Our first pondlife

Last summer the cat and the bird, following directions issued by Frank, dug a small pond. Within days we had our first water snails. Now there are hundreds of those. We soon had the first specks of blanket weed, now we have blankets of that too. As far as I'm aware there aren't any other ponds around here, and we're in quite a built up area. Yet, still they make it here somehow.


This little chap or chapess turned up last month. It stayed for a week or so and then vanished.

(Pond Skater)

(Pond Skater)

Okay, so this isn't strictly pond life but it's always worth remembering that your pond serves as a watering hole for many creatures. The pigeons around here practically go swimming in our pond.

(Common Wasp)

I will be keeping an eye out for more visitors to the pond,
Until then,
Claude
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