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This live stream is showing a stork nest at Knepp in Sussex.
The two white storks have raised chicks successfully on the same nest for the last couple of years.
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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.
The pair on this nest are ringed with blue plastic darvic rings on the left leg.
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 over from Poland and has been with us since 2016.
The first egg from this season was laid by Ania on the evening of the 9th March.
Eggs were laid every other day up to a total of 4 eggs.
The first egg hatched on the morning of April 13th. The second hatched on the same day in the evening and the third overnight at some point on the 13th or early hours of the 14th April.
The last egg hatched late at night on the 15th April or early hours of the 16th April.
After around 6 days, the four chicks started to bill clatter. The last to hatch was initially noticeably smaller than the other three but has been consistently getting food and has caught up with the others.
Sunday 26th May - The four young were ringed with blue project rings on the left upper leg, and metal BTO rings on the right lower leg. We also took feather samples to be sent off for genetic sex testing which will take a few weeks before we have results.
The blue rings read: GBG9, GBH0, GBH1 and GBH2.
We hope you enjoy watching as the season unfolds and will share more about these individual birds, their behaviours and the whole project through our KZread channel, website and via social media.