Storks could be first to breed in wild in Britain for 600 years

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Storks could be first to breed in wild in Britain for 600 years
A pair of storks which have built a nest on top of an 18th centry chimney in Norfolk could become the first to breed in the wild in the UK since 1416

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The storks have built their nest on an 18th century chimney at Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens Photo: Albanpix

By Miranda Prynne, News Reporter

1:42PM BST 01 Apr 2014

In Britain they are usually confined to the walls of nurseries carrying baby bundles in their beaks.

But now a pair of white storks is set to make history by producing their own offspring in this country for the first time in nearly 600 years.

The female bird is expected to lay her eggs in the next few days after building an impressive nest of twigs on top of a 35ft high disused chimney.

If the eggs hatch they will be the first storks known to have successfully bred in the wild in Britain since 1416, the year after Henry V celebrated victory at the Battle of Agincourt, when a pair nested on top of St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.

The four-year-old birds have built their traditional elevated nest on an 18th century chimney at Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/10736866/Storks-could-be-first-to-breed-in-wild-in-Britain-for-600-years.html

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[wendy]

I think this is incredible, we saw them when we went to this park for my 70th birthday.
I thought they had nested, but maybe they make the nests but this may be the first year they have lain eggs.