ENERGO-PRO teams continue to install platforms for securing stork nests

Employees of ENERGO-PRO Grids from Razgrad installed platforms for stork nests in the villages of Mortagonovo, Lipnik and Topchii. Not so long ago, the company's specialists installed such structures in the Ruse region as well. These facilities, on the one hand, protect birds from injuries, and on the other, prevent accidents on the network.

The stork has lived in close proximity to man for centuries, and human activity is a decisive factor in the existence of the species. Changing environmental conditions, both in nesting sites and where it hibernates, are of particular importance for the survival of the White Stork. Providing peace of mind to birds during exhausting migrations, as well as the availability of resting places, play a crucial role in their survival during long migrations.

Bulgaria is the country over which the largest migratory flow of the species passes in the direction to Africa and back. Here the birds of the eastern migratory population gather and form huge flocks, which rest and gather strength in several places along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. White storks nest in areas near ponds.

Nests are built on trees, buildings, power poles, or human-made platforms. To make them, storks use branches and dry grass. This makes the socket easily ignitable upon contact of a branch with the overhead power grid. Spreading their wings, sometimes the birds also rest the wires and cause a short circuit, thereby endangering their lives and causing disturbances in the power supply in the settlement. This makes it necessary to take measures to secure them.

In order not to disturb the nesting period, the installation of these facilities should be carried out before the spring and after the autumn migration of birds. ENERGO-PRO uses this time window optimally and, by placing the stork nests on platforms, on the one hand protects the birds from falling under voltage and preserves their population, and on the other - prevents the occurrence of accidents on the power distribution network and power outages.