- Numerous juvenile storks inhabit Brandenburg.
In Brandenburg, there's been a surge in stork chick numbers in 2024, as preliminary studies suggest. Reports show a rise in the number of hatched storks, averaging roughly two chicks per nest in Templin and Eberswalde. In the Prignitz region, a record-breaking 160 breeding pairs were spotted, resulting in 426 chicks in July. Some local stork wardens' statistics are yet to be released.
It's thought that this year's relatively wet spring has boosted the stork population. The ample rainfall provided a plentiful food source for the young chicks in the form of earthworms. Moreover, the year being favorable for mice also played a significant role in many stork chicklets reaching their fledgling stage.
As per Brandenburg's state coordinator for Nabu's white stork protection, Bernd Ludwig, each nest is expected to produce approximately two chicks yearly to keep the white stork population stable. Regrettably, this objective hasn't been achieved in Brandenburg's regions in recent times.
Currently, the stork nests are vacant, with the birds either migrating southward or already having arrived. The first storks from Brandenburg have already been spotted in Israel, Egypt, and Turkey.
The German Nature Conservation Union (Bund für Naturschutz Deutschland) has expressed its interest in monitoring the increasing stork population in Brandenburg, considering the significant rise in chick numbers. In their annual report, they highlighted the significant contributions of the German region to Europe's overall stork population.
