Monthly Archives: September 2016

Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows Work Parties October 2016 to January 2017

Month Sun Thurs Task October 2016 16 Rake and seed bare patches on Cornfield grassland. November 2016 6 Clear dead tree limbs to north of New Meadow and dead hedge Tansy Beetle enclosure to keep cattle out December 2016 4 … Continue reading

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The Ups and Downs of Tansy Beetle Numbers at Rawcliffe Meadows (Revised September 2016)

The Pond at Rawcliffe Meadows was excavated in May 1991, and the mounds and funnel that surround it were created from the spoil. Although Tansy Beetles had been seen along the Ings Dyke, that runs between Rawcliffe Meadows and Clifton … Continue reading

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