Black Stork Nest Live Cam

An Authentic Black Stork Nest

This feed shows a genuine black stork nest built atop a branching, biocenotic Scots pine roughly 150 years old. The platform of interwoven sticks has been occupied for several seasons, the birds having chosen this veteran tree themselves after their previous nest collapsed nearby.

The Forest Setting

The nest sits within the Wolsztyn Forest District in the lake-strewn lowlands of western Poland. The backdrop is a working pine woodland, its straight reddish trunks marching into the distance — a classic Central European boreal-edge habitat that black storks favour for their seclusion.

A Rare and Secretive Bird

Unlike its familiar white cousin, the black stork is famously shy and nests far from people. Watching this unmanipulated live transmission is a rare chance to observe nest visits, preening, and — in successful years — the rearing of young, all without disturbing the birds.

Conservation in Action

The camera is a collaboration between the Committee for the Protection of Eagles (KOO) and the Wolsztyn forestry service, part of a long-running effort to document and protect the region's birds of prey and rare nesting species.