The white stork is a very tireless bird of passage.

“Ostzieher” like the storks of the “Niederlausitz” are flying to:
Balkans - Bosporus - Turkey - Israel - Sinai peninsula and along the river Nile to South Africa.

” Westzieher” from the western North Germany are flying to:
France - Spain - Gibraltar - North and West Africa

The circulation boundary of the west- and east population of the storks in Germany is around the course of the river Elbe. Basic Food: The white stork is on top of the “Food Pyramid”. He itselfhas no direct enemies in his breeding home. Weakened storks are victims of smaller predators like foxes and martens. The food itself consistsconsists of earthworms, insects, small rodent and mammals in rat size (mainly mice), amphibians (frogs and salamanders), reptiles (snakes and lizards) and fishes.