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Tag Archives: Tansy Beetle Action Group
2015 Tansy Beetle Census
As many readers will know, the Tansy Beetle is confined to the floodplain of the River Ouse in North Yorkshire apart from a very small, isolated population at Woodwalton Fen in Cambridgeshire. Now categorised as Endangered, this insect was formerly … Continue reading
The Ups and Downs of the Tansy Beetle Population at Rawcliffe Meadows (revised October 2015)
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
The Ups and Downs of Tansy Beetle Numbers at Rawcliffe Meadows
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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Tagged Chrysolina graminis, tansy, Tansy Beetle, Tansy Beetle Action Group
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The Jewel of York on Show
On Sunday 11th May, despite the regular and sometimes heavy showers across York, a small but interested group of about a dozen people gathered to hear all about the Tansy Beetle from Dr Geoff Oxford, who with his wife Roma, … Continue reading
Showing off the Jewel of York at Rawcliffe Meadows
One of York’s most colourful residents and one of Britain’s most endangered species (now only found along the banks of a 41km stretch of the River Ouse around York) – the Tansy Beetle – is to be on show to the … Continue reading
Tansy beetle time
Around April each year, depending upon the weather, the endangered Tansy Beetle which is a large, iridescent green leaf beetle, with a metallic sheen, appears above ground. Adult Tansy Beetles become active for the first time in the year from … Continue reading
FoRM join the Tansy Bettle Action Group
The Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows (FoRM) are pleased to relate that they’ve been invited to and have agreed to join the Tansy Beetle Action Group (T-BAG). This invitation is on the basis that Rawcliffe Meadows has managed to host a critically significant … Continue reading
Tansy Beetle Annual Survey 2013
For a number of years Dr Geoff Oxford of York University has organized a survey along the banks of the River Ouse up and downstream from York to monitor the population of tansy beetles that are limited to that area … Continue reading
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Tagged tansy, Tansy Beetle Action Group, tansy beetles, TBAG, Yorkshire Water
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Welcome
Rawcliffe Meadows, along with the Clifton and Rawcliffe Ings, is part of the Ouse Ings floodplain to the north of the City of York in the UK (and provide an essential part in preventing it from flooding). It was notified in … Continue reading
The Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows 