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Comma Butterfly
(Polygonia c-album).
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Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) are part of the beetle group of insects (Order: Coleoptera).
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Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum).
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Tufted Duck
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Common Toad
(Bufo Bufo)
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In Britain, the common toad is protected by law from sale and trade.
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-s.jpg) Teasel silhouetted against a frozen lake.
© John S. Sargent 22nd December 2010. |
 The Barnsley Canal. This stretch, which is inside the nature park, is used by anglers.
[01 Sep 2010] |
 The Grey Heron in flight. A magnificent sight.
© John S. Sargent 23rd April 2010 |
-s.jpg) The snow has gone and Spring is just around the corner.
© John S. Sargent 11th March 2010 |
 The spoil still visible provides a reminder of the days when this would have been just another unsightly slag heap.
© John S. Sargent 1st May 2010. |
-s.jpg) The pond on top of the eastern hill.
© John S. Sargent 22nd May 2010. |
 One of the benches provided for those wishing to contemplate nature or simply take the weight of their feet for a few minutes.
© John S. Sargent 24th April 2010 |
 A Nursery Web Spider (Pisauridae) in the long grass at the park. This common species comes in a range of shades from pale to dark brown, but there is always a line on the thorax. The female will try to eat the male after mating. He tries to keep her occupied by bringing a suitable present, such as a freshly killed fly; then he tries to be quick about his business and on his way before he becomes an after-mating snack.
© John S. Sargent 21st July 2010 |
 An ant hill - an oasis of bright green in the midst of the early spring drabness of the grass.
© John S. Sargent 6th April 2010. |
 The European Peacock Butterfly (Inachis Io).
A bright splash of colour in the park.
© John S. Sargent 1st August 2010. |
 A female Small White Butterfly (along with the Large White, commonly called the Cabbage White) enjoying some of the many different types of wild flowers nin the nature park.
© John S. Sargent 5th August 2010 |
 A male Gatekeeper and a hover fly collecting nectar. Hover flies (family Syrphidae), or hoverflies, are among the most striking of the true flies (Diptera).
© John S. Sargent 5th August 2010 |
Hover flies collecting nectar on Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris).
© John S. Sargent 3rd August 2010
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Red Campion (Silene Dioica) together with a Small White butterfly.
[12 Aug 2010] |
 The Hogweed or Cow Parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium). It has broad, hairy, pinnate leaves and its stem is hairy and hollow. There is a late flower dispay on this plant. The flowers are umbel, i.e. umbrella-like, several other plants have this type of flower.
© John S. Sargent 23rd August 2010 |
 Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris) is an impressive perennial plant that can grow to around 2 metres in height. Its purplish stems are almost hairless, which helps distinguish it from the rather earlier-flowering hogweed, also growing in the nature park. |
 The small beck by Shay Lane car park. © John S. Sargent 18th April 2009. |
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 A family of Mute Swans taking a short break by the side of Shay Lane between Crofton and the Nature Park. By tradition, all of these magificent birds in Britain belong to the monarch. (L. Cygnus olor) © John S. Sargent 11th August 2010 |
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