Black stork

Due to human-induced factors including collisions with electricity poles and becoming prey for people with guns, storks' migration trips are disrupted throughout the migration period in August and September.

Recently in Istanbul's Arnavutköy, a migrating stork was shot with a gun by an unidentified person.

A black stork, whose migration route has been followed since 2016 with a satellite transmitter attached to it, entered Turkey from the eastern province of Hatay 10 days ago.

The stork, which reached Romania via Bulgaria, travels form 15,000 kilometers every year between Africa and Europe.

The storks, which are the subject of many stories, songs, poems and proverbs in Turkish culture, create colorful images during their migration to the Göller Yöresi (the region of lakes).