Pärnu county (Kergu + Kerli) / Must-toonekurg 3

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Pärnu county (Kergu + Kerli) - in PREPARATION

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General info + main events


streaming started on 14.04.2026 at

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Short history of previous seasons

Season 2025 viewtopic.php?f=156&t=274
three chicks sucesfully fledge, unfortunately Tootsi and Vihm died in the autumn; Iksi is wintering in Greece - still there viewtopic.php?f=190&t=351

Season 2024 viewtopic.php?p=26392#p26392
to the end of the season one young female named Kerli visited the nest repeatedly, hopefully they will be a successfully new pair in the next season

Season 2023 viewtopic.php?p=12634#p12634
Kergu stayed alone. The nest was visited from time to time by Nurme (stork with a transmitter) and the camera also recorded other black storks on the nest and in its close vicinity (also a pair of storks)

Season 2022 (no streaming)
3 chicks were successfully raised in the nest. They were in good condition (on 7th July all weighed over 3 kg) and all fledged. The chicks were ringed, but didn't receive any transmitters.
Nest was found in late breeding season with three chicks in nest, these were ringed. The male Kergu has been caught in late July, when chicks in nest almost fledged. But Kergu visited nest also after installing a tracker on his back. Kergu left for migration in Aug 12th.

Kergu's chicks in 2022 (photo Urmas Sellis - sahred by our Madli) https://i.ibb.co/1MhJzBr/Kergu-pojad-2022.jpg

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Location & residents

The Black Stork nest camera is situated in Pärnu county in SW Estonia. We have known about this nest only since 2022, but breeding territory since the 1990s.

Estonia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia
Pärnu county: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A4rnu_County
Kergu Nature Reserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kergu_Nature_Reserve

On 10.06.2025 the Sopi-Tootsi Green Energy Area was officially opened in Põhja-Pärnumaa, on the site of a former peat field in Tootsi in the vicinity the nest. Kerli often searched for food in this area in season 2025.

Now there is prepared the the Rail Baltica railway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Baltica
Rail Baltica construction updates: April 2026 https://youtu.be/mvnkzeje-94?si=kfjETmBO-YQzQNr1

newest view on the area
(reels):
- https://www.facebook.com/61571617121489 ... 800657817/
- https://www.facebook.com/mtu.looduse.in ... 521880020/

video

uploaded on 17.10.-2025 by Kalle Ojaste

NEST

the newest photo (22.03.2026)


RESIDENTS

MALE KERGU himself was ringed as a chick in 2011 by Raivo Endrekson about 8-9 km away from the current nest location. He was caught and fitted with a transmitter in 2022. This was somewhat a special event because no previously ringed adult had been caught yet.

Kergu Nature Reserve: The area of the nature reserve is 437 ha.The protected area was founded in 2007 to protect valuable habitat types and threatened species in Metsaküla and Sohlu village (both in former Kaisma Parish) and in Viluvere village (Vändra Parish). (wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kergu_Nature_Reserve)

FEMALE KERLI
birdmap description (2024): A young female Black Stork, which was caught in Pärnumaa County, as part of the Black Stork survey of the Tootsi-Sop wind farm. Survey was ordered by Enefit Green company.

our Madli (the godmother):Kerli is a nice Estonian woman's name. The name Kerli means "light" or "gentle." It is a shortened form of name from the name Kertu, which in turn comes from the name Gertrud, which means "protection" or "strongness." Kerli is a lovely and elegant name associated with being gentle and light. https://www.name-days.com/now/name/et_ee/ee/kerli This name matches perfectly with our Kerli's personality and it matches nicely with Kergu.

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VIDEOS of the season 2026

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March 03
Hello everyone

"The plan is to continue with the Kergu camera this year, but first we need to replace the chewed-through cables."

[Pavel kunetek]

Ahojuz aby byli zase v poradku na hnizde a v poradku vyvedli mlade!drzim palce

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March 22
Hello everyone

"Kergu TV soon"

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The live‑cam nest had sunk a little and needed fixing. The camera angle was also raised slightly to get a better view of what’s happening on the branches next to the nest.

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The first Black Stork was seen on its own nest in Estonia this year.