Storks' Recovery Yard at Kozubszczyzna

A Home for the Flightless

The Kozubszczyzna rehabilitation center, run by a Polish nonprofit dedicated to helping injured white storks, keeps this fenced yard for birds whose wounds never fully heal enough to return to the wild. Roughly a dozen resident storks live out their lives here, protected and fed year-round.

Life in the Open Paddock

Unlike a caged aviary, the yard is an open grassy enclosure the storks share with sheep and goats, creating a relaxed, farmyard atmosphere. Visitors to the livestream can watch the birds preening, foraging, and socializing at ground level, a perspective rarely available with wild storks.

Ground-Level Nest Platforms

Several woven basket nests are set low within the enclosure, giving pairs of storks a place to settle and raise chicks without needing to fly to a rooftop or pole, a practical adaptation for birds that cannot take flight.

Rural Poland Backdrop

Beyond the fence line, the camera frames golden wheat fields and windbreak trees typical of the Lublin Voivodeship countryside, a quiet rural setting outside the city of Lublin.