by Laura Vaughan-Hirsch | 18 Feb 2026 | Blog, News
News Preparing for breeding season Volunteers from Knepp and the White Stork Project recently took part in a day of hard work helping the non-flying storks prepare for the breeding season. At Knepp, around 25 non-flying birds are kept safe in a large, predator-proof...
by Laura Vaughan-Hirsch | 10 Feb 2026 | Blog, News
News Rewild At Heart Collaboration By Ray Woods – Rewild at Heart I’ve been following the White Stork Project as an avid “bird nerd” and armchair rewilder (and Knepp Rewilding Kitchen online customer) for some time. But my proper introduction to...
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...