York's Buzzing!
York’s Buzzing! transformed 7.4 hectares of mown green space into areas buzzing with wildlife and rich with colourful wildflowers. Working with City of York Council, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and York Friends of the Earth, eight sites were enhanced for people and pollinators, including high profile locations such as Bar Walls, West Bank Park, Monk Stray and Millennium Bridge.
Quick Facts:
- Name of Project: York’s Buzzing!
- Duration of Project: 2014 – 2015
- Location of Project: York
- Species benefiting from Project: Pollinators and other invertebrates
- Project funded by:
- Project partners: City of York Council, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and York Friends of the Earth.
- Habitat created/enhanced through project: 7.4 hectares
Flower-rich meadows are vital for our pollinators to create nests and find food. Unfortunately, due to large-scale changes in land use since the 1940’s, a massive 97% of flower-rich meadows have been lost in the UK.
Loss of this precious habitat has contributed to a decline in over two thirds of UK pollinators, including many species of butterfly, moth, hoverfly and bumblebee.
York’s Buzzing! restored meadows across 8 sites in the city. Totalling to an area 50 times that of York Minster’s nave covered in wildflowers. As well as bringing a buzz to the city, the project also provided vital habitats for other wildlife by restoring these locally important meadows.
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