News archive - 2004

Kestrels nesting on Laing Road

BBC Director Chris Cole with a kestrel chick found nesting in a box between Banbury and Warwick.

Specially located kestrel nesting boxes are managed on behalf of the Highways Agency by Laing Roads project company, UK Highways, as part of an initiative to protect and promote wildlife populations alongside roads it operates. The project is one of many to be featured in the ‘Modern Times’ edition of the major BBC TV series, ‘British Isles: A Natural History’ to be screened on Wednesday November 10 at 9pm on BBC 1.