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Researcher and practioner in matters relating to egovernment, government ICT and their approach to the citizen.

Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows Annual Report 2019 – The Final One

Posted on 3 January, 2020 by greatemancipator

As the Environment Agency are planning on starting work on the Barrier Bank in 2020 which is likely to destroy much of the past 29 years hard work we are issuing a final report that is a brief summary of … Continue reading →

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Rawcliffe Meadows Work Party Report 15th December 2019

Posted on 15 December, 2019 by greatemancipator

The weather forecast appears to have been wrong again as three of us (Mick, Pete and Masha) spent a pleasant couple of hours tidying up the Copse at the north of the site with a break for mince pies and … Continue reading →

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Rawcliffe Meadows Work Party 17th November 2019

Posted on 18 November, 2019 by greatemancipator

Despite the dark cloud of the Environment Agency’s planned upheaval and the forecast rain we managed a splendid seven volunteers to help with our annual spruce up of the Water Vole Scrape (now also home to Great Crested Newts, Greater … Continue reading →

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Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows – Policy Statement, October 2019

Posted on 17 October, 2019 by greatemancipator

  Those Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows present at a meeting in November 2018 agreed that “we do not wish to be involved in any mitigation where we consider the proposals inadequate, inappropriate or under-funded.” As the approved planning application stands … Continue reading →

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Rawcliffe Meadows Work Party 13th October 2019 – Tree Sparrow Nest Boxes

Posted on 13 October, 2019 by greatemancipator

An outcome from the Rawcliffe Meadows Breeding Bird Survey of 2015 had been to place some Tree Sparrow nest boxes on the eastern bank of the Reservoir Basin (just below the allotments) as there was identified to be a paucity … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Rawcliffe Meadows – update Friday 13th September

Posted on 13 September, 2019 by greatemancipator

The planning committee meeting to decide upon the EA application occurred last night (12th September 2019) and is available to watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vh5Y8-u3Ws&feature=youtu.be (after 10 minutes). It ended up taking until almost 19:30 to get a decision as around half the committee … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Rawcliffe Meadows

Posted on 4 September, 2019 by greatemancipator

Officers recommend approval of the Environment Agency’s plans. https://democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=132&MId=11246 Planning Committee 12th September 2019 4:30 pm “The role of the Friends of Rawcliffe in managing the area will be in jeopardy and their funding will be lost; however this cannot … Continue reading →

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The Ups and Downs of Tansy Beetle Numbers at Rawcliffe Meadows (Revised August 2021)

Posted on 28 August, 2019 by greatemancipator

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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Rawcliffe Meadows Work Party Report 11th August 2019

Posted on 11 August, 2019 by greatemancipator

We’d ignored the Bee Bank for a few months but now was time to cut back encroaching vegetation. Fortunately for Mick the three people who had said they couldn’t make it did and so he wasn’t on his own. Whilst … Continue reading →

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Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows – What may the Future Hold?

Posted on 9 August, 2019 by greatemancipator

York Natural Environment Trust (YNET) took over the management of what is now Rawcliffe Meadows at the request of the then National Rivers Authority (NRA) in 1990, so almost 3 decades of work have gone into transforming the once poached … Continue reading →

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