Live White Stork Nest in Hamm

A Towering White Stork Nest

This camera looks directly onto a large white stork nest built atop a tall pole some nine metres above the ground. The massive platform of branches and twigs is reused and rebuilt across each breeding season, growing heavier and broader as the resident storks keep adding fresh material throughout their stay.

Storks at Close Range

The view offers an intimate window into the daily life of Ciconia ciconia, the European white stork. Observe the pair bill-clattering in greeting, delivering food to the nest, and raising their downy young as the chicks grow flight feathers and begin to exercise their wings.

The Westphalian Countryside

Behind the nest stretch the open fields and meadows of Hamm, a city on the river Lippe in the heart of Westphalia. This fertile agricultural landscape of crops, grassland and hedgerows is classic white-stork foraging country, where the birds hunt frogs, insects and small mammals.

A Window on Returning Storks

Once rare across much of Germany, the white stork has made a remarkable comeback, and nests like this one have become beloved local landmarks. The camera lets viewers follow an entire breeding cycle, from the storks' arrival and courtship to the fledging of the next generation.