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Here are pics.


Many thanks.

Jack.]]>
Here are pics.


Many thanks.

Jack.]]> http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=6224 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:20:09 +0100 http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=6224
About my ponds:
Do you get frogs? No
Frogspawn? No
Tadpoles? No
Toads? No
Toadspawn? No
Toadpoles? No
Smooth newts? No
Palmate newts? Yes - by the dozen!
Great crested newts? No
Do you have fish? Yes - by the hundreds!
What sort? Goldfish, Koi
Do you have a pump? Yes and no - see below
Filter? Yes and no - see below
Do you have oxygenators? (underwater plants) Yes
Do you have marginal plants? Yes
County/ region or town: Conwy, N.Wales
Type of pond: wildlife/ ornamental/ fish Fish

How big is your pond? 50L, 2 x 200L, 350L
How old? Oldest 4 years

Type of location? City, rural, etc Light urbanisation between rock outcrop and the sea

Anything else interesting about your pond?
It all started with a model railway...... My partner has a garden layout and wanted it to run over a bridge, so we dug a hole in the ground, put in a sheet of liner, planted a few plants to look pretty and installed the bridge.
Then we decided a few fish would be nice, so we bought 6 little goldfish (2" long) 4 summers ago. They grew and grew and grew and (much to our surprise) bred. Only 8 survived from that hatching, but even so the pond was too small for 14, so we decided to buy a formed 200L liner with a ledge around for marginal plants. Another hole was dug, which resulted in a railway embankment for the railway.... The following summer over 300 fry survived. They had stayed on the ledge until they were big enough to be safe to move out to deeper water. So partner decided we'd have another 200L pond with a waterfall between the two (but with seperate pumps & filtration for each). Another hole was dug and a mountain side for the railway to climb... I decided to reclaim the area of the little pond & thankfully I didn't just chuck earth in. As I drained it, I discovered palmate newts from about 3/4" to 4" long. Panic! I had destroyed the habitat as the pond drained, so ended up with 27 newts in a bucket of mud. That's when the 350 L pond arrived. This time I left it above ground, with rustic fencing and logs around the front and a stone wall at the back. This pond has no pump or filtration. I put mud and all the plants I could into the pond, then filled it with a some water from the other ponds and rainwater from our barrels. I left it 3 days then put the newts in. They have bred for the last 2 years. Hopefully they will again. Hedgehogs overwintered in the log pile last year. There are 5 Koi in one of the ponds now and we have given away more than 400 goldfish since we started our "accidental" breeding programme. We could do with taking out 30 - 50 at the moment if anybody would like them? I'm in N.Wales, near Llandudno. (Sorry for the essay!)
PS. Today I've discovered a colony of bees nesting in the stones at the pondside!]]>
About my ponds:
Do you get frogs? No
Frogspawn? No
Tadpoles? No
Toads? No
Toadspawn? No
Toadpoles? No
Smooth newts? No
Palmate newts? Yes - by the dozen!
Great crested newts? No
Do you have fish? Yes - by the hundreds!
What sort? Goldfish, Koi
Do you have a pump? Yes and no - see below
Filter? Yes and no - see below
Do you have oxygenators? (underwater plants) Yes
Do you have marginal plants? Yes
County/ region or town: Conwy, N.Wales
Type of pond: wildlife/ ornamental/ fish Fish

How big is your pond? 50L, 2 x 200L, 350L
How old? Oldest 4 years

Type of location? City, rural, etc Light urbanisation between rock outcrop and the sea

Anything else interesting about your pond?
It all started with a model railway...... My partner has a garden layout and wanted it to run over a bridge, so we dug a hole in the ground, put in a sheet of liner, planted a few plants to look pretty and installed the bridge.
Then we decided a few fish would be nice, so we bought 6 little goldfish (2" long) 4 summers ago. They grew and grew and grew and (much to our surprise) bred. Only 8 survived from that hatching, but even so the pond was too small for 14, so we decided to buy a formed 200L liner with a ledge around for marginal plants. Another hole was dug, which resulted in a railway embankment for the railway.... The following summer over 300 fry survived. They had stayed on the ledge until they were big enough to be safe to move out to deeper water. So partner decided we'd have another 200L pond with a waterfall between the two (but with seperate pumps & filtration for each). Another hole was dug and a mountain side for the railway to climb... I decided to reclaim the area of the little pond & thankfully I didn't just chuck earth in. As I drained it, I discovered palmate newts from about 3/4" to 4" long. Panic! I had destroyed the habitat as the pond drained, so ended up with 27 newts in a bucket of mud. That's when the 350 L pond arrived. This time I left it above ground, with rustic fencing and logs around the front and a stone wall at the back. This pond has no pump or filtration. I put mud and all the plants I could into the pond, then filled it with a some water from the other ponds and rainwater from our barrels. I left it 3 days then put the newts in. They have bred for the last 2 years. Hopefully they will again. Hedgehogs overwintered in the log pile last year. There are 5 Koi in one of the ponds now and we have given away more than 400 goldfish since we started our "accidental" breeding programme. We could do with taking out 30 - 50 at the moment if anybody would like them? I'm in N.Wales, near Llandudno. (Sorry for the essay!)
PS. Today I've discovered a colony of bees nesting in the stones at the pondside!]]> http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=6172 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:20:49 +0100 http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=6172

































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I ask these questions because i cannot get any info on google and i think its fascinating behaviour and thought you guys would like to know too.
Many thanks as ever for your indulgence.


