Monthly Archives: November 2014

Rawcliffe Meadows Work Party Dates January – April 2015

Month Sunday Task/Location All from 10:30 – 13:00   January 2015 25th Cut  50% of Common Reed (Phragmites) from fenced-off large scrape in Reservoir Basin. Tie in bundles and use as invertebrate habitat hedge February 2015 15th Further coppicing and … Continue reading

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The Next Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows Work Party is on Sunday 7th December 2014 from 10:30 by the Cornfield Reserve

The next Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows Work Party is on Sunday 7th December 2014 from 10:30 until 13:00 by the Cornfield Reserve (northern end of site, by the hard standing at the end of the allotments track where the gate … Continue reading

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Report on the Work Party at Rawcliffe Meadows Sunday 16th November 2014

As the grey sky cleared and a little sun broke through the Friends gathered on the Meadows to plant tansy by the Blue Beck outlet and cowslips in the Copse Meadow. Thus far this autumn it probably makes 110 tansy … Continue reading

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Sightings wanted

Are you an ornithologist, lepidopterist, arachnologist, entomologist, botanist, mycologist or just a plain old nature lover who makes notes of what they see? It’s nearing the year-end and as usual when we compile the annual report we like to have … Continue reading

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The Next Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows Work Party is on Sunday 16th November 2014 from 10:30 by Blue Beck

The next Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows Work Party is on Sunday 16th November 2014 from 10:30 until 13:00 by Blue Beck (northern end of site, where Blue Beck comes under the Barrier Bank and leads into the Ings Dyke – … Continue reading

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