Stories to grow with.
Little beginnings. Wild journeys. Notes on a world worth growing up in. Welcome to the Adopt A Stork journal.

A stork's beak.
The long red bill, built for grabbing, not tearing.

The stork villages.
The European towns where storks are neighbours, not visitors.

Balou's big day.
The afternoon one stork left the nest and took to the thermals.

Riding thermals.
How storks climb the air without a single flap of their wings.

Binoculars and a first bird.
Starting a birdwatching life with a single stork sighting.

Where do storks go in winter?
The warm southern lands that host the storks we miss each winter.

Stork feet and long legs.
The wading legs that let a stork stand in water all day.

Wetlands, and why they matter.
The soggy, unglamorous landscapes storks and babies both depend on.