With Win Fairchild of West Chester University (Philadelphia) – who’s visiting Pond Conservation – I’ve started some detailed surveys of garden ponds in Abingdon.
These surveys will give us the first indication of exactly what’s living in garden ponds, what affects the variety of wildlife they contain, and how they compare to ponds in the rest of the landscape.
I’ll keep you posted as to how the results are going.
This is the first survey we did: Sally’s pond, just across the road from us.
It’s just about the cushiest survey work I’ve ever done! And complete with generous supplies of tea and biscuits!
