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White Storks. A post that is definitely going there. 🙂 Everyone knows what is going on with White Storks in Ireland. Everyone. And everyone is doing their best Manuel from Fawlty Towers impression. 🤣 "I know nothing!" White Stork is a mega species in Ireland. Or at least it was. Twitchable birds were historically, very few and far between (maybe the Cloyne east Cork bird most well known and reliable?) with most records referring to fly overs or obscure reports with no follow up. I thought it would be a good idea to visualize things however. It's important to SEE the extent of change involved here. White Stork - all reports from between 2009 and to date (27.05.2026). Some dudes be like... To the left of this chart, some reports may refer to escaped birds from places like Tayto park in Meath. Some birds seem to have been colour ringed of unknown origin, and some will relate to reports by "civilians" and never confirmed. Some birds to the right of the chart, i...
