Cemex’s Eversley quarry has been supporting Wokingham Town Council, Hurst Parish Council and Berkshire Ornithological Club on the Wokingham Borough Barn Owl Project, aimed to grow the Barn Owl population locally by setting up nest boxes and keeping an eye on numbers over time.
In an article published by Wokingham Borough Council on 8th March it states that since the project began 20 years ago the number of local breeding pairs is estimated to have increased about four times to between 20 and 25 – with 280 chicks fledged over the same period, an average of 14 a year.
The project is being run in partnership with the Barn Owl Conservation Network, Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership. Several dozen boxes have been set up in various locations, including the tops of poles and in trees, in places where there are opportunities for barn owls to hunt small mammals.
The article mentioned Cemex as landowners and thanked the company for supporting the project.
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