Storrington in West Sussex named UK’s first European stork village

Storks went extinct in the UK in the early 15th century, but are now making a comeback on rewilded land. Photograph: Knepp estate

The Saxons knew the West Sussex village of Storrington as Estorchestone, the “abode of the storks”.

But the graceful white birds disappeared from its skies more than 600 years ago, when they became extinct in Britain.