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White Stork Project Releases First Knepp Bird After 600-Year Gap
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- The White Stork Project released a three-month-old white stork at Knepp, a former dairy farm in West Sussex.
- The bird prepared for its first flight after a generous morning feed.
- Birdwatchers in stork-themed shirts watched the launch from several hundred feet away.
- Conservationists say the project restores a species extinct in Britain for 600 years.
- Skeptical naturalists argue the storks never historically inhabited Britain, calling the introduction misguided.