Jack.]]>
I ask these questions because i cannot get any info on google and i think its fascinating behaviour and thought you guys would like to know too.
Many thanks as ever for your indulgence.


Jack.]]> http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=2288 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:31:59 +0100 http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=2288 Is this normal behavior?????]]> Is this normal behavior?????]]> http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=2121 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:14:40 +0100 http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=2121






The pond is fed from water coming off the woods and fields and the little waterfall is where it is coming from! I find it very peaceful there and just love looking after my friend's cats. Just wish the weather was better for me to enjoy it!]]>






The pond is fed from water coming off the woods and fields and the little waterfall is where it is coming from! I find it very peaceful there and just love looking after my friend's cats. Just wish the weather was better for me to enjoy it!]]> http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=2063 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:10:16 +0100 http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=2063

So, we spent at least an hour scooping them up and taking them back to wet grass near the pond, and we even picked up a plastic cup and frognapped about 30 of them to whisk (not literally.. imagine the mess) back to his pond.


This lil guy stood out, so we took a pic. Only now do we realise that he was the only toadlet in a throng of froglets. Luckily for him... he didn't end up in my cauldron winky.



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So, we spent at least an hour scooping them up and taking them back to wet grass near the pond, and we even picked up a plastic cup and frognapped about 30 of them to whisk (not literally.. imagine the mess) back to his pond.


This lil guy stood out, so we took a pic. Only now do we realise that he was the only toadlet in a throng of froglets. Luckily for him... he didn't end up in my cauldron winky.



]]> http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=853 Sun, 25 May 2008 00:07:29 +0100 http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=853 on my ongoing project of creating a wildlife pond with bog area. It’s around 9m long and 5m wide
at the widest. The ground rises towards the tractor shed, this is the area where I will have the
bog section but due to the rise in land levels will still need to be dug out by around 450mm - 18”.
At the end nearest the house it will have to be dug out to around 1m – 3`. I hope to plant
Bog Bean, Marsh Cinquefoil. Water Avens, Marsh Valarium, Common Reed, Brook Like,
Purple Loosestrife, Marsh Marigold, Meadow Sweet, Wood rush, & various Sedges all of which are in
tubs waiting to be planted. I would also like to bet some Flowering Rush & Burr Reed if I can find any
and get the seed to germinate, not always easy.





Early stages after a heavy rain last summer, the ground falls down to the house & when planting
the Blackthorn hedge which is behind the wire to protect it from rabbits I put a drain under
the hedge to feed the pond.



After the heavy rains in Feb 08




The view from my office window





In May I discovered Keith next door was getting a digger in to dig out the base of his new hay shed
so I’ve taken of most of the turf & dug out the larger blocks of concrete, which will become a climbing
area for the lambs when I decide where to put them. The remainder of the spoil will become a raised
mound to the right of the garage going u to the hedge possibly with some trees on it & more wild flowers
& the area between the garage & the hedge will become another r wildlife area which will be inaccessible
to my gourmet sheep who have a liking for most things I don’t want them to eat. I’ll get back to that
thread when we have some rain & more things start to grow.
I’ll update this thread as work proceeds but I don’t expect plants to be settled in till next summer.
Who knows I may have a heron 20` from my office window. Hopefully it will attract a few new birds &
insects such as Grey Wagtails, Warblers, possibly Reed Buntings & Dragonflies & Damselflies.]]> on my ongoing project of creating a wildlife pond with bog area. It’s around 9m long and 5m wide
at the widest. The ground rises towards the tractor shed, this is the area where I will have the
bog section but due to the rise in land levels will still need to be dug out by around 450mm - 18”.
At the end nearest the house it will have to be dug out to around 1m – 3`. I hope to plant
Bog Bean, Marsh Cinquefoil. Water Avens, Marsh Valarium, Common Reed, Brook Like,
Purple Loosestrife, Marsh Marigold, Meadow Sweet, Wood rush, & various Sedges all of which are in
tubs waiting to be planted. I would also like to bet some Flowering Rush & Burr Reed if I can find any
and get the seed to germinate, not always easy.





Early stages after a heavy rain last summer, the ground falls down to the house & when planting
the Blackthorn hedge which is behind the wire to protect it from rabbits I put a drain under
the hedge to feed the pond.



After the heavy rains in Feb 08




The view from my office window





In May I discovered Keith next door was getting a digger in to dig out the base of his new hay shed
so I’ve taken of most of the turf & dug out the larger blocks of concrete, which will become a climbing
area for the lambs when I decide where to put them. The remainder of the spoil will become a raised
mound to the right of the garage going u to the hedge possibly with some trees on it & more wild flowers
& the area between the garage & the hedge will become another r wildlife area which will be inaccessible
to my gourmet sheep who have a liking for most things I don’t want them to eat. I’ll get back to that
thread when we have some rain & more things start to grow.
I’ll update this thread as work proceeds but I don’t expect plants to be settled in till next summer.
Who knows I may have a heron 20` from my office window. Hopefully it will attract a few new birds &
insects such as Grey Wagtails, Warblers, possibly Reed Buntings & Dragonflies & Damselflies.]]> http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=681 Sat, 03 May 2008 17:33:59 +0100 http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=681
Any tips please :flowers:]]>
Any tips please :flowers:]]> http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=16 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.friends-of-nature.net/bb/showthread.php?tid=16

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First and foremost this site has been set up for those who have a love and interest in Nature, be it Plant life, insects, Animals or Birds. However there are other topics for discussion, for example Sport, Environmental Issues and an area for everyday chatter!!

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