- Grassy edges would improve this pond
I tried out our new index for assessing garden pond wildlife value on this pond yesterday.
It had worms (score 1), pond snails (also score 1) and diving beetles (score 5).
A total score of 7 indicates that this pond could be improved quite a bit – 25 would be a reasonable score, and 45 would be excellent.
Even though the pond deosn’t score too high it’s still used by frogs for breeding.
Leaves and two kinds of duckweed make a quite simple structure
How could you improve this pond? It would be worth letting the grass grow into the water to provide more habitat – at present it’s completely dominated by leaf litter, so the struture of the pond is rather uniform.
Tags: Grassy edges
