Kent prisoners ‘step up’ and make homes for tree sparrows
Inmates from HM Prison, Rochester, stepped up for nature by building 50 new tree sparrow nest boxes as part of a project to save some of the last populations of tree sparrows in South East England.Glen Routledge, Gardens Parties Supervisor from HMP Rochester said, “ We have taken the job on to give the offenders a purposeful activity and to enable them to put something back into society as a part of our Bio-Diversity programme within the establishment. Offenders also gained valuable experience in producing these boxes and many have shown a keen interest in the plight of the tree sparrows for which the boxes are intended. They are looking forward to the next project and working closely with the RSPB in the future.“
Craig Edwards, assistant warden at RSPB Dungeness said, “We are going to establish five winter feeding stations and erect 10 of the new boxes at each of the sites on the Marsh this winter, which will be monitored by a group of trained volunteers to assess how many birds are using them, and how many choose the boxes as a new home next spring.”
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