Ponds
Whether found in a garden or part of an agricultural landscape, ponds are oases of wildlife worth investigating. Even small ponds can support a wealth of species and collectively, ponds play a key…
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Ponds
Cheshire is the county of ponds and ditches - see Cheshire Wildlife Trust's work in this area.
How to Manage a pond for wildlife
A basic guide to creating and managing ponds for wildlife.
Funding for ponds
Cheshire Wildlife Trust is offering grants for the restoration and creation of ponds in Cheshire East under Natural England’s District Level Licensing scheme for Great Crested Newts. This initiative aims to support the restoration and creation of ponds that are within areas known to be naturally colonised by newts.
Big or small, ponds for all!
For this year’s Wild About Gardens challenge, The Wildlife Trusts and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) are calling on people to put in a pond. From mini container ponds to larger sunken ponds…
Thank you for joining our Wild About Ponds webinar
We hope you found the webinar useful. As promised, here are some of the guides and videos that you may find useful when building or maintaining you pond
From compost heaps to garden ponds: grass snakes uncovered
Sophie Baker, Communications Officer for the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Northamptonshire, reveals why we should celebrate, not fear, this mysterious British reptile.
Land management advice
Expert advice for land owners and farmers on how to make their land more suitable for wildlife
Pond patrol
Discover some of the special species living in a garden pond, with entomologist Ben Keywood.
Common pond skater
The common pond skater can be seen 'skating' over the surface of ponds, lakes, ditches and slow-moving rivers. It is predatory, feeding on small insects by detecting vibrations in the…
How to create a mini pond
Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts. Any pond can become a feeding ground for birds, hedgehogs and bats – the best…
How to build a pond
A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.