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Wildlife pond build

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  • Julia1983Julia1983 Posts: 139
    fizzwhizz said:
    Ps @Julia1983 I love your ducks and will be pinching that idea! ... 😁
     :)  thanks!  They make me smile... 
  • Phil_j_83Phil_j_83 Posts: 31
    First critter spotted in the pond this evening; a small snail! 
  • Julia1983Julia1983 Posts: 139
     :)  I love seeing what appears!  Apparently quite a few things will hitch a ride on your aquatic plants, bet there'll be more in no time 
  • Phil_j_83Phil_j_83 Posts: 31
    I managed to grab an hour over the weekend to get some plants into the bog garden and I also added various lengths of dead branches in and around the pond for additional hiding spaces and access in and out of the pond. 

    Other than the little snail I've had a bee-fly nearby. I'm claiming him as a visitor.


  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Coming on, it would look lovely if you could get some slates or flat stones to cover the black edges, have you got a beach bit,   Once tadpoles start to get their legs they need to sit on stones out of the water. 
    By next year, or even later this year, it will be full of all sorts of creatures. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    i'd agree with Lyn - I think a lot of those branches might get knocked into the pond too. Some flattish stones  would cover edges better.
    If you're careful, you could mortar them into place too, which will stop them tipping in, and give a good entrance/exit for anything accessing the pond. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    Looking great, a few sprawling plants in and amongst the branches will quickly provide plenty of cover, access points and hold the branches in place if you dont want to go down the stones route 
  • Phil_j_83Phil_j_83 Posts: 31
    Lyn said:
    Coming on, it would look lovely if you could get some slates or flat stones to cover the black edges, have you got a beach bit,   Once tadpoles start to get their legs they need to sit on stones out of the water. 
    By next year, or even later this year, it will be full of all sorts of creatures. 
    Ah ok, well I think I could try and get some stones. I do have some at the nearside and some protruding out the water just behind the Equisetum scirpoides (dwarf horsetail grass looking thing). 

    All the branches are secured into the surrounding mud using smaller branch offshoots and by intertwining them, so I'm hoping they will be nice and stable. I have a few plants nearby which I'm hoping will begin to colonise them too  :smiley:
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    Lovely clear water (ours is brown!). And nice frits too.
  • Phil_j_83Phil_j_83 Posts: 31
    Lovely clear water (ours is brown!). And nice frits too.
    Cheers! Early days yet so plenty of time for the water to turn brown (or green!) Yep love my frits, was determined to have them near the pond! 
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