'Pond life' is sometimes used as an insult applied to particularly contemptible people but I feel that this is unfair to actual pond-dwelling creatures which, by contrast, are mostly harmless and frequently fascinating lifeforms.
Frogspawn is a case in point. You can see that our tiny garden pond is full of the stuff. Zoom in and you can tell that the embryos are starting to elongate towards the shape of a tadpole.
#pond #frogspawn #tadpoles #frogs #pondlife #wildlife #gardening #reptiles

4 or 5 large 'dollops' of frogspawn can be seen in our small garden pond.

**Bath Nature** @BathNature@ecoevo.social · Mar 27 *

Mar 27 *

Bath Nature @BathNature@ecoevo.social

Great Crested Newt in #Bath #Somerset #UK. A protected species here in the UK (I have a licence to catch and handle them).
#Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Amphibian #Newt #Pondlife #Pond #NatureCommunity

**Moya Moya Shashin** @moyamoyashashin@pixelfed.social · Mar 25

Mar 25

Moya Moya Shashin @moyamoyashashin@pixelfed.social

On Golden Pond

#photography #nature #film #kodak #pentax #pond

#pond

**Broadfork** @Broadfork@mastodon.green · Mar 23

Mar 23

Broadfork @Broadfork@mastodon.green

The container pond is now in place. I now know there’s about 30 cm/1’ of top soil before the clay layer. The soil texture is being assessed.

A pallet end put to use in making bricks from the excess excavated clay or providing mason bees with some handy nesting material before it dries.

Deer have been munching on the jostaberry so for now it’s covered in insect mesh until I can fashion something more permanent.

A reclaimed 230 litre 50 UK gallon black plastic water tank buried in the ground with the excavated clay fitted back in around the sides. It will have a pathway along one side and I’ll probably use different materials of sand, wood and stone for insect habitat around the edges. I’ll be able to add some pond plants kindly offered by the nature reserve wildlife group and a plot neighbour.

A yellow measure running the depth of a hole dug for a container pond. The top soil layer runs to a depth of about 30 cm 1 foot before reaching an Oxford clay layer. This Oxford clay layer is about 25 cm deep before it hits a darker layer of London clay.

Pallet ends being used as makeshift formers to dry out some of the excess clay into rough bricks. Mason bees will hopefully help themselves to some of the clay for use in their nests before it dries out. The pallet ends and bricks will themselves probably become part of a bug hotel with holes made through the clay.

A recently moved Jostaberry plant with fresh green leaf growth had a mesh shading cloth draped over it. Deer have pruned some of the tips already so it’s covered to offer it some protection.

#Pond #Soil #Allotment

**Kelly** @KellyJu@pixelfed.social · Mar 22

**Masayuki60** @masayuki60@vivaldi.net · Mar 22 *

Mar 22 *

Masayuki60 @masayuki60@vivaldi.net

A chilly start of our Saturday walk, but the sun soon began feeling good on us. Some types of cherry blossoms were beautiful.

Boundary Water Park, GA

A white and brown dog standing in front of a pond in a park in the morning sun. The water reflects the blue sky and the woods on the other shore

Cherry blossoms, more pink than the other ones, with the morning sun.

A stern look of a white and brown dog standing on a pasture in a park

#dog #dogs #DogsOfMastodon

**Francisco Litardo** @Onthewaymedia@pixelfed.social · Mar 22

Mar 22

Francisco Litardo @Onthewaymedia@pixelfed.social

Water Lilies Doing What Water Lilies Do.

The flower color of the Nymphaea 'Wanvisa' is a vibrant pink/orange with yellow streaks running through it. The pads are red in color with splashes of green

#photography #naturephotography #nature #pond #flower #acquaticplant #lilypond #nymphaea #wanvisa

#wanvisa

Continued thread

**Broadfork** @Broadfork@mastodon.green · Mar 20

Mar 20

Broadfork @Broadfork@mastodon.green

Adding a pond to a garden is the single most valuable thing we can do for our wildlife.
#Gardening #Allotment #Pond #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Ponds

Beginner’s guide to creating a wildlife pond by Lauren Kennedy (British Dragonfly Society)
https://youtu.be/b8_P8qu3jt8?si=sqYQ6zW24P-ebGOu

**Broadfork** @Broadfork@mastodon.green · Mar 20

Mar 20

Broadfork @Broadfork@mastodon.green

Someone’s once old water tank will soon begin a new life as a container pond on the allotment. #Gardening #Recycling #Allotment #Pond

A 230 litre 50 UK gallon black water tank is sitting in a hole dug in an allotment plot. Its lid is lying on its side alongside it. A white plate fitted to the bottom of the tank with two now rusty screws covers the hole that caused this to be thrown away. It’s been collecting rainwater from a greenhouse roof for over a year. Now it has a new assignment as a pond. It is 60 cm or 24” deep and 110 cm or 44” long. It will sit in a pathway between two no dig garden beds. The topsoil from the dug hole is being used on one of the beds. The clay substrate has been added to a hűgelkultur bed being built elsewhere on the plot.

**Janet** @Homestead@mastodon.scot · Mar 20

Mar 20

Janet @Homestead@mastodon.scot

Dog walk. There is beauty in the world. #DogsOfMastodon #Swans #pond

A view down to a distant wildlife pond with a swan feeding on it. Bare birch trees stand to the left and right and a green hillside lies beyond. There’s a blue sky above.

A young black Labrador (he is 4 years old) stands on a sunny track with his tongue hanging out looking for the toy i am about to throw.

**Pabodie Art** @PabodieArt@mastodon.social · Mar 20

Mar 20

Pabodie Art @PabodieArt@mastodon.social

KOI COLORS can be viewed here:
https://pabodie.com/products/koi-colors

#fish #fishing #koi

**Sunguramy** @sunguramy@flipping.rocks · Mar 18

Mar 18

Sunguramy @sunguramy@flipping.rocks

#MarshMadness day 18

Libellula vibrans (great blue skimmer)

a log is diaganol across the image, floating on marsh water with aquatic plants everywhere. On the log is a little bit of blue, a dragonfly.

#ecology #water #marsh

**Laura Scrimshaw** @LauraScrimshaw@pixelfed.social · Mar 18

Mar 18

Laura Scrimshaw @LauraScrimshaw@pixelfed.social

White Ibis
At first I thought he was a descendant of a cross with a scarlet ibis, because he was quite pink compared to his mate. Now I think maybe he was hitting the shrimp too hard. #ibis #whiteibis #everglades #swamp #pond #birdphotography #waterbird #naturephotography

#naturephotography

**Eishi Noguchi** @enog@masto.ai · Mar 17

Mar 17

Eishi Noguchi @enog@masto.ai

#MondayMotivation

It’s been a long time since I saw this retention pond filled with water
Also ducks

A retention pond surrounded by grassy areas next to a soccer field. A couple of ducks are visible on the water.

#Pond #Walking #Hiking

**Paul Houle** @UP8@mastodon.social · Mar 17

Mar 17

Paul Houle @UP8@mastodon.social

An old farm pond near the entrance of trail Yellow 4 in Hammond Hