White stork

Ciconia ciconia Today, 3 October
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
now away for the winter 179 days
away for the winter Bird summer visitor

The whole year

1 September – 31 March

dates recorded for this region, not shifted from anywhere

Sitting the year outGetting readyYoung aboutYoung leaving

Where to look

Village chimneys and poles across Posavina; Čigoč holds more nests than houses.

Worth knowing

The nest is reused and rebuilt every year and can outweigh a small car after a decade. Storks feed on flooded meadow, so a dry spring in the Sava basin shows up as smaller broods two months later.

Look it up

photos, sightings and recordings, off this site

iNaturalist β€” photos and where people are seeing itWikipedia β€” Ciconia ciconiaxeno-canto β€” recordings of the call

Regions

where this species is on the list

Dalmatian coastKvarner and IstriaVelebit and the DinaridesSlavonia and the Pannonian plainTukhlia, Ukrainian Carpathians

Phase by phase

dates as they fall in the region chosen above
PhaseWhen LengthWhat it means
away for the winter 1 September – 31 March 212 days Not here at all. The birds are on the wintering grounds, thousands of kilometres south.
arriving 1 April – 7 April 7 days Returning from the wintering grounds; the first birds are ahead of the peak.
building 8 April – 19 April 12 days Nest, burrow or den under construction, or being lined out.
on eggs 20 April – 24 May 35 days Clutch laid and being incubated, or buried and left to the sun.
raising young 25 May – 9 July 46 days Dependent young in the nest, den or burrow, being fed.
young have left 10 July – 14 August 36 days Young out of the nest or den, but still fed and followed by the adults.
leaving 15 August – 31 August 17 days Leaving for the wintering grounds; stragglers run weeks behind.

Other birds in this region

Barn swallowBlack storkCommon cuckooCommon ravenCommon swiftEuropean robinGreat spotted woodpeckerGreat titTawny owl

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