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Walton Colliery Nature Park

Posted on 27 June 2010 by Paul Ashton


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Habitat

A former colliery site with ponds, grassland and a good path network. In 2008 it was designated a Local Nature Reserve. Numerous small ponds and disused canal.

Access

Car park off Shay Lane, between Walton and Crofton on the B6378.
Grid ref. SE363176

More Information

Walton Colliery Nature Park Leaflet
OS Map from BING Maps

Species List
  • Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
  • Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
  • Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
  • Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
  • Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
  • Common Hawker Aeshna juncea
  • Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
  • Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
  • Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
  • Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
  • Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
  • Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
  • Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
  • Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Posted in Azure Damselfly, Black-tailed Skimmer, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Common Hawker, Emerald Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Large Red Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Ruddy Darter, Southern Hawker

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