Mid summer update of the micro pond we built last year..
The pond is doing great and i am extremely happy how its turned out. Now bursting with plants and wildlife its a pleasure to take ten minutes just to sit and watch this micro world and how it's evolving.
Here you can see two of the frogs chilling in the sun. I'm not sure how many frogs are in this tiny pond but there is definitely more than a dozen of various sizes. Even though the pond is well balanced with plants that filter and plants that oxygenate i decided to get 10 rams horn snails to help with keeping the pond clean. These snail only eat dead plant material so they should help with pond maintenance. I just need to remember to remove the snails in autumn and over winter them indoors.
While i was sat watching the pond this fella caught my eye as he was hopping up my planted step area heading for one of the larger ponds. Maybe for his his daily dip. I gave him a helping hand before the magpies spotted him.
I'd say he was maybe 3 years old
If you remember my spring post about the frog spawn glut. Well here are the results. These little guys are all over my garden mainly living under my decking and hunting in the grass and boarders of my garden.
It's taking me an age to cut my lawn as I'm doing it by hand till the baby frogs have moved on.
I'm so glad i built this micro pond and think it would be a great way to get kids interested in nature and wildlife. Even the flowers bring in the bumble bees and insect that create this mini eco system
If anyone is interested in making this pond here are my posts about building it
https://steemit.com/nature/@dune69/follow-my-micro-pond-evolution-week1
https://steemit.com/nature/@dune69/micro-pond-build-week2
https://steemit.com/nature/@dune69/micro-pond-build-week3-laying-out-the-dry-river-bed
https://steemit.com/pond/@dune69/micro-pond-build-week4-completion-and-first-resident