I went to the Knepp Castle estate on Sunday as they have established a rewilding programme, have a good selection of walks and the opportunity to see the white storks that they have re-established.
I couldn't do all the walks I was aiming for because of the amount of water and deep mud but I did get some pics of the storks I thought I'd share
This one was on the top of a tree right beside the path and completely ignored all those walking along it.
Stork-1 by Ian , on Flickr
Stork-2 by Ian , on Flickr
There was not a lot of flying, some was very low behind trees so you couldn't get any decent pic, this one was circling at some distance away and was the only other time I saw any in flight. Quality is not that good because of the distance despite the 100-400 zoom
Stork in flight by Ian, on Flickr
You are naturally very restricted in how close you can get to the nests. This one was taken at 560mm and was the nearest that I could get
Storks in nest by Ian, on Flickr
Ian
I couldn't do all the walks I was aiming for because of the amount of water and deep mud but I did get some pics of the storks I thought I'd share
This one was on the top of a tree right beside the path and completely ignored all those walking along it.
Stork-1 by Ian , on Flickr
Stork-2 by Ian , on Flickr
There was not a lot of flying, some was very low behind trees so you couldn't get any decent pic, this one was circling at some distance away and was the only other time I saw any in flight. Quality is not that good because of the distance despite the 100-400 zoom
Stork in flight by Ian, on Flickr
You are naturally very restricted in how close you can get to the nests. This one was taken at 560mm and was the nearest that I could get
Storks in nest by Ian, on Flickr
Ian
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