White Stork Courtship; Bill Clattering Behaviour | White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

White Stork bill clattering courtship behaviour at Knepp Estate rewilding project, a release site for the White Stork, Ciconia ciconia, project. Watch as the this pair are reunited at the nest and perform this pair-bonding bill clattering behaviour White Stork courtship dance. White Storks have been reintroduced to several sites in southern England including the Knepp Estate in West Sussex. I watched this White Stork nest as the female incubated the eggs alone with the male soaring in the skies. Eventually the male stork parachuted down towards the nest and when the pair of White Storks were together again they performed this bill clattering dance together.

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