by Laura Vaughan-Hirsch | 11 Dec 2025 | Blog, News
News Volunteer Spotlight: Rosemary Having always treasured the magnificence of nature, in January 2019 I was excited to join a group of volunteers who had been invited to attend a ‘white stork training session’. It was held at Knepp Rewilding Project in a secluded...
by Laura Vaughan-Hirsch | 16 Oct 2025 | Blog, News
News Autumn Migration 2025 has marked another extraordinary breeding season with 45 chicks successfully hatched in the wild at Knepp, and 48 juveniles, reared at Cotswold Wildlife Park, released to a site in East Sussex, boosting the growing population. By late...
by Laura Vaughan-Hirsch | 27 Jul 2025 | Blog, News
News Cotswold Wildlife Park Ringing Day Preparing Cotswold Wildlife Park storks – 2025 Each summer, the White Stork Project team returns to Cotswold Wildlife Park for a busy day of stork ringing. As a key partner in the project, Cotswold Wildlife Park has...
by Laura Vaughan-Hirsch | 24 Jul 2025 | Blog, News
News Knepp Breeding Season 2025 Following the incredible success of the 2024 breeding season, the team eagerly anticipated what 2025 would bring for the white storks at Knepp. We’re thrilled to share that it has been another prosperous year for the colony. Read on for...
by Laura Vaughan-Hirsch | 07 Apr 2025 | Blog, News
News Migratory returns White stork young are natural-born travelers. After fledging, they embark on an incredible migration, with many of our birds making it all the way to Morocco. While they typically remain loyal to their birthplace, they don’t return to breed...