Creating A Wildlife Pond

[ryaldinhio 4,962]

Got another pic for scale, thats me in there. Obviously leaning on a spade so I can tell the kids I dug it by hand!!!

[Nik_B 3,790]

Amazing!

[sussex 5,802]

Looks superb mate ... ??

[ryaldinhio 4,962]

Farmer been back today. Once the muck mountain was gone I decided it wasnt big enough so we extended slightly. All top soil spread and gone over with power arm/drill. Bit of hand tidying up to do and grass seed to chuck about in a couple months but its getting there.

 

Still had next to no rain by the way! Typical I dig a hole for the rain to fill and its the driest year for as long as I can think.

[NEWKID 27,727]

Nice job mate,

[ryaldinhio 4,962]

It feels like Ive been on with it forever but when I looked back it on really started on 29th october so couple months. Im happy with that. Itll look different again in 6 months with water in (hopefully!) and once the grass takes.

[lanesra 4,005]

You have done a cracking job , your nearly there , but as the yrs go by she"ll (is a pond a she ) mature and your family will hopefully reap the rewards of what the pond will create nature wise !!

[ryaldinhio 4,962]

Slowly filling. Could do with a few weeks of rain to get it right up to the top. Dont think I have ever wanted rain before!

[gnipper 6,596]

Could you run a pipe from the gutters of the buildings?

[lanesra 4,005]

  On 22/01/2017 at 18:55, gnipper said:

Could you run a pipe from the gutters of the buildings?

Feck that , run a pipe from a tap

[Nik_B 3,790]

  On 22/01/2017 at 18:45, ryaldinhio said:

Slowly filling. Could do with a few weeks of rain to get it right up to the top. Dont think I have ever wanted rain before!

 

I might have already asked this but did you line it, do you have a lot of clay in the soil, use a bentonite liner or plastic?

 

Cheers!

[ryaldinhio 4,962]

  On 22/01/2017 at 18:55, gnipper said:

Could you run a pipe from the gutters of the buildings?

I was guna run some. I have a roll of temporary downpipe from site. We have had next to no rain anyway.

[ryaldinhio 4,962]

  On 22/01/2017 at 20:27, lanesra said:

 

  On 22/01/2017 at 18:55, gnipper said:

Could you run a pipe from the gutters of the buildings?

Feck that , run a pipe from a tap

Might have done a little bit of that

[ryaldinhio 4,962]

  On 22/01/2017 at 20:31, Nik_B said:

 

  On 22/01/2017 at 18:45, ryaldinhio said:

 

Slowly filling. Could do with a few weeks of rain to get it right up to the top. Dont think I have ever wanted rain before!

I might have already asked this but did you line it, do you have a lot of clay in the soil, use a bentonite liner or plastic?

 

Cheers!

 

I have a foot of top soil then straight into proper clay. Basiclly have dug a big hole in the clay and its holding water fine. No different to any clay or brick pond really in my mind. They were just dug for the clay then left and nature took over.

[ryaldinhio 4,962]

Water level is well up now. About 6ft at deepest part. Had a sit by the waters edge with a beer last weekend listening to the birds tweeting and watchin the rudd topping and remembered what its all about. Theres a few small silver fish found their way into the pond amd surviving well. Reeds and lillies planted too. Its getting there.