Redundant power poles get role helping bird life

The poles are now home to nesting boxes

Poles that once carried electricity across West Sussex are being given a new lease of life helping wildlife.

They have been repurposed as nesting sites for barn owls and swifts on the Bersted Brooks nature reserve near Bognor Regis.

Each pole has been fitted with a nesting box.

They had been part of the Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks system, with much of the cabling now underground.

Amanda Worne, chairwoman of Arun District Council's environment committee, said: "We're proud to support projects that not only improve infrastructure, but also enhance our local environment.

"Repurposing these poles to support birdlife is a brilliant example of how we can work together to protect and promote biodiversity in Arun.

"I'm really looking forward to hopefully seeing the boxes being used by birds in the spring."