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Projects run by the Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows
As well as day-to-day management, the Friends have the occasional special project around species that are at risk.
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Save Our Sparrows (SOS)
Tree Sparrows have seen a sharp decline nationally in recent years but the copse has been home to a number. By providing nest boxes in the communal style liked by Tree Sparrows, and with regular winter feeding, the Friends hope to halt the trend, in the Meadows, at least.
Our friends at Wheatear have asssited by making boxes and assisting with their erection and monitoring.
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Grow More Tansy (GMT)
 | Tansy beetles occur only along the River Ouse in the UK and Rawcliffe Meadows is home to quantities. *
By increasing the numbers of Tansy plants, the Friends hope to increase the numbers of beetles.
It may also be possible to plant the Tansy grown from local seed on other riverside sites.
The Friends are being assisted in this project by Brunswick organic nursery in Bishopthorpe who are growing plants from our locally collected seed.
*The Tansy beetle (Chrysolina graminis) is an attractive bright green leaf beetle, with a coppery sheen. The wing cases were so admired by Victorians that they were used as sequins. It received its name because the favored habitat is on riverbanks on Tansy (tanacetum vulgare) plants. Its range is currently restricted to 26 kilometre of the banks of the River Ouse around York and Selby. It was once quite widespread throughout Britain, but environmental factors (possibly due to introduced plants that have replaced the tansy plant) have contributed to a sharp decline in population.
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