiative to establish a wild, breeding population in the UK. Around 20-30 white storks fly to the UK from Europe every year but, failing to find a colony upon which they depend to breed, they simply fly back to the continent.

White Storks are scarce migrants with a scattering of records, mostly in southern Britain. A current reintroduction program in southeast England is leading to increasing numbers of records and the provenance of individual records is increasingly hard to determine.

Mar 27, 2025 · For the first time in more than six centuries, white storks are calling Britain home again thanks to a dedicated conservation initiative to save the species. Storks were breeding birds commonly found in Britain until human activities affecting their habitat caused numbers to dwindle.

Mar 18, 2025 · The recognition of Knepp and Storrington as the UK's first European stork village highlights the success of rewilding efforts in restoring lost species.