Super brood year for white storks: Gelnhausen and the surrounding area in luck!

In 2024, a total of five stork couples brooded in a tree near Gelnhausen-Meerholz. Despite a bad start to the stork breeding season due to winter storms, the old nests destroyed, the season developed into a "super brood year". According to hanauer.de were registered in the main-kinzig-Kreis, the 348 fledge boy was raised. However, the growth of the storks weakened compared to previous years, which is due to a weak reproduction year 2022.

The white storks usually become sexually mature at two years. Last season, 29 Bruten was unsuccessful, while 22 couples could raise a young man and 32 couples could raise two fledged young. In addition, 49 three and 25 four broods were counted; Three pairs even drew five young tall. The average breeding success was 2.18 boys per breeding pair, which is above the required reproductive value of 1.8 boys. The breeding spread in the circle remained unchanged, but the number of tree breeders increased in the density centers.

breeding facilities and promotion of young storks

In 23 of the 29 district municipalities, storch broods were found, with Gelnhausen with 29 breeding pairs the highest numbers, followed by Rodenbach (20) and Nidderau (19). In Gelnhausen-Meerholz, ten pairs of stork brood, five of which navigated on the same tree. Some broods on this tree were destroyed by a storm in the egg stadium. A mounted couple moved to a stork mast near Geiselbach and was able to successfully open two young. In Nidderau-Eichen, 61 young storks made of 26 broods from species protectors Peter fed, with the rating showed that the breeding tapes came from five European countries. A 23-year-old Dutchman has raised 66 young people in 21 breeding periods in Nidderau-Eichen since 2003 and keeps the reproductive record in a circle.

In addition to the breeding elections of 2024, stoerche-wabern.bplaced.net about the settlement of storks and the ideal living conditions for their brood. In order to ensure a higher breeding success, breed white storks preferably near other storks because they are colonia breeders. The available habitat is often considered unsuitable, which is why artificial nesting aids with a minimum distance of 3 km to each other should be built. Furthermore, demands on the location of artificers such as the proximity to wetlands and sufficient grassland are necessary to create suitable living conditions.