Towers to encourage storks to breed in Dorset

Four towers will be built on a farm to encourage white storks to breed.

The stork towers will be constructed on floodplain fields next to the River Stour at Bere Marsh Farm in Blandford, Dorset.The Countryside Regeneration Trust said white storks became extinct as a breeding species in Britain 600 years ago, but were recently reintroduced.The towers are part of plans to create a regenerative farm and education centre at the 92-acre farm in Blandford

A breeding programme that began in 2016 saw a new free-living population established at the Knepp Estate in Sussex.restore a population of at least 50 breeding pairsThe first 14 storks were successfully born at the estate in 2020 and joined the other free-flying birds.The organisation hoped that building the ready-made nest towers would encourage the visiting white storks to stay, nest and raise a new generation on the Dorset farm.

The floodplain fields next to the River Stour on Bere Marsh Farm are an ideal site for white storks to settle.A galvanised steel basket will be mounted on a 6m pole to encourage the birds to nestShe said: "Like in the film, we have faith that if we build the ballpark, they will come. "The White stork is such an emblematic species that to have them nesting in Dorset really would be incredible."It is hoped they will be in place by spring 2024.

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