London is being consulted on the potential re -installation of white stork in the capital, to determine if these “amulets” birds can once again thrive in the city.
The royal birds, which disappeared from Britain centuries ago, have seen a revival after revival efforts in Southern England, causing a notable “explosion” to be seen in Greater London.
Protectionists are now finding out whether the metal birds, which are known to flourish in urban environment across Europe, can similarly establish themselves in London.
The Urban Rewinding Organization is making an evaluation to convert the Citizen Zoo London to “White Stork-Freedy City”.
This includes comprehensive housing mapping, which is attached to the capital in the capital to assess their receptivity and conduct public surveys.
Historically, the white cranes were a common view in the British sky, which in the 1400s due to hunting and habitat destroyed, before their disappearance as a reproductive species, built their large nests in roofs, buildings and trees.
Since 2016, in White Stork Project Sussex With the first successful reproduction in 2020, in Kanap and Slaughter Park, can act as a “magnet” for wild birds traveling from the continent – demanding to create new colonies of rehabilitated injured storks.
In four decades before the start of the project, there were only 27 records of white storks in Greater London.
Conservationalists said that between 2016 and 2023, there have been 472 darshans in the capital, increasing the number from year to year.
Civil zoo has worked with communities Bring beats backRe -present Water volces To restore and restore Lakes In the capital, in efforts to bring the residents of the city closer to nature, they provide benefits of goodness and make London more flexible. Climate changeAnd now looking at the white stork.
Starks have extensive ecological benefits for their residence, which produce huge nests that are home and food sources for a array of species from pests to birds.
But this is his ability to inspire people about nature that has been an important part of the re -production efforts in the UK.
Elliot Newton, co-founder and director of revising at the civic zoo, said: “These are actually a talisman, iconic species that actually attract and attract attention.
“You see in the sky and see a white cranes, this is quite clear.”
He said: “We realized in recent years that we have seen an explosion in White Stork Recording in Greater London.
“And if you see in European landscapes, it is a bird that is actually associated with being in urban landscape, on the chimney, on toran, and in urban settings.
“What we want to see is how we can make London a more white stork-friendly environment, and it can hug it to inspire people about the nature we can and should be close to where we live.”
The survey is being led University of brightonRachel White, with two stages, mirrors a national survey, which he operated as part of the White Stork Project in Sussex.
The first phase of the study involves a survey of a representative sample of 1,000 London people, and a second phase is asking residents and frequent visitors to give their views in their place in white stork and the capital.
Dr. White said: “It is really important to monitor the opinion of stakeholders and the attitude towards any reproduction, as it is one of the main reasons that re-production projects fail-they have not received purchases from major stakeholders.
“This is really important, or not only to proceed with projects, because you see the conservation price in it.”
The national survey found that overall people were very positive towards the species, even though they had never seen storks before, although there was a lack of knowledge about cases such as Stork’s diet, and even what they look.
But a “relatively small” number of people – often those who were ecologicalists, protectionists or birds – were not in favor of re -production, massively because it was not a danger species and thought that it should not be a priority for action, he said.
The London Survey political and public enthusiasts have a civil zoos and habitat availability of habitat, and potential next stages such as a release or even a release similar to Sussex.
However, Mr. Newton said that “there is a great tendency to surprise us in nature”, the possibility that storks can install themselves in their own capital.
To participate in the survey, people can travel: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/brighton/thoughs- on-london- storks