Visitors to my garden and pond

One of the visitors is called a Hairy Dragonfly.
This chap was born in my pond the previous year 2010 along with 5 other's which hatched last summer the larvae was behind the wood.

       This photo is of the larvae of the Dragonfly.
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             This little bird is a Grey Wagtail that visits the garden when the frog spawn has developed into tadpoles. I often watch them enjoying a nice meal of a tadpole.         

Spring in the Pond

This past few weeks the weather has improved, and my pond has been invaded by frogs.

This chap was born in my pond 2years ago

As you can see in the photo, when the frogs are spawning they always every spring tear up my plants which have to be replanted.










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Spring time in the garden

I dug my first pond in 1987, which was L4'xW4'x18". It was well stocked with pond plants and fish. I could not resist buying two Koi, by rights I should have had a larger pond.





In 2000 I built a much larger pond. My Koi and other fish had grown really large in the old pond.
My new pond was L8'xW6'xD3'4". I was able to buy a lot more fish, Golden Orfe, Koi, and various breeds of Goldfish.





A few of the fish. Photo taken while in a large paddling pool while cleaning pond in the spring after the frogs have spawned.