Hi All
thanks for the welcome. Will have a good read of the posts tonight. Jobs for today are split logs for the logburner for the winter, ( whilst moving the frogs I find in the woodstack to the area around my garden pond) , any logs that are rotting and unsuitable for the woodburner go in a heap at the back of the pond for the
Hedgehogs and frogs. Trim out some of the shrubs around my pond and net out some of this years goldfish fry for a neighbours pond. Oh and I think that the goldfish make the pond even better for wildlife ( the heron and the foxs all catch them) and they dont seem to bother the insects other than keep the freshwater shrimps and mozzy larvae down.
For those people on here who are looking at doing a nature pond and are confused by all the complex instructions , Its easy make a pond and let it get untidy and a tad overgrown nature will do the rest. It has for me. I have frogs and goldfish , dragonflies and the local birdlife all living in total robust disharmony, Just remember nature doesnt do neat.and it doesnt have to be a large pond mine is 7 ft diameter.