Over 40 adults and children came to Barham Village Hall on Valentines Day to make bird boxes. The event, organised by The Kentish Stour Countryside Project, was part of work being done at The New Churchyard at the Church of St John the Baptist to improve the area for wildlife.

Valentines Day is traditionally thought to be the time when birds start nesting, and this year it marks the start of National Nest Box Week.

Children used pre-cut wood, hammers and nails to create the boxes, which they could either take home or leave at the hall to be put up in the churchyard. Nancy Ball who is helping to co-ordinate the churchyard project provided tea and cakes, as well as lemonade and biscuits for the children. Members of the church along with Mary Lovick from the Kentish Stour Countryside Project put some of the boxes up in the Churchyard after they had been made.

Mary said "this event was very successful, the children really enjoyed making the boxes and learning about where to put them and what sort of birds might nest in them. The event was such a success that there were not enough boxes to go around!"