This live stream is showing a stork nest at Knepp Estate in Sussex. The pair on this nest are ringed with blue plastic darvic rings on the left leg and metal BTO rings on the right ankle. The male, Bartek, (GB18) is a rehabilitated bird from Warsaw Zoo in Poland. He has been part of the White Stork Project since 2017.
The female, Ania, (GB5B) is also from Poland and has been with us since 2016. These two birds have been a bonded pair since 2020 when they built their first nest together.
In 2021 they laid eggs on the same nest and these hatched. Sadly though, there was a severe thunderstorm and the chicks perished. In 2022 they successfully reared young for the first time and 3 young storks fledged the nest.
Then in 2023 they had even more success with 4 chicks successfully fledging. This live camera started streaming for the first time last year in 2024 and showed the first egg being laid on March 9th. A total of 4 eggs were laid which started hatching on April 13th and were all hatched by April 16th. The four young all fledged at the end of June.
They were ringed under BTO license and named by local schools: GBG9 – Isla, GBH0 – Ivy, GBH1 – Issy, GBH2 – Ivan Huge thanks to the brilliant team at Wildlife Windows Ltd for installing this camera.
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