Ogre Municipality (Vidzeme Region)

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Ogre Municipality (Vidzeme Region) in PREPARATION
General info + main events

Melnais stārķis (Ciconia nigra) Ogres novadā - LDF tiešraide

documenting the life on streamed black stork nest of male named Ogris and female named Urga in Ogre Municipality (Vidzeme Region)

the video transmission from the nest is streaming in Youtube:
[media]https://www.youtube.com/live/LFsKtqErCXs[/media]
(If disturbances in the stream happen, then the broadcast is restarted, working on a new link. You can always look up the new link from the Latvian Fund for Nature YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LatvijasDabasfondsOnline)

SEASON 2025
no nesting in season 2025

streaming started:
(2025: 20.03)

- 13.03.2026 (at midnight)

ARRIVALs
(2025: male 17.04, female: 22.05)

- male:
- female:

EGGS- laying

- FIRST egg: on at


CHICKS - hatching

- FIRST chick: on at

RINGING

- on

FLEDGING

- XY on at

LEAVING THE NEST

chicks
- XY on at

adults
- female: on at
- male: on at

OTHER MAJOR EVENTS

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this nest in LATVIAN FORUM https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4403
and (private) FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1043673269692018

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Short history of previous seasons

NEST HISTORY

Season 2025 viewtopic.php?f=165&t=278
- no nesting (female arrived on 22.05)

Season 2024 viewtopic.php?f=127&t=196
- 5 eggs, 4 chick hatched, 4 chick fledged (exceptional female)

Season 2023 viewforum.php?f=77
- no nesting (female arrived to the nest on 24.06 and stayed with male on this nest)

According to the information available to Māris Strazd, the nesting area of black storks has been known here since at least 2003, however, this nest was only found in January 2021.
The nest could have been built in 2010 after the previous nest was abandoned.
- In 2021, there were no chicks,
- in 2022, three young birds were successfully hatched. In the previous nest in this area, one of the old birds was ringed, while in this nest in 2022, both nesting old birds were ringless.

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Location & residents

LOCATION

Latvijas Dabas fonds (YT chat, translated):
The nest is located in Vidzeme. A more specific location is not planned to be disclosed. Most of the components of the system are from the nest of the Sigulda black stork. The nest is in an oak tree.

LATVIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia
Vidzeme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidzeme
OGRE MUNICIPALITY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre_Municipality

Vidzeme is one of the Historical Latvian Lands
- the name is derivated from the Old Latvian orthography: Widda-semme, resp. Latvian words "vidus" (middle) and "zeme" (earth, land)

info in dabasdati forum - the nest is located in Ogre Municipality

Location of Ogre district in Latvia 2021 - better view

By Karte: NordNordWest, Lizenz: Creative Commons by-sa-3.0 de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.p ... =107455064

Latvia - topographic map

http://www.vidiani.com/maps/maps_of_eur ... latvia.jpg

Map of Ogre Municipality in Latvia. The borders of municipalities as of 1 July 2021

By Karte: NordNordWest, Lizenz: Creative Commons by-sa-3.0 de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.p ... =107455064

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information in Latvian
https://jauns.lv/raksts/maja-un-darzs/5 ... tner-sites

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VIDEOS from this nest Season 2026

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March 13
Hello everyone

streaming strated (midnight 12./13.03)
https://www.youtube.com/live/LFsKtqErCXs

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March 16

Hello everyone
A nuthatch (Sitta europaea) visited the nest today.

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March 19

Hello everyone

Today the sun was still shining beautifully, but around 7 p.m. it started to rain.




https://www.accuweather.com/en/lv/ogre/ ... ngs/224912

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March 20

Hello everyone

Nuthatches (Sitta europaea) like Ogris' nest.

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April 02

Hello everyone

What a surprise!



Video by Trīne - thank you very much!

Since I lost all the screenshots and GIFs from yesterday - a little explanation.
A silent arrival probably means female.
BS has a injury on her bow and a distinctive dark spot under the right wing.

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Black storks return to Latvia earlier than usual

https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/envi ... l.a637761/

Black storks return to Latvia earlier than usual

https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/envi ... l.a637761/


March 6, 15:04
Environment
Authors: LSM English (Latvian Public Media)

Black storks (Ciconia nigra) have returned to Latvia earlier than in previous years, according to information on the website "Dabasdati.lv," where nature observers record their observations.
The first black stork was spotted in Skrunda municipality on March 5.
Until now, the earliest sighting of a black stork in Latvia was recorded on March 9.
According to information on the website "putni.lv," black storks winter in northeastern and eastern Africa. These birds used to be fairly common nesters in Latvia, but their numbers have declined significantly.
Between 2013 and 2017, 94–140 pairs nested. The black stork is a critically endangered species that is listed in the Latvian Red Book.