2024/2025 autumn - winter

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POLAND - CZECH.REP.

storkled hatched 2024 with transmitter perished on 01.08 in Czech Rep. - electrocuted





I am waiting on next information from Mr. Pojer František (and photos) who helped me. Big thx!
And to Rudka Košanová too

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the area there

https://is.gd/u3UoMr



EDIT: view to the place where the stork was found

https://is.gd/idvqiT

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Stork was located directly under the wiring, not far from the column with the horizontal bracket (see photo). These so-called columns of death were only there approx. 3 (branch line to the buildings around Horní rybník.)







be careful !

https://i.postimg.cc/PqCYXQRL/P1120037.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/fb1XJSG8/P1120038.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/qRnKnM04/P1120040.jpg

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continuation:
informations for all who are interested e.g. here https://birdelectrocution.org/
and more sources in this post already: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 307#p22307

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October 10

FB Parc national de forêts https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... f8Ff4ucZRl

FRANCE - Spain, BS named DIVONA

Black Stork Divona was found dead in Spain

Since 2015, the GPS tag that Divona was fitted with had been transmitting continuously, allowing the tracking of this Black Stork, which had become the emblem of the National Forest Park. But in early October 2024, the tag had been transmitting for several days in the same place, in a semi-desert area in northern Spain, in the province of Navarre. This unusual transmission led the teams of the European Black Stork Monitoring Network to note in the field that Divona had been predated in flight by a Golden Eagle, then by a Red Fox on the ground.
Research into the causes of the bird's death was organized thanks to the network of European Black Stork ringers. The predation took place in the Parque Natural de las Bardenas Reales.

Divona had been monitored since 2010 by the ringing program no.320, registered with the CRBPO and managed by ACETAM in the person of Frédéric CHAPALAIN. This male was ringed a nestling at the nest in June 2010 by an ONF team in the commune of Vivey (52) then closely monitored by the Black Stork team of the ONF Haute-Marne, in partnership with the LPO and the National Park after its creation.

Always faithful to his home range, he has changed nests and partners several times, probably as a result of the successive disappearances of his partners. Jean-Jacques BOUTTEAUX and Jérôme BERNARD of the ONF, and the field team monitored 9 nestings of this bird, producing 23 juveniles.

The migration period is a proof for the birds that each year take the road to regions with milder winter weather. Divona disappeared after 5195 days of tracking, or more than 14 years and as many successful trans-Saharan migrations. This is the 3rd Black Stork equipped with a GPS tag that has died in two years. Sylvana, Divona's last mate, is now the only Black Stork currently equipped with a GPS tag in the National Park.

This situation illustrates the fragility of this threatened and protected species and therefore the crucial importance of the conservation actions carried out by the National Forest Park.

Photo: Olivier Pellerin / Divona


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in comments:
Pierre-Yves Bodart
Although sad, predation by an eagle is more acceptable than a collision with a wind turbine or worse, still poaching.
Caroline Kinnen
Exactly what I was thinking. At least it's a "natural" death.

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"Obituary" https://www.forets-parcnational.fr/fr/a ... en-espagne :

most probably one of the last photos of this really handsome male


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In these FB posts are information (also about the other BS from France with transmitter), maps and photos of the BS:

01.04.2024 https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... kHxRtMGZ3l

Divona - spring migration 2024 (Sylvana/F - mate of Divona/M); wintering area: Senegal river


19.04.2023 https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... gEGwx7bKPl

31.12.2022 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=18 ... 9309779598
- "only" very nice photo of Divona

12.05.2022 https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... rm9UijMutl
- male BS Divona nests at Parc national de forêts just 7km from the tree that saw it born

09.05.2021 https://www.facebook.com/Parcs.nationau ... MZAQby3tfl
- Divona is successfully back

28.03.2021 https://www.facebook.com/departementcot ... 5HkKBkeFYl
- Divona has returned

17.09.2019 https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... rzwiUmhKUl
- on the way to Africa

18.03.2019 https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... RWVmB59Gdl
- spring migration, already in Europe

05.10.2018 https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... WifWUB2oql
- autumn migration

24.09.2018 https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... udaQLbF6Nl
- on the way to the wintering place

12.09.2018 https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... ia1QNfumDl
- Divona started his autumn migration

12.03.2018 https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... B6DZFb8xVl
- spring migration, on the way to the north

06.03.2018
- Divona moved to France

03.10.2017 https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... L8upAqkmRl
- very quick arrival to his wintering site

