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Premiere in Grafenau: Fire brigade helps ring storks!
On June 8, 2025, national park employee Helmut Hackl ringed young storks in Grafenau for the first time, supported by the fire department.
Premiere in Grafenau: Fire brigade helps ring storks!
On June 8, 2025, an extraordinary nature conservation event took place in Grafenau, in the Freyung-Grafenau district: the ringing of storks. This year, national park employee Helmut Hackl took on responsibility for this important task for the first time, which is of great importance in terms of species protection. As the PNP reports, the residents of Grafenau already have a tradition of dealing with fire brigade operations, and so this year the fire brigade once again provided support with a turntable ladder to make it easier for Hackl to access the stork's nest.
Helmut Hackl is a certified bird ringer and has extensive experience in ringing tawny owls and hawk owls. On site he received important information from the head of the LBV Center for People and Nature, Markus Schmidberger. During the ringing process, plastic rings were placed over the knee joints of the three little storks. A special blanket was used to save the animals stress during the process, as also by my-stuttgart.com reported.
Insight into the ringing
The rings that were placed on the feathered young animals contain valuable information about the ringing location. This data is crucial because the ringed storks will make their first attempts to fly in a few weeks. Those interested have the opportunity to observe these training sessions via a webcam that was installed at the stork's nest.
The ringing is part of the commitment of the State Association for Bird Protection (LBV), Bavaria's oldest nature conservation association, which is actively committed to protecting species and habitats. The association places a particular focus on scientific data and biological diversity to address challenges such as climate change and species loss in the 21st century. In addition to supporting nature and species protection projects, the LBV buys biotope areas and carries out essential educational work in Bavaria.
The overarching goal of the LBV is to motivate people to actively help shape a sustainable future in order to ensure the preservation of nature and its diversity for future generations.