Hi all
We were out walking on Outney Common (Bungay, Suffolk) yesterday. Two birds high up on an old dead tree which looked like one adult and one juvenile black stork. Anyone know how frequently they visit this part of the world at this time of year? I gather that they have become more common on the European mainland over recent years but not sure of the situation here.
Thanks
Hi bca33
Welcome to the forums.
Sadly I don't have an answer to your question, just wanted to say hello. Sounds very interesting a black stork! You will get answer soon tho as there are many people on here who are very knowledgeable about such things.
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Kerry
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Sorry I can't be of help either as I don't think I have ever seen a black stork but, like Kezmo, I just wanted to welcome you to the forum.
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Welcome bca33!!
Can't help either but, wow, what a sighting!! Did you get pics?
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Hi,
black storks are extremely rare visitors to Britain and do not breed.
You have probably seen some escaped ones from a wildlife park.
Do you have any more details or photos ?
:))
S
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seymouraves said: Hi, black storks are extremely rare visitors to Britain and do not breed. You have probably seen some escaped ones from a wildlife park. Do you have any more details or photos ? :)) S
Hi
No sorry, nothing else to evidence the sighting - we got close enough to be fairly confident of identification (they started to get twitchy when we were some 30ft away from the tree) and then we checked against Google images which matched well. Bungay is only around 10-12 miles from the east coast but there is a wildlife park at Kessingland some 8 miles away between Bungay and the coast so either accidental migrants or escapees could be an explanation. We don't walk Oultney Common very often so I was hoping we might get some confirmatory sightings through this post, but nothing so far.