20.09.2017
- autumn migration, already in Africa

14.09.2017 https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... zeREQr7Jhl
- autumn migration, Divona started to the south

29.03.2016 https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... D6L51Abc7l
- spring migration
in comments: find more about Divona here https://www.forets-champagne-bourgogne.fr/
- Search results for Divona - Sorry, but nothing matched your search terms

28.08.2015 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=74 ... 2248592623
- autumn migration, Divona already in Spain

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- some info also here: https://cigogne-noire.fr/mot/divona

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continuation

very nice video "Migration des Cigognes noires 2019-2020" (Divona's route too)


uploaded on 19 Apr 2020 by Frédéric CHAPALAIN

next great video "GPS tracking of young Black Storks"


uploaded on 23 Feb 2022 by Frédéric CHAPALAIN

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FRANCE - BS named FANGORN

more next days - done
https://www.facebook.com/parcnationalde ... RXgKX5a7Gl

Parc national de forêts 14.08.2024
Cigogne noire | Disparition de Fangorn
C'est une bien triste nouvelle qui nous est parvenue en ce début de semaine. Ce lundi 12 août, des restes de la dépouille d’une Cigogne noire ont été retrouvés au pied d’un pylône électrique sur la commune de Recey-sur-Ource. La balise GPS retrouvée a permis d’identifier la Cigogne noire Fangorn, qui était suivie depuis 2022 par les services du Parc national et ses partenaires.
Suite au signalement, la garde-monitrice du secteur s’est immédiatement rendue à la ferme de la Creuse, où la dépouille a été retrouvée. La veille, au pied d’un pylône électrique, l’agriculteur avait trouvé des restes de Cigogne noire en fauchant son champ, avec notamment des pattes et des bagues. Sur place, quelques plumes et une balise GPS sous laquelle se trouvait un numéro ont permis d’identifier Fangorn. Il était suivi depuis deux ans dans le cadre du programme personnel de baguage numéro 320 déposé auprès de du Centre de recherches sur la biologie des populations d'oiseaux (CRBPO) par l’ACETAM, en partenariat avec la LPO, Nature Nièvre, la coordination national LPO-ONF, via une balise GPS financée par le Parc national de forêts.
L’ensemble des éléments indiquent que Fangorn est mort électrocuté, par collision avec le pylône électrique : sa configuration en embranchement de 2 lignes 3 fils moyenne tension en fait une zone très risquée. Il connaissait parfaitement ce secteur qu'il fréquentait depuis 2 ans minimum, et sur lequel il a niché l'année précédente.
Fangorn a été vu sur les pièges photos pour la dernière fois le 2 août, et sa balise a pointé le 5 août aux alentours de 17h30 à proximité de La Chaume. Sa mort datait de plusieurs jours, au vu des restes retrouvés.

Black stork | Disappearance of Fangorn
We received some very sad news earlier this week. On Monday 12 August, the remains of a Black Stork were found at the foot of an electricity pylon in the commune of Recey-sur-Ource. The GPS tag found identified the Black Stork Fangorn, which had been tracked since 2022 by the National Park and its partners.
Following the report, the sector's warden immediately went to the Creuse farm, where the body was found. The day before, at the foot of an electricity pylon, the farmer had found the remains of a Black Stork while mowing his field, including legs and rings. A few feathers and a GPS tag with a number on it were used to identify Fangorn. Fangorn had been monitored for two years as part of personal ringing programme number 320 filed with the Centre de recherches sur la biologie des populations d'oiseaux (CRBPO) by ACETAM, in partnership with the LPO, Nature Nièvre and the LPO-ONF national coordination body, using a GPS tag funded by the Parc national de forêts.
All the evidence suggests that Fangorn was electrocuted when he collided with the electricity pylon: its configuration as a junction of 2 medium-voltage 3-wire lines makes it a very risky area. He was very familiar with this area, which he had been visiting for at least 2 years and where he had nested the previous year.

photos:




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see also e.g. https://www.bienpublic.com/societe/2024 ... Tjlo-oPyBg

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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... embed_post
13.04.2024

After spending six months in West Africa, the black stork Fangorn has returned safely from its winter quarters. Departing from Guinea, the bird, which has taken up residence in the Côte-d'Or territory of the Parc national de forêts, will have flown 4,500 kilometers to reach the two continents. 🪹 Today, it's already time for it to get busy on its nest!

( Olivier Pellerin)

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BLACK STORK CALENDAR 2025
https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 688#p40688