That’s a wrap for this season!
The live camera has been turned off again for the autumn and winter period, as the storks are no longer using the nest. We’ll plan to turn it on again next spring. Keep up to date with our socials in the run up to the new season to find out when.
Than you to everyone who tuned in, and especially those who contributed to the data collection of observations through the live cam. We’ll be putting a full report together from over 2000 data points, soon.
This live stream shows a stork nest at Knepp Rewilding Project in Sussex.
White Storks part of the project are ringed with blue plastic darvic rings on the left leg and metal BTO rings on the right ankle. Up until very recently, the birds on this nest have been known as Ania and Bartek. However, from early February 2026, there have been different females on the nest, including GB0T, and GB5Z, who Bartek has mated with. Unfortunately, Ania hasn’t been seen by project staff or caught on camera traps since late January 2026.
Fortunately for Bartek, GB5Z, named Greta, has stayed around and she was seen bonding and mating with Bartek throughout February, and began laying eggs in March.
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 previous female, Ania, (GB5B) is also from Poland and has been with us since 2016. Ania and Bartek 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 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 ringed under BTO license and were named by local schools: GBG9 – Isla, GBH0 – Ivy, GBH1 – Issy, GBH2 – Ivan 2025: – Mating & nest building seen throughout Feb – First egg is laid on the 8th March and hatched on 12th April – 29th May: The three chicks are ringed in the evening (under license from the BTO). Unfortunately we are unable to confirm the results of sex from genetic testing. The rings read GBT5, GBT6, GBT7. – By late July they no longer came back to the nest and in August they migrated. We hope to see them again!
2026: After Ania disappeared over winter, new female to the pair, Greta turned up and four eggs were laid with two chicks successfully fledging. Bartek worked hard to raise the two chicks as Greta disappeared later on in the season while the chicks were still on the nest. Keep an eye out for a more detailed analysis of this season; thanks to several contributors and over 2000 observations from the live camera, we will be producing a full report of the breeding season on this nest.
Huge thanks to the brilliant team at Wildlife Windows Ltd for installing this camera.