Storks on the way to Poland: Soon Polish Storks should check in on nests in our country. Currently Birds are in Turkey, and daily They cover about two hundred kilometers. The whole journey from Africa can take them up to two months.
When will storks come in the country? Thanks to the transmitters placed on birds, ornitologists can observe the progress of animal migration on an ongoing basis. As Professor Piotr Tryjanowski from the Poznań University of Life Sciences said, it is known that Polish storks will return home in about a week. – Our birds at the moment they have accelerated and are already in Asia Minorand two birds are even in the north of Turkey. We hope that they will come to Poland a week – said the ornithologist.
Some stay, others fly away: It turns out that the record holders winter in South Africa, and then they have to overcome over ten thousand kilometersto return to Poland. The expert pointed out that Some birds stay in Poland for the winter, and some choose different places for the wintering groundalthough not always distant Africa. – (…) an increasing part of wintering along the way, for example in Bulgariathese birds are earlier, probably some of them have already appeared on the nests – explained Tryjanowski.
Herald spring: In the Polish tradition, the return of storks often means starting spring. Currently in our country About 47,000 pairs of storks nest. Because of changes in the agricultural landscape Their number is decreasing all the timeand in the last decade has dropped by about 10 percent.
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Source: Ar