Why it’s time to bring back the great British stork | Patrick Barkham

The last breeding pair of these magnificent birds nested in Edinburgh in 1416. Elsewhere, they are a shining example of how people and animals can peacefully coexistThe most inspiring sight I witnessed during a recent trip to northern Greece was entering small villages and finding white storks in huge nests plonked on telegraph poles and the occasional church tower.The ancient Greeks invented the idea that these magnificent black-and-white birds deliver newborn babies via the story of Gerana and