They're Returning One of Britain's Largest Birds

[@LeaveCurious]

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[@WalkLitterless]

I am part of the White Stork project in Knepp in West Sussex and it’s so amazing seeing these magnificent birds that are now being bought back in the UK

[@sterkar99]

The Netherlands is full of them, aren’t they flying over the channel ever?

[@WalkLitterless]

@@sterkar99Yes, I think so, the Storks from Knepp have been spotted many other places apart from Knepp and even internationally

[@LeaveCurious]

Great work. It was so cool seeing them on top of those old oaks

[@KittenWhoSmellsLikeAmmonia]

Really love the work you do there. Its really become a haven for not only reintroduced animals but also sparse and uncommon species. Looking forward to future developments especially with the plan to reintroduce pine martens

[@Peter.R.M.]

We live close to the the Knepp Estate. I am excited to report that this year, more than ever, we have been seeing Storks flying over the area from Knepp to feed in the wetlands of the Arun and Adur Valleys, they are a regular visitor at the RSPB Pulborough Reserve. I think its probably likely that we will soon see Storks breeding outside Knepp - another step towards their recolonization of Sussex.

[@od.vandeveer]

Great. In the NEtherlands the reintroduction was a success and I see them regulary.

[@makingfreely6336]

This is exactly what we need. Someone highlighting all the great work people are doing.

[@LeaveCurious]

That's what I’m here to do 👍👍

[@RepvertYT]

I live in the Netherlands and a farmer has a lot off big poles in the ground with some planks on top they make nests on their and he has so many that it’s called “stork village” they also nest on top of houses and in trees nearby there are A LOT of them.

[@pnkemp]

Fabulous news. My wife is Polish and whenever we visit her family she's always straining to see stork nests as it is the one thing that says "I'm home" to her. Shame we moved to NZ, so we won't see the new UK storks until we visit my family.

[@JakobFischer60]

Great work. Meanwhile we have many storks in Germany but it still is a special moment when we see a lager group.

[@riverdmusic]

Well done Rob. Another excellent, informative and life-affirming video. Love what you are doing. Keep up the good work 👍

[@andyalder7910]

The Wheel on the School was compulsory reading when I was a lad, but I didn't realise the nests weighed a ton, Time to get the roof reinforced.

[@aansvar]

Great job! Love these videos, giving some hope for the restoration of our nature. Thanks!

[@LeaveCurious]

Thats why we're here! Cheers!

[@jasonjay6130]

These young guys are great. Thanks, for the update on what they're doing.

[@OCAVIARY]

Great video👏🏼 I was lucky enough to visit Celtic in the summer, it was amazing to see all the great work they are doing and feed the Storks too! I’m working on a Twite conservation project with Celtic, can’t wait to see where that goes!

[@1969longshanks]

I read this in your voice, love your videos

[@OCAVIARY]

@ thank you very much!😁

[@thestevenjaywaymusic7775]

You people do great work. I wish more were like you wonderful human beings! Bless you all.

[@agarsorchids7708]

Good luck! We love them in Hungary, putting up nests for them on poles to encourage breeding, one village 30 km from me has a main street with approx. 50 breeding pairs in every year! ❤

[@michaelhaywood8262]

Another large bird currently being reintroduced is the Common Crane. This is in two widely separated areas, one on the Norfolk/Suffolk Broadland area and the other in the Somerset Marshes. IDK if the idea is to just have these two colonies in this country or whether it is hoped for them to spread across the wetland areas in the whole South. Great Bustards are also being reintroduced in the Salisbury Plain area, but I haven't recently heard how this is doing.

[@zarinaromanets7290]

Really cool to see the efforts and these beautiful birds in action! I hope as more people learn about what used to be and what it takes to bring it back, they also begin to learn about how current systems impact environmental pollution and how being involved in their communities can help.

[@anthonyflanagan9231]

I love what you do bring back all our wildlife back 😃

[@DavidBysouth]

Thanks so much for the great overview of a really interesting species reintroduction project! It's great to see organizations like Celtic Rewilding bringing back keystone species to the ecosystem. I have 2 questions; 1) Has there been any negative impacts on other species or ecosystem function due to the introduction of the Storks 2) What kind of background work/assessment is done pre-release of any species that has been potentially extirpated for prolonged periods of time. Thanks for the great work you do showcasing these amazing stories and getting people interested in the environment!

