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COMMUNING WITH NATURE AT SCARBOROUGH
Scarborough Rugby Club has worked hard from the opening of the Silver Royd complex to get along with nature in the area and produce a site and environs which are as friendly as possible to local flora and fauna.
The balancing pond at the easternmost boundary of the grounds has attracted a plethora of wildlife with many species of birds visiting daily not to mention dragonflies and damselflies in the summer.
On an afternoon relaxing near the pool last summer Communications Director Dave Campbell noted a flock of house sparrows, no longer a common sight in
Last Year the club’s horticulture Supremo Mandy Hillier was instrumental in the sowing of a complete bank on the south side of the road as you enter the club with wild flower and grass seed specially selected to be rich in pollen and nectar to feed bees, butterflies, hoverflies and other beneficial insects.
The area is now officially known as ‘The Rugby Club Bee and Butterfly Bank’ and the vegetation is only cut in the spring and late summer to allow all of the plants to flower and shed seed. Mandy is ably assisted by club groundsman Adam Flinton in the biannual cutting of the bank.
With many innovative energy saving systems and initiatives within the J.M Guthrie Clubhouse and Barons fitness Centre the ‘Bee and Butterfly bank’ is another indicator of the Club’s green credentials and commitment to the environment.
