Help with wildlife in pond

[Sartre]

Not sure if I am on the correct forum
I have a very healthy pond with several newts, frogs etc. but we do not have fish.
The problem is because of our age now we need to fill our pond in as we cannot manage it anymore. How is the best way to do this? I am worried about all the newts as I suppose the fogs will hop off somewhere else.
Any ideas welcome. Thanks

[Wild-Woman]

Hello Sartre and welcome.
Shame about your pond. Could I suggest that you just let nature take over so that the amphibians move on when they hibernate and the pond would eventually become a bit of a bog garden feature.
Alternatively- have you got a willing neighbour or someone with an interest in ponds to help you with it?
Perhaps a local scout group would like to come in now and then and give it the once over.

[GCN lova]

id just leave it as u never know, it may still become a rich bog garden like the person above sed...

[King Edward]

Is there a particular reason why the pond needs to be filled in, or can it just be left as suggested? If you really do have to fill it then any amphibians found when you empty it can just be relocated into the undergrowth - they should in time find their way to other ponds nearby, assuming there are some. Otherwise, if you leave the pond and it eventually becomes overgrown and full of leaves/vegetation, any newts will leave of their own accord if it no longer meets their needs.

That's assuming you don't have Great Crested Newts, which would add a legal dimension since they and their habitats are protected. Probably you don't, but if you do then it would be safest just to leave the pond unmanaged rather than fill it in.