Black storks around the world

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ITALY

Freschi, P., Cosentino, C., Napolitano, F., Pacelli, C., Manicone, D., Mallia, E., Ragni, M., Paolino, R., & Braghieri, A. (2023). First Report on a Cliff-Nesting Pair of Black Storks (Ciconia nigra Linnaeus, 1758) and Their Nestlings. Forests, 14(10), 1941. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14101941

this report is about the (streamed) nest in Parco Gallipoli - Castelmezzano, season 2012 (!)

Baska and Iater by me this nest was documented in the past in LKF forum (season 2016 to 2021)
in our forum:
2022 - no streaming
2023 - https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=120 : 14.03 two stork on the nest, 15.03 one stork, some working, disturbed by one raptor again and again, no more stork noticed on this nest
2024 - the nest remained empty

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The breeding of Black Stork in Italy in the 2024 year.

Report on the nesting of the black stork Ciconia nigra in Italy. Year 2024
By Massimo Brunelli, Beatrice Bigu, Lucio Bordignon, Matteo Caldarella, Guido Cattaneo, Gianluca Congi, Sefora Di Nucci, Bruno Dovere, Diego Errico, Maurizio Fraissinet, Egidio Mallia, Maurizio Marrese, Nicola Norante, Mario Pucci, Vincenzo Rizzi, Giuseppe Rocca, Andrea sorrentino, Salvatore Urso, Bruno Vaschetti, Gabriella Vaschetti and Matteo Visceglia, in Alula. (http://www.sropu.org/downloads/Alula31( ... t%20al.pdf)

In 2024 year, the annual monitoring of the Italian population of Black Stork recorded the presence of 43 territorial pairs whit 83 fledged juveniles.

(source: 23 December 2024 https://www.facebook.com/Italornitholog ... 813652697/)

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Three decades of monitoring the Black Stork Ciconia nigra breeding population in Italy
Matteo Visceglia, Salvatore Urso, Giuseppe Rocca, Nicola Norante, Maurizio Marrese, Mariangela Francione, Maurizio Fraissinet, Diego Errico, Bruno Dovere, Guido Cattaneo, Matteo Caldarella, Massimo Brunelli, Lucio Bordignon, Beatrice Bigu (G.L.I.Ci.Ne.)

The Black Stork Ciconia nigra has been nesting in Italy since 1994, initially with 2 pairs in Piedmont and 1 in Calabria; since 2000 also in other regions. In 2024, the nesting pairs confirmed were 43, distributed in 7 regions: Piedmont, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria. Overall, the population can be estimated at around 50 pairs. In 2003, G.L.I.Ci.Ne. was founded, with the aim of monitoring the trend of the species in Italy, identifying coordinators for each Region. G.L.I.Ci.Ne carries out annual monitoring and organizes workshops.
Since 2008, it has published reports at the end of each breeding season. Monitoring includes: identification of pairs (nesting or territorial), verification of those that have laid eggs and raised young; number of fledged young; calculation of productivity, reproductive success and fledging rate. Over the last thirty years, the population in Italy has been growing steadily: 390 controlled pairs were found (a), of which 332 laid eggs (b), 310 raised young (c), 907 fledged young (d); reproductive parameters recorded a productivity of 2.32 (d/a), a reproductive success of 2.73 (d/b) and a fledging rate of 2.93 (d/c). The majority of the population is concentrated in Southern Italy, with Basilicata and Calabria hosting 55% of the total pairs. With the exception of Piedmont, nests are found on rocks.

(source: https://www.lifewatchitaly.eu/wp-conten ... e_2025.pdf)