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A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children.
John James Audobon

Click on the images below to enlarge.		Vole with a Burnet Moth caterpillar towards the top of the picture. Spider on guard. [click image to enlarge] Burnet Moth [click image to enlarge] Hover Fly [click image to enlarge] Young toad Grey Heron
This waymarker in the park is one of the mileposts on the National Cycle Network © John S. Sargent 3rd April 2005.	The central lake, dogs at play well away from the swans and ducks. © John S. Sargent January 1999.
The Gey Heron (Ardea cinerea). Often easy to miss and suspicious of human beings. It stands motionless waiting for a fish to happen by. © John S. Sargent 16th April 2010.	Canada Geese with their young. © John S. Sargent 24th May 2010.
Now .... The central lake with the birdwatchers' hide on the far side. © John S. Sargent 31st July 2010.	Then .... The same lake viewed from the top of one of the spoil heaps - from slag heap to nature park. © John S. Sargent 8th September 2002.
View towards Nine Arches railway viaduct and car park. © John S. Sargent 1998.	Gatekeeper Butterfly, male. (Pyronia tithonus). Wingspan: Male: 37 - 43mm, Female: 42 - 48mm. This butterfly is widespread and common throughout England and Wales, and along the south coast of Ireland. Orange and brown, with black eyespot on forewing tip. The two eyespots have two white pupils, not one, as in the Meadow Brown. The Gatekeeper is also smaller and more orange with row of tiny white dots on hind underwings. © John S. Sargent 31st July 2010.
View towards the main line with Walton Sports and Social Club and Walton Locks visible behind the train. © John S. Sargent 8th September 2002.	Woodyard Cottages and Chevet Terrace viewed from the nature park. © John S. Sargent 2nd January 2009.
Central lake towards Oakenshaw Viaduct. © John S. Sargent 2nd September 2000.	The small beck by Shay Lane car park. © John S. Sargent 18th April 2009.
The Barnsley Canal in the nature park, it ends just before Oakenshaw Viaduct. This stretch is used by anglers. © John S. Sargent 13th May 2004.	Geese and ducks feeding - with the geese doing a bit of squabbling as well. © John S. Sargent 17th February 2006.
View towards Nine Arches railway viaduct with the trees of Walton Park in the background. © John S. Sargent 9th May 2005.	Swans at the nature park. © John S. Sargent 17th November 2005.
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