You have all the ingredients there for a lovely pond Cagzo. We are lucky to have newts, but we don't have frogs or tadpoles and I have a sneaky suspicion that the newts have also eaten the dragonfly lavea - however we do have a beach, a pump and the birds love the moving water and we enjoy the constant trickling sound that the water makes. We had to make some decisions before we started to build the pond and I am pleased with how it has turned out. (No fish) This picture shows how the pond looked prior to me planting around it late last Spring.
GD ... I think it's more likely that the dragonfly larvae are eating the baby newts .... they're voracious ... they'll even take small fish!
I was watching a dragonfly larva n our little pond today ... along with around 9 frogs, a male and female newt (she was depositing eggs on Brooklime leaves and folding them over) and loads and loads of pond snails .... it took half the afternoon to watch all that lot getting on with their lives ... better than the telly
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
No natural water sources near us but plenty of frogs and a few newts. Newts are the Real Mccoy for pond wildlife as they actually look like they belong in the water. But yes, they "hibernate" in the most bizarre of places!
Thanks Cagzo, the pond did look good - the surrounding plants look great too, but we do have a problem with blanket weed - too much of it! The depth is just over a metre - 3 - 4 foot with plenty of hiding places for the newts to hibernate in. Agree it is better than watching daytime t.v. and we are very pleased with the pond feature.
Well it’s a smooth newt! Caught the little thing in a net so I could check it’s chin. I also inadvertently caught what I thought was a dragon fly larva at the same time.... nope, great diving beetle larva! I really need to wear my glasses more often lol!
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I was watching a dragonfly larva n our little pond today ... along with around 9 frogs, a male and female newt (she was depositing eggs on Brooklime leaves and folding them over) and loads and loads of pond snails .... it took half the afternoon to watch all that lot getting on with their lives ... better than the telly
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.