When Lydia Massiah, now a former teacher and aspiring writer, moved to the property years ago, she and her family decided the pond was far too large for the garden. So they began the process of draining it. Someone came to take the goldfish away, she recalls. But she never thought she would find eels hiding in the pool’s darkest depths.
"They would have crossed a road and come across two fields from the river," she says, still marvelling at how they had slithered over land, which eels are known to do, and climbed into the pond, which was also raised 2ft (0.6m) above ground level. Once discovered, they soon vanished, presumably back towards the river, Massiah adds.
It is arguably this mysterious property of water in gardens – how it attracts wildlife so successfully – that makes ponds such special things. Massiah and her family made sure to keep another, more ecologically balanced, wildlife pond intact in the back garden in the hope that it would continue to benefit local species.
Not all ponds are biodiverse, of course – but the recent wildlife gardening craze has thrust them into the spotlight. Even people with limited outdoor space are encouraged to get involved, with several environmental charities recommending mini versions made with half-sunken washing up bowls. There’s an increasing awareness that – when thoughtfully designed – they can act as lifelines that boost the resources available to native plants and animals.
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Matt Hill, a freshwater ecologist and senior lecturer in geography at the University of Huddersfield in the UK, stresses that establishers of ponds ought to avoid siting them in places that are very heavily shaded, since that will deter many species. And he suggests that people prioritise variability in their pond designs wherever possible – which means building some deeper areas, say up to 1m (3.3ft) or so, but also shallow banks since these are used by creatures such as aquatic insects. He says there is no problem in adding stones around part of the pond but you should avoid completely encircling it, to help smaller wildlife get in and out.
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"The key message for me is that variability is to be expected – and also to be encouraged. You want different environmental conditions," he says, noting that your pond life might differ from your neighbour's. Some people might notice an abundance of snails, others will have high numbers of dragonflies. The important thing is that, dotted around a whole district or county, hundreds or even thousands of differing ponds will serve a broad swathe of plants, insects, amphibians, mammals and birds, says Hill. Together, they should benefit nature right across the area.
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