Monthly Archives: May 2017

Report on the Rawcliffe Meadows Work Party 25th May 2017

Posted on 26 May, 2017 by greatemancipator

Thanks to Judi for coordinating this management of competing vegetation by the Pond and along Ings Dyke. Masha took some excellent evening photographs of the Meadows, Tansy Beetles and some of the volunteers having a well-earned break. Our next planned … Continue reading →

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Report on the Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows Work Party 18th May 2017 at New Meadow

Posted on 19 May, 2017 by greatemancipator

Apologies to anyone who went to the Pond last night, for some reason I was at the New Meadow but Pete and Masha, along with new volunteers Ruben and Mitchell managed to find me, and we got on top of … Continue reading →

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Tool theft from the Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows April 30 2017

Posted on 11 May, 2017 by greatemancipator

As well as stealing a substantial number of tools from the Clifton Without and Rawcliffe Allotments Association, the thieves involved in this also stole tools from the Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows (FoRM), including a Stihl FS 250 scrub cutter serial … Continue reading →

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Deep Meadows and Transparent Floods – The Story of the Ouse Ings

Posted on 11 May, 2017 by greatemancipator

There is something almost magical about floodplain meadows, whether it is the evocative bubbling of a Curlew high in the sky and often out of sight, jewels such as York’s own Tansy Beetle, the endangered Necklace Ground-beetle or the stunning … Continue reading →

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