21st January 2017
Over 30 thousand couples of storks arrive in Poland every year, at the end of March. About one third of the whole European population of storks live in Poland, the last country in which they appear in such big numbers. In the West white storks are at the edge of extinction. There are about 3 thousand storks in Germany, 318 in Austria, and as little as only 30 in the whole territory of France. 15 thousand storks live in Ukraine and 10 thousand couples in Belarus. Belgian and Sweden do not have any storks at all, while Switzerland has started to import them from Algeria.
I am waiting for them. Photo was taken by me in the countryside last August..
I hope they arrive soon. And that they avoid extinction.
ReplyDeleteIt is less than 2 months
DeleteThat's a good number in your country and in Ukraine. Plenty to deliver the babies. I suppose in times of war and hunger they were a food source.
ReplyDeleteAndrew they are amazing birds.. and so great
DeleteI love them too. According to European folklore, the stork is responsible for bringing babies to new parents :-) In the Netherlands we have around the 850-950 nesting pairs.
ReplyDeleteJeddija in Poland we also believe they deliver babies..
DeleteI will be looking forward to the storks photos.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you like them
DeleteThat is an amazing number of storks!
ReplyDeleteI do not know why but they love my place and always come back to the same nests
DeleteNow that would be a terrific sight to see when they come
ReplyDeleteOh yes you are right
DeleteI didn't know that Poland was a favourite holiday spot for the storks. Hope they arrive soon so you can get some photos.
ReplyDeleteOf course I am going to take as many photos as I can..
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