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A beautiful white stork was spotted recently flying over the English county of Cheshire, and not only would no one alive today be able to remember the last time that happened, but none of their grandparents would either; neither would any of their grandparents, and probably none of theirs.
White storks have been extinct in England for 600 years—since the time Martin Luther nailed his document of reforms on the Church wall—but they’ve been back and breeding for several years thanks to efforts to reintroduce them from other populations.
The Warsaw Zoo donated birds to the White Stork Project of southern England. They had been rescued following accidents on roads or with powerlines.
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Stork That Went Extinct in the UK 600 Years Ago is Spotted in the English Skies: ‘It was a great sign’
The Warsaw Zoo donated birds to the White Stork Project of southern England. They had been rescued following accidents on roads or powerlines.
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