A three-year project to protect birds of prey in Sheffield has been launched.

The Owlthorpe Fields Conservation Group will focus on monitoring and supporting populations of diurnal raptors, such as Common Buzzard and Common Kestrel, and owls in the city’s S20 area.

The project is supported by a £101,990 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and an additional £1,000 from Sheffield City Council. It will end with a detailed report for the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and the city council’s ecology unit.