Overview

• Saxony documented a record 471 white stork breeding pairs in 2024, the highest number since monitoring began in 1950.
• New nests have been established in Kleinradmeritz and Reinhardtsgrimma, with Kleinradmeritz seeing its first nesting stork pair since 2008.
• Conservationists repaired or constructed 15 stork nests in the Görlitz and Bautzen districts, enhancing breeding opportunities across the region.
• Glaubitz implemented a ban on private fireworks outside the New Year period to protect wildlife, including storks, during the breeding season.
• Camera monitoring in Mittelherwigsdorf and Glaubitz reveals stork pairs incubating four to five eggs, with hatchings anticipated in early June.