Nice! It'll be really interesting to see how the pond develops.

Grainy camera picture of emerging Common Clubtail at Radley, Oxon, yesterday on the Thames, only 2 km downstream of Oxford sewage works! Also site of v. rare Striped Mayfly, Ephemera lineata.

When New Forest NPA asked me to choose my favourite wild place for the #OurNatureStory campaign, it had to be Pinkhill Meadow near #Oxford. This is where Freshwater Habitats Trust first made wildlife ponds more than 30 years ago. I challenge @gemmafreshwater Anne Carter @oxon_bucks_FWN

Read more about the use of Marsh Lousewort as an ecosystem engineer.

The many different names for ponds...

One of the many natural pond forming processes still to be seen in the modern landscape.....

Ponds are Ponderful….

After a hard morning's raking, it was great to find some clumps of the very scarce tiny Bristle Club-rush Isolepis setacea (back from the disturbed seed bank) on the way out. My archive photo of the flowering heads in August. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Often overlooked, flushes are important freshwater habitats.

Latest news from our work in the New Forest, one of Britain’s most important landscapes for freshwater wildlife with wonderful ponds: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Our Q&A with NHBS for the launch of Pond, Pools and Puddles: nhbs.com/blog/author-qa…

Sitting right beside one of Britain's hottest of hot spots for freshwater biodiversity (the Thompson and Stow Bedon pingos) this is a great example of how to build out from the best and recover buried treasures hidden below the surface in 'ghost ponds' Prof Carl Sayer.

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The latest in the HarperCollins New Naturalist series, ‘Ponds, Pools and Puddles’ brings together scientific research that demonstrates the value of ponds to life on Earth. Find out more: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/ponds-poo…

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Why we can't afford to ignore the world's smallest freshwater bodies | New Scientist newscientist.com/article/mg2623…

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This week we published, with Wildlife and Countryside Link partners, the Charter for Small Waters: read the blog here: wcl.org.uk/small-waters-c….