Show me your pond!

[canalsiderenovation]

I know we have a canal, but we are thinking of putting in a wildlife pond... obviously no fish with the heron, kingfishers etc but more to attract wildlife don't want any pumps or anything....so, show me your ponds please?

 

@ToughButterCup I saw a couple of pics of your pond on a previous thread. Do you have any more pics of it, especially as you were doing it.

[Russdl]

Following with interest, my boss says she wants a pond as well. 

[Russell griffiths]

just messing.  
get your spade out, you would need to shift a few tonnes to get a pond like my one. 
serious photo to follow when I can find one. 

[Russdl]

I think my plot would fit nicely into that pond 🤣

[Russell griffiths]

still probably too big for what you would need, not sure if it gives the right feel though. 
about as natural as it gets. 
my friend has a wildlife pond he dug and used a liner, I will see if he has any pics. 
he’s the type of bloke who would have researched it for a year first. 

 

[ToughButterCup]

 Not much need for commentary : the pond is fed entirely from the roof run off. (SUDS)

Cost? Absolutely everything inclusive : £5 or 6 hundred. Tops

The sand (bulk bags)  in the photo below is 'buried' under the garden as a filter for the roof run off. Its been working hard recently 😑

This is where that pipe in the photo above runs into the pond.

Overflow from here  into the pond in the field below our site ( The one with the GCNs in )