Grid Ref: SK28862750 use Explorer 245
Common Name
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| Azure Damselfly |
| Banded Demoiselle |
| Black-tailed Skimmer |
| Blue-tailed Damselfly |
| Broad-bodied Chaser |
| Brown Hawker |
| Common Blue Damselfly |
| Common Darter |
| Emerald Damselfly |
| Emperor Dragonfly |
| Four-spotted Chaser |
| Large Red Damselfly |
| Migrant Hawker |
| Red-eyed Damselfly |
| Ruddy Darter |
| Southern Hawker |
Owner: Unknown
Habitat: Lakes formed by gravel extraction,
fly-ash, reed beds, willow scrub, hawthorn hedges with a selection of
trees.
Access:From the A38, take the B5008 turn from the Toyota/A50 Junction and travel though Willington (take care over the hump-backed canal bridge and the two mini roundabouts). The entrance to the site is on Repton Road down a rough road at the side of a metal processing factory at SK295280 (note the mini one way system). Either park outside the factory and walk, or drive down the road to the south-west for approximately 1km until the site opens out (see photograph 1 below). NOTE: Everything to the south between the track and the R Trent is owned by an angling club and is STRICTLY PRIVATE - please keep off at all times. The site is still currently classed as a working quarry, please keep to the track, even if you see others who do not except for the area right at the end where views over the lagoons are possible with care.
Bus
Details
Trent "Villager" V3 Derby to Burton (daily) runs along the B5008 and
operates in "hail and ride" fashion in the WIllington
area.
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