White Stork Nest in Żabno

The Stork Nest

The camera is mounted directly above a large platform nest built from interwoven branches and twigs, a structure that storks reuse and enlarge year after year until it can weigh hundreds of kilograms. The top-down vantage offers an intimate look at the birds and their eggs or growing chicks.

White Storks of Poland

The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a national symbol of Poland, which shelters roughly a quarter of the global breeding population. These migratory birds travel between European nesting grounds and African wintering ranges, returning faithfully to the same nest.

The Surroundings

Below the pole lie a tidy garden, lawns, and the rooftops of Żabno, a small town in the Tarnów area. The setting is typical of the rural Lesser Poland countryside where storks and people live side by side.

What to Watch

Viewers can observe nest-building, feeding, and bill-clattering displays as adults tend their brood. The cam is a window into the full breeding cycle, from incubation to the first flights of the young.