Pond (large) construction
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Well the pond is finished, finally got enough of a dry spell to finish the digging, missed the lot though unfortunately due to being offshore. Managed to get home for 10 minutes as was in harbour just 10 minutes drive away for a day and got the below poor quality screen grabs from a video I took. I'll post up some better ones when I get home, these pics were taken on Saturday and apparently it already has 2' of water in it now. The Island looks massive in these stills and the bottom end of the pond looks tiny however it is just a trick of perspective from the camera phone the pond at the bottom is big. Can't wait to be dangling a line into it.
cerbfan said:
Well the pond is finished, finally got enough of a dry spell to finish the digging, missed the lot though unfortunately due to being offshore. Managed to get home for 10 minutes as was in harbour just 10 minutes drive away for a day and got the below poor quality screen grabs from a video I took. I'll post up some better ones when I get home, these pics were taken on Saturday and apparently it already has 2' of water in it now. The Island looks massive in these stills and the bottom end of the pond looks tiny however it is just a trick of perspective from the camera phone the pond at the bottom is big. Can't wait to be dangling a line into it.
That looks soooo much like mine when it was first dug. Within a couple of years it looked as if it had been there forever. Following on from my last post, I've spotted some fantastic fish in there, although I'm no fisherman, so I haven't tried to land any. Those who know have spotted ghost and mirror carp, as well as a few unidentifiables. Up to 15" in length, which they reckon would be around 8-9lb.Its looking great now, lots of yellow flag iris and reed mace (I think I may regret putting this in)growing in the pond as well as various other plants and lillies. Also have a few bushes and trees planted around it and on the island so looks like its been there forever now.
On the wildlife front there is loads of insect life including mayflies and dragon flies last year for the first time. As well as regular visits from ducks and the heron after the frogs which are becoming more common every year.
Late winter this year I got my first fish stocked a mix of 200 small Carp, Rudd, Bream, Chub and Tench so hopefully these will do well and grow quick so I can get fishing for them this summer.
I'm offshore at the moment and have no decent photos with me but will get some when I get home and post them up.
On the wildlife front there is loads of insect life including mayflies and dragon flies last year for the first time. As well as regular visits from ducks and the heron after the frogs which are becoming more common every year.
Late winter this year I got my first fish stocked a mix of 200 small Carp, Rudd, Bream, Chub and Tench so hopefully these will do well and grow quick so I can get fishing for them this summer.
I'm offshore at the moment and have no decent photos with me but will get some when I get home and post them up.
cerbfan said:
Its looking great now, lots of yellow flag iris and reed mace (I think I may regret putting this in)growing in the pond as well as various other plants and lillies. Also have a few bushes and trees planted around it and on the island so looks like its been there forever now.
On the wildlife front there is loads of insect life including mayflies and dragon flies last year for the first time. As well as regular visits from ducks and the heron after the frogs which are becoming more common every year.
Late winter this year I got my first fish stocked a mix of 200 small Carp, Rudd, Bream, Chub and Tench so hopefully these will do well and grow quick so I can get fishing for them this summer.
I'm offshore at the moment and have no decent photos with me but will get some when I get home and post them up.
On the wildlife front there is loads of insect life including mayflies and dragon flies last year for the first time. As well as regular visits from ducks and the heron after the frogs which are becoming more common every year.
Late winter this year I got my first fish stocked a mix of 200 small Carp, Rudd, Bream, Chub and Tench so hopefully these will do well and grow quick so I can get fishing for them this summer.
I'm offshore at the moment and have no decent photos with me but will get some when I get home and post them up.
ManFromDelmonte said:
cerbfan said:
Its looking great now, lots of yellow flag iris and reed mace (I think I may regret putting this in)growing in the pond as well as various other plants and lillies. Also have a few bushes and trees planted around it and on the island so looks like its been there forever now.
On the wildlife front there is loads of insect life including mayflies and dragon flies last year for the first time. As well as regular visits from ducks and the heron after the frogs which are becoming more common every year.
Late winter this year I got my first fish stocked a mix of 200 small Carp, Rudd, Bream, Chub and Tench so hopefully these will do well and grow quick so I can get fishing for them this summer.
I'm offshore at the moment and have no decent photos with me but will get some when I get home and post them up.
On the wildlife front there is loads of insect life including mayflies and dragon flies last year for the first time. As well as regular visits from ducks and the heron after the frogs which are becoming more common every year.
Late winter this year I got my first fish stocked a mix of 200 small Carp, Rudd, Bream, Chub and Tench so hopefully these will do well and grow quick so I can get fishing for them this summer.
I'm offshore at the moment and have no decent photos with me but will get some when I get home and post them up.
(more so the house build)Apologies I have been utterly useless with updating this thread and the house build one so here are a few photos of the pond as it is now.
These photos are from a couple of weeks ago and this is also when the latest visitors arrived a pair of swans, they are still here and seem to have made themselves rights at home.
About a month ago we have the guy with the digger back again and he has now landscaped the whole place and made the new small wildlife pond hence all the bare soil but it does look a million times better than it did, all I need now is for the drive to be finished and for me to get my finger out and get the decking done.
Here is one of the Carp caught a couple of years ago, they would be 5lb now if it was not for the otter having a field day 2 winters ago and eating most of the them!!
Also a photo from last summer, looks a lot nicer when everything has grown.
A couple of frisky frogs from a couple of weeks ago, frog spawn now all transferred into the new wildlife pond to save the tadpoles being eaten by the fish.
I'm actually opening the pond up for coarse fishing next month (I've suffered due to the oil industry downturn so need to bring some cash in) so you can find the Facebook page if anyone is interested at St Annes Fishery if anyone wants a look or even to come up fishing at some point!
Right I need to go back and continue planting the rest of the 200+ hedge plants..
These photos are from a couple of weeks ago and this is also when the latest visitors arrived a pair of swans, they are still here and seem to have made themselves rights at home.
About a month ago we have the guy with the digger back again and he has now landscaped the whole place and made the new small wildlife pond hence all the bare soil but it does look a million times better than it did, all I need now is for the drive to be finished and for me to get my finger out and get the decking done.
Here is one of the Carp caught a couple of years ago, they would be 5lb now if it was not for the otter having a field day 2 winters ago and eating most of the them!!
Also a photo from last summer, looks a lot nicer when everything has grown.
A couple of frisky frogs from a couple of weeks ago, frog spawn now all transferred into the new wildlife pond to save the tadpoles being eaten by the fish.
I'm actually opening the pond up for coarse fishing next month (I've suffered due to the oil industry downturn so need to bring some cash in) so you can find the Facebook page if anyone is interested at St Annes Fishery if anyone wants a look or even to come up fishing at some point!
Right I need to go back and continue planting the rest of the 200+ hedge plants..
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