Strandja mountains Bulgaria April 26th 2014: Over 500,000 White Storks make the long-distance migrant flight from their wintering grounds in Kenya, Uganda and south of the Cape Province of South Africa, to Eastern Europe annually to breed, with over 5,956 breeding pairs stopping off in Bulgaria. Traveling along the Black Sea migration route ('Via Pontica') many Storksdo not reach their summer nest which have been known to grow to over 2 m in diameter and about 3 m in depth. Credit: Clifford Norton/Alamy Live News
Strandja mountains Bulgaria April 26th 2014: Over 500,000 White Storks make the long-distance migrant flight from their wintering grounds in Kenya, Uganda and south of the Cape Province of South Africa, to Eastern Europe annually to breed, with over 5,956 breeding pairs stopping off in Bulgaria. Traveling along the Black Sea migration route ('Via Pontica') many Storksdo not reach their summer nest which have been known to grow to over 2 m in diameter and about 3 m in depth. White Stork a symbol in Bulgarian folklore, to many Bulgarians the more nesting pairs in a village mean wealth and happiness. ©Clifford Norton/Alamy
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