Switzerland’s stork population growing again

The white stork population in Switzerland has been growing again for 25 years. After these migratory birds were considered extinct in Switzerland, 1,300 pairs are now breeding. The organisation Storch Schweiz attributes this resurgence to a change in their migratory behaviour. In the 1950s, the white stork was considered extinct in Switzerland. The number of breeding pairs of white storks in Switzerland has increased from 175 in 2000 to 1,310 in 2026. This trend is comparable to that in…