[@jackstone4291]

Absolutely great company to visit! Nice one dude

[@hstratford88]

We saw a pretty big (especially to someone who has never seen a stork before) fly over the campsite we stayed on in South Devon this year. We couldnt believe our luck and my 4 year old was in awe. So happy to see these projects!

[@Prongsie1999]

I saw a ton of white storks when i was in portugal and i didnt know what it was and all my Portuguese friends were making fun of me asking where i thought Portuguese babies came from

[@Mitch-l5u]

Excellent great project

[@havingalook2]

Storks - so beautiful - magnificent birds.

[@xyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyz]

White storks have proven really easy to reintroduce from captive breeding here in Sweden. The biggest hurdle is that most reintroduced will not migrate to Africa over the winter. But if they mate with wild populations, their offspring will, which in a few generations will have a cascading effect.

[@joet6619]

Amazing work! Aren’t you part of Mossy Earth anymore?

[@someblokecalleddave1]

A mate of mine who lives in Cornwall near Lands End took a picture over Lands End of a big flock of Storks circling above the peninsular.

[@Narnendil]

There is a very successful stork reintroduction project in the very south of Sweden going on, if you're intererested in checking that out.

[@salamandiusbraveheart4183]

Good work!

[@joseenoel8093]

Way to go, I majored in sylviculture, re-wilding rocks! I'm a chick forest technician, you're all very wonderful!

[@MerryMoss]

Finally financially stable enough to support some good causes, so I signed up for the patreon! 😊🌿

[@LeaveCurious]

@@MerryMoss that’s awesome! Thanks for the support, working on producing something worthwhile there 😊

[@graphite2786]

Great video! Here in Australia we've been captive breeding for decades, from the western short neck turtle, the bilby, lots of birds, even fish and reptiles. Unfortunately the biggest threat here is invasive species like cats and foxes. We've had to fence off areas ( predator proofing) so that many species can survive safely. We've also done some stellar work with plants- especially terrestrial ground orchids! Some species were reduced to only a few individuals (!!!!) but thanks to some dedicated people, they worked out their extremely complex life cycle ( these orchids have a totally symbiotic relationship with certain fungi, to propagate them you need to propagate the fungi they live on) "Diuris fragrantissima" is a great example of an orchid that was saved by rewilding 🌝

[@acelticmiscellany]

love it mate, keep going

[@mr.lonewolf8199]

Is really that dire situation with storks in Britain? In Serbia we have Society for bird protection , NGO that focused mainly on preservation and protection of birds, they are part of BirdLife. And due to their actions storks have prospered in Serbia

[@grahvis]

Britain does have laws to protect birds, however the storks were largely wiped out centuries ago.

[@greeenjeeens]

It's like that with a lot of animals in the UK. It's even difficult to reintroduce a lot them, because they were extirpated, the gov classes them as non-native 😖😖 luckily other more free spirited birds like egrets have moved to the UK un assisted : )

[@Maverick1.]

What a great video? Are there any rewilding projects in wales you could make a vid on?

[@LeePrice-j5z]

I live on the Ria Formosa in southern Portugal.we have them all over town nesting on chimney stacks and anywhere tall...problem is if your roof terrace is near them its out of bounds, they're aggressive within 15 metres of them...😮

[@Leon-zu7oy]

If you can get any sponsors on this channel please add them... so you can fund this projects even more with this videos

[@RussTillling]

Super work!

[@syedalishanzaidi1]

One idea that has occurred to me often is that the raw materials of storks' nests are increasingly difficult for the birds to obtain due to increasing urbanization and the removal of grasses and shrubs from which storks collect their twigs and branches. Would it not help therefore to provide high platforms and prepared nesting baskets [even half-finished ones will do] for breeding pairs to start off with?

[@falcolf]

Such pretty birbs ❤❤❤

[@WildlifeWithCookie]

love

[@stephenwright414]

Sorry about your jersey I can see why you brought it to get ruined by the wild. 😅

[@LeaveCurious]

I thought it looked cool! even cooler with stork poop on it 😂

[@GallowglassVT]

I remember seeing white storks in captivity. You wouldn't believe the sounds they can make.

[@natashalion8028]

Good job !

[@UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ]

2:53 That image really puts size into perspective, wow.

[@bustavonnutz]

Golden Eagles can be massive, especially the females. Easily the most dangerous bird I've ever worked with.

[@asherfryer6097]

2:55 very brave magpie

[@klmac3721]

What a brilliant project. 👏 They're a little intimidating, though, those storks. 😕 Not sure how I'd react if I came to close to one in the wild. 😅

[@LeaveCurious]

They're not inconspicuous, but while they're able to live close to our buildings, I doubt they'd ever really want to get close to us!

