A twin or double pond with “Church Farm West”, this is the smaller and prior being restored was the most deteriorated of the two as it was subject to frequent drying. It was between 75-100% shaded and the water depth is recorded with high scientific rigour as “up to the top of the wellies”. 😉 … More Church Farm East
Between 75-100% shaded prior to restoration, Church Farm East is one of a pair of ponds near the top of a ridge at the Dorothea de Winton Field Experimentation site at the John Innes Centre owned Church Farm. From looking at old maps it appears to be around 170 years old. It was restored along … More Church Farm West
This is a pond creation in a very wet field near the River Tud, once part of the formally huge Badley Moor; a common of which only a small part remains. We found field drains of varying ages, probably never very successful attempts to “improve” the land but because of the high water table it … More Tud Tarn
The NPP are so pleased to be able to share Ambler Gambler pond, because it belongs to one of our fantastic volunteers who works with great enthusiasm and expertise both during the UCL pond restoration weeks and during UCL Crucian Carp trips. This fantastic human is Graham Gamble and he has self-funded his own pond … More Ambler’s Gambler
For centuries this valley bottom was cut for peat but since the cessation of this 100 or more years ago the former areas of open water have been lost along with truly aquatic plant species like as Bog Bean and the Stonewort Chara vulagris. This pond restoration was therefore somewhat more of a ‘resurrection’. The … More Turfy Mcturf Pond
Another Suffolk pond restoration by the same fantastic self-funding landowner as Faith Pond; Honeysuckle Pond can be found on historic maps of the area. On the same maps other ponds which have since been filled in, are present and therefore these ponds have been lucky to survive long enough to meet it’s new supportive owner! … More Honeysuckle Pond
Faith Pond and Honeysuckle Pond are two self-funded Suffolk restorations undertaken by a wonderful landowner who contacted the NPP partnership for advice on restoration. Faith pond is an overgrown pond approximately 50% shaded and completely stuffed full of bulrushes throughout the basin but which managed to hold some water all year. The pond bordered scrub … More Faith Pond
At Harper’s Pit, the pond links to an ancient drain and also sits alongside an ancient hedgerow. There are some lovely oaks, holly and thorn around the pit that were left. Prior to the restoration the pond was 50-75% shaded and held only an inch of water. Around the edge of the basin there is … More Harper’s Pit
Another pond restored by the Wensum Farmers is Health Pit; a very ancient pit which leads onto the next landowners area of land – great for connectivity in the landscape! The pit was between 75-100% shaded prior to restoration but held around one foot of water. The restoration took place on the 21st September 2019, … More Health Pit
Self-funded by the landowners of the fantastic Upper Wensum Cluster Farm Group, Fish Pond is a really interesting pond with truly ancient banks. There are some beautiful old oaks and ash and some lovely Gypsywort all around the basin. There is an old outflow drain from the pond. Prior to restoration the pond was 25-50% … More Fish Pond
Just over the border in Suffolk, in Ilketshall, St. Andrew, about 3 miles south of the River Waveney lies a ghost… A ghost pond that is! Prior to restoration this was a small depression covered in fleabane, ragwort and rushes and surrounded by brambles. A twelve year old woodland is planted adjacent to it where … More Triangle Pond
This restoration took place using only the digger during the Riverlands Pond week whilst volunteers were still removing scrub from Grasshopper Pond. The grey marl can clearly be seen at the base of the pond.
On the final pond of the NT Riverland’s / UCL pond week, we were joined by the Associated Press team who documented our restoration. A relatively small to medium sized in-field pit, Big Stumpy is so named due to the gigantic dead oak tree stumps found in the pit during the pre-restroation site visit. These … More Big Stumpy (Seth’s Pond)
With a bed of Mentha aquatica hanging on in the part of the pit basin still exposed to sunlight, this pond is ideally situated to maximise its biodiversity conservation and connectivity potential. The pond has a wide buffered margin and sits next to a plot of wildflower mix. Behind the pond a woodland habitat is … More Wildflower Fringe Pit
Part of the National Trust Riverlands funded UCL pond week, this pond had previously been managed. The management had included the coppicing of willows in the pond basin but the stumps had been removed hence slim willow shoots had sprouted throughout. Apart from the heavy stumps which had to be removed by the digger, the … More Spindly Willow Pond
Little Pit is a small but very deep pond in North Norfolk. The pit was completely surrounded by willow trees which had encroached across centre, leaving it entirely dry and encapsulated by a web of shoots… Restoration consisted of removal of all the willow and a small amount of sediment removal. The pond is very … More Little Pit
Tussock Sedge Pond is a half open pond in Hindolveston, Norfolk, named (unimaginatively!) because of the wonderful abundance of Tussock Sedge in the basin. Whilst the pond isn’t completely encroached by trees like many others, one huge willow dominated the basin causing the water to be completely absent by this point in the year. On … More Tussock Sedge Pond
Restoring, resurrecting and conserving Norfolk's ponds. 