White Stork Nest at Roštejn

A Living Stork Nest in the Highlands

This camera frames a white stork (Ciconia ciconia) nest built atop a tall support near Roštejn Castle, a Gothic hunting lodge set in the forests of the Vysočina region. The wide platform of sticks is a generational home, reused and rebuilt season after season by returning storks.

The Resident Pair and Their Brood

Tall, long-legged adults with black-and-white plumage and bright red bills preside over the nest, taking turns to shade, feed and protect their young. The chicks grow visibly through the breeding stretch, testing their wings before their eventual first flights.

A Conservation Window

Operated as part of a Czech bird-protection project, the feed lets viewers and wildlife specialists follow the storks unobtrusively, offering an intimate look at a species long woven into Central European folklore.

Why Watch

Beyond the storks themselves, the camera captures the quiet rhythm of rural Bohemia — a fixed window onto the wooded landscape surrounding one of Moravia's most picturesque castles.