Overview
- Residents in Meiningen reported a disoriented stork in deep winter; police relocated the uninjured bird to a meadow where it flew off.
- Nabu reports several hundred storks have stayed through recent winters in Germany and warns that long-lasting snow and frost hinder feeding.
- The organization asks people to log winter sightings via its online portal to strengthen monitoring.
- In Saxony-Anhalt, observers documented a lone stork near Loburg and a pair on a nest in Magdeburg-Westerhüsen during frost and snow.
- Storchenhof Loburg’s Michael Kaatz attributes the rise to climate change, says some adults can go one to two weeks without food, and argues skipping migration boosts survival.