A group of volunteers from St Augustine's, Kirkby in Cleveland were inspired by the Diocesan Caring for Creation initiative, and indeed by the hoots of a local Barn Owl, to provide a home for the owl or perhaps one of its relatives in the churchyard.
With the support of the Vicar and PCC, they arranged the construction of a Barn Owl Box in the hope that someone suitable might go to nest in it.
A Methodist Family from the village obtained the specification for a Barn Owl Box (it is different from a standard owl box) and made it using wood kindly supplied by a local builders' merchants. The box was dedicated in a special service on January 23rd by Green Ambassador for the Diocese of York the Revd Jan Nobel and is to be put up by a tree surgeon who operates within the village.