Owl & kestrel box FiPL grant application deadline

Anna Field is putting together an application under the Farming in Protected Landscapes grant fund (see https://www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk/looking-after/farming-in-protected-landscapes/) for Barn Owl, Little Owl and Kestrel boxes to install on farms in the North Cotswolds. She is particularly interested in getting external boxes up close to natural sites in ash trees which are likely to be lost to ash dieback in the near future, but is also happy to include internal barn owl and little owl boxes if you have suitable barns/outbuildings.

If this is something you are interested in, please can you reply to fieldanna@hotmail.co.uk with the following information/confirmations:

• How many of each of the following boxes you'd like (please note they may need to limit box numbers per farm/estate if interest is high):

1. Barn Owl internal (needs suitable barn/outbuilding, ideally which is already used by Barn Owls - pellets present etc.) 

2. Barn Owl external (needs large hedgerow tree, away from existing…