White Stork Project By Laura Vaughan-Hirsch

White Stork Project Storrington District Museum May 2026 aafc10d96e7b803dd4cd9dd84943799b scaled

Event Details

Event Date:

05-05-2026

Start time: 19:30

End time: 20:30

Event Short Description

Laura is involved in wildlife conservation, and will give an overview of her work at Knepp Estate.

Event Information

Thanks to the remarkable achievements of the Knepp Wildland Foundation’s ‘White Stork Project’, Storrington has become the UK’s representative as it’s ‘European Stork Village’; together with Knepp the only area in the UK to be represented within the now 16 country strong European Stork Community.
Storrington has long had an association with storks; its old English name of Storca-tun or Estorchetone meaning ‘Stork’s Town’ or ‘Homestead of the Storks’.
With the area also being ideally situated close to the wetlands of Amberley Wildbrooks and Pulborough Brooks, storks have all they need to feed, nest and rear their young.
Since their reintroduction to the renowned rewilding site at Knepp in 2016, by 2024 forty birds were nesting at Knepp and enjoying migratory journeys through Europe and as far as Africa and back, with stopping points enroute.
Laura Vaughan-Hirsch is the Project Manager of the White Stork Project at the Knepp Estate.

Admission Details

Adult: £8 Non-Members

Child:

Child Age Limit:

Concession Details: £6 Members

Organiser Details

Name: Storrington Museum

Telephone: 01903 740188

Email: storringtonmuseum@hotmail.com

Website: https://storringtonmuseum.com

Venue Details

Address: Storrington Museum, Storrington, West Sussex, RH20 4LL

Telephone: 01903 740188

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