Overview
- A bearded vulture stayed roughly 48 hours at a stork nest in Klein Lobke, Region Hannover, and drove off the adult white storks before eating the chicks, witnesses and local reporting say.
- The incident drew about a dozen ornithologists and nature photographers to the site and divided observers who disagreed over whether the nest had been abandoned before the attack.
- Nabu called the behavior “absolutely extraordinary” and said the birds normally scavenge carrion, suggesting this individual may have been unusually hungry.
- Conservation groups report a recent pulse of more than a dozen transient bearded vultures across Germany that likely came from Spain or France while on long exploratory flights.
- Separately, a bearded vulture was found dead after an apparent wind‑turbine collision in the Unterallgäu, prompting calls from LBV for further examination and stronger measures to reduce turbine and lead‑poisoning risks.