Listening to @jamesshooter.bsky.social in Belgium talk about Black Storks. Is there any evidence they were a UK breeding bird in post glacial times? The Fens must have been great for them. @ajaytegala.bsky.social - ThreadSky

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epollard.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Listening to @jamesshooter.bsky.social in Belgium talk about Black Storks.
Is there any evidence they were a UK breeding bird in post glacial times?
The Fens must have been great for them.
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amiesphilip.bsky.social•2 days ago

None at all.

amiesphilip.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Fens may have been good for the species before the oaks died and the wetland formed, perhaps the Caledonian pine forest a better bet.

amiesphilip.bsky.social•2 days ago

None at all a bit sweeping, Wales could well have had the riverine woodland this species currently breeds in.

https://birdsin.wales/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/pg-15-25-The-prehistoric-and-historic-bird-fauna.pdf

amiesphilip.bsky.social•2 days ago

Habitat The species inhabits old, undisturbed, open forests (del Hoyo et al. 1992, Snow and Perrins 1998) from sea-level up to mountainous regions (e.g. 2,000-2,500 m in altitude) (Hancock et al. 1992).

amiesphilip.bsky.social•2 days ago

It forages in shallow streams, pools, marshes (del Hoyo et al. 1992), swampy patches (Snow and Perrins 1998), damp meadows (Hancock et al. 1992), flood-plains, pools in dry riverbeds (Hockey et al. 2005)

amiesphilip.bsky.social•2 days ago

and occasionally grasslands (del Hoyo et al. 1992) especially where there are stands of reeds or long grass (Brown et al. 1982). It generally avoids large bodies of water and dense forest (del Hoyo et al. 1992)
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-stork-ciconia-nigra

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