Adopt-A-Box Scheme

This scheme gives people the opportunity to sponsor nestboxes and bat boxes on the reserve and the adjacent training area. It has been set up to help us raise vital funds for our conservation efforts. By sponsoring one of the many boxes at Foxglove Covert you can be sure that your sponsorship money will be well spent.

The volunteers at the reserve build, site and monitor over 200 nestboxes and over 50 bat boxes around Foxglove Covert. We visit the nestboxes in the spring and record details of each brood of chicks we find. We also take the opportunity to ring the young birds and any of the adults which we are able to capture.

We monitor our bat boxes in late summer as these are used only for roosting, rather than for nesting. Here we look for evidence of occupation.

We have divided the boxes up into three different types as follows:

Standard box, typically suitable for birds like Tits which cost £6 per year

Special box, typically suitable for more unusual birds like Kestrels, Owls & Dippers which cost £11 per year

Bat boxes are all the same as our Standard boxes and cost £6 per year

Here is a video of nesting Blue Tits from 2011.

Our Committment

On joining the Adopt-A-Box scheme, you will receive a certificate with a picture of your box and a map marking its location. If you adopt a bird box, we will contact you at the end of the breeding season and let you know which species, if any, has occupied it.

We will also tell you the number of young birds found and their ring numbers. Bats don’t use their boxes for breeding, but they do roost in them, so if you adopt a bat box we’ll give you a report on any activity in your box.

You can either allow us to select a box for you or, if you prefer, visit Foxglove Covert and choose the one you’d like from the map on display in the Field Centre. Just look for the ones not marked ‘sold’ and put the reference number on the application form. And, of course, you’re welcome to visit your box at any time – although you should take care not to get too close during breeding season.

Box Details:

• Download the bird and bat box list spreadsheet (excel spreadsheet)
• Download the bird box location map (pdf)
• Download the bat box location map (pdf)

Your Sponsorship

Your year’s sponsorship will cover one breeding season in full (one roosting season for bat boxes). Apply before 1st June and your sponsorship will expire on 31st December of that year. Apply after 1st June and your sponsorship will expire on 31st December of the following year. Once your sponsorship expires we’ll contact you to offer the opportunity to renew with the same box or choose a different one. You can also sponsor additional boxes at any time you choose.

How to Adopt-A-Box

To adopt a box, please fill in the online form below and pay using PayPal. PayPal is a secure way of sending money online. You do not need a PayPal account to use it, just your credit or debit card. If you prefer not to sign-up online please contact us on 01748 831113 or 07754 270980 for an application form or pick one up from the Field Centre.

If you want to give a box as a gift to someone, please complete the application form in the name of the person to whom you are giving the gift. We will include a small card with the certificate if you let us know what greeting you would like to send.

Adopt-A-Box (Step 1 of 2)

*Name:

*Email:

Help Foxglove save on postage costs and paper by receiving your box details by email

*Telephone:

*Address:

Please include your postal code

*Choose the type of Box you want to adopt:
1 Year   | Standard Box (Suitable for birds like Tits) £6 2 Years | Standard Box (Suitable for birds like Tits) £12 3 Years | Standard Box (Suitable for birds like Tits) £18 4 Years | Standard Box (Suitable for birds like Tits) £24 5 Years | Standard Box (Suitable for birds like Tits) £30 1 Year   | Special Box (Suitable for more unusual birds) - £11 2 Years | Special Box (Suitable for more unusual birds) - £22 3 Years | Special Box (Suitable for more unusual birds) - £33 4 Years | Special Box (Suitable for more unusual birds) - £44 5 Years | Special Box (Suitable for more unusual birds) - £55 1 Year   | Bat Box - £6 2 Years | Bat Box - £12 3 Years | Bat Box - £18 4 Years | Bat Box - £24 5 Years | Bat Box - £30 Preferred Box Number:

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Foxglove Covert LNR
Wathgill
Downholme
Richmond
North Yorkshire, DL11 6AH