[@Piwonia67]

We've got them in Poland and we love them. People often mounted a cart wheel at the top of buildings or on high poles to make a suitable place for their nests, and these nests are often so old that they can weigh half a ton, because the birds add a new layer every year. Dad told me that when he was a kid (probably in 1950s-1960s), when farmers were ploughing the fields in spring, several storks would follow a tractor, to eat all yummy worms from the ground 😂 But they are actually shy and prefer to stay away from humans.

[@InguBingu-pn2nm]

Trust me, the risk of being attacked by a creature like this is probably 1000 times less than a dog or a cat.

[@klmac3721]

@@Piwonia67 how lovely; humans working with nature instead of against it. 🩷👌🏼 And thank you for the reassurance that they'd rather keep to themselves. 😁

[@klmac3721]

@@LeaveCurious they'd be wise to stay away. (Some) Humans are horrible. 🫤

[@1969longshanks]

I wish you two guys did more KZbin

[@Thewildmanwoods]

I love this …storks and turtles …can I help 😂❤ We’ve millions of frogs xx

[@wolllie]

i love the shirt. It fits you good.

[@JdeB-h2o]

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[@johnkeviljr9625]

Great work! Have you seen how evil storks can be to their young? Some scary shit. Nevertheless, they deserve to be returned. Wonderful to hear.

[@soltcolt4506]

We have a few of them around, recently a hunter shot 4 of them because he thought they were geese, that is what he said. Unfortunately their babies also died in their nests. 😢

[@clmmeerts8467]

I think with some patience the stork would come back on its own . The distance between uk and mainland europe is not much for a stork

[@Tin-j6k]

good vid thanks x

[@jackstone4291]

We thought we saw on of these over West Midlands the other day?!…..?

[@natashalion8028]

How are these animals going to be able to find enough food, once released?

[@RussTillling]

I would guess that, as there are quite a lot of wetland restorations going on in the UK, where canalised rivers are allowed to meander and diverge, to prevent flooding, this would provide lots of amphibians which the storks could then feed on.

[@ConstantChaos1]

1:13 I mean if they develop a taste for venison that would help with other rewilding lmfao Not sure I'd want to see a stork going after a deer tho lol

[@LeaveCurious]

Thats the topic of my next week 😂

[@ramthian]

Good 👍

[@primesspct2]

I loved seeing this all! Thanks so much! It is voting day in the US, and our choices are laughable, criminal realy. Yet I will go exercise my rights. Thanks for giving me a bright spot to think of!! This stuff is great to see happening!!

[@cosmic4037]

Awesome

[@ElwoodKelly-vf3ri]

Absolutely

[@ElwoodKelly-vf3ri]

Absolutely amazing

[@memofromessex]

Poor Tom!

[@raclark2730]

I like Turtles. 🐢

[@fricraft1]

Why did you nick it in the first place if you’re just going to give it back?

[@devroombagchus7460]

Why return just one? I would say: return all of them.

[@eewilson9835]

thats cuz they didnt want children delivered

[@raphlvlogs271]

do storks prey on invasive animals that are less used to native predators?

[@imcbocian]

They prey on absolutly everything they can catch and fit in the beak. Invertebrates (earthworms, leeches, snails, mussels, crustaceans, beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, insect larvae); Fish; Amphibians (frogs, newts); Reptiles (snakes, lizards); Chicks of birds nesting on the ground; Small mammals (voles, mice, moles, shrews). Here in Poland, in agricultural areas, these small mammals are often the basis of their diet. So yes, if this invasive species can fit in their beak, they will gladly exterminate it.

[@lesleymckenzie8721]

Great work but please keep handling of animals to a minimum and only where absolutely necessary

[@aussie405]

If you bring the storks back there should be a population increase 😅

[@jenniferpatton5108]

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[@cedhome7945]

The real menace is these well meaning but misguided people release all sorts of things

[@knoll9812]

If they release animals that belong or used to belong it should be okay

[@geertvanbeek5985]

Please take of the Ajax shirt. Your content is great but burn the shirt…

[@LeaveCurious]

@@geertvanbeek5985 but what about total football?

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[@hugoballs2133]

Didn't knew you were an Ajax fan??

[@LeaveCurious]

I’m not, I just wear shirts which I think are cool - I’m actually a Liverpool fan 🔴

[@hugoballs2133]

@@LeaveCurious almost gave me hope