Ponds are hugely important for wildlife, supporting as they do many species and providing food for still others – and also for gardening since they promote healthy populations of frogs which eat slugs and other pests.
On St Margaret’s Allotments, plot-holders have now created more than twelve ponds, providing a valuable network of freshwater habitats and a real contribution to the maintenance of biodiversity across the site and beyond.
Sadly, ponds are now rare in the British countryside, and ponds in good condition rarer still.
For more information, see Freshwater Habitats Trust
https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/
