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Water Vole habitat doubles!

Earlier in the year we reported that Water Voles have colonised one of the Flood Basin ponds. This threatened mammal needs richly-vegetated wetlands, preferably with earth banks in which to burrow. Although there were signs of feeding activity in neighbouring … Continue reading

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New Interpretation Boards on Rawcliffe Meadows

Thanks to funding from Yorkshire Water, assisted by their contractor MMB, we have installed two new interpretation boards on Rawcliffe Meadows – on at the northern end, another at the southern end within the Pond compound. The boards give some … Continue reading

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Yorkshire Water Press Release Regarding Rawcliffe Meadows 9th October 2013

Yorkshire Water have issued a press release around their and Mott McDonald Bentley’s work in the area entitled Habitat Boost for Rawcliffe Meadows. Unfortunately, as well as misspelling our spokesperson’s surname there is an error of detail. Rawcliffe Meadows is … Continue reading

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Shipton Road access to Rawcliffe Meadows – temporary closure

Yorkshire Water’s contractors MMB will need to close a short section of  the path near to the Cornfield for part of their operation. They have  submitted a formal closure notice, which would allow them to close the footpath between 10th June to … Continue reading

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Waste water pipe replacement

Contractors for Yorkshire Water (MMB) will shortly commence replace the old rising main between Clifton Hospital to the treatment works. The work is planned to commence from the 7th May 2013 and take twenty weeks to complete. Two pipes are replacing the … Continue reading

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