Every year 41 thousand stork couples, out of 160 thousand living all over the world, come to Poland. Thus, every fourth stork is Polish! Most of them live by rivers and lakes in Warmia, Mazury Lake District and Podlasie - east of the country. This year’s record goes to Zywkowo village in Mazury Lake District, where 45 couples decided to set for summer and autumn. Since the village was open to tourists in 1999, the place has been visited by about 2 thousand people from all over the world.

The majority of so called "stork villages", i.e. villages with more then 10 stork nests, may be found in north-east Poland. In southern Podlasie there are over 1300 stork nests. In Lwowiec, near Ketrzyn, there are 40 nests. In Lejdy near Bartoszyce there are 8 nests on just one farm, half of them on the same barn. There may even be found villages with more storks than people!

Klopot, 60 km from Zielona Gora, is yet another stork village. Ornithologists question themselves why storks have chosen this little village as their habitat. Visitors to Klopot may check on the White Stork Museum - the only such place in Poland and one of a few in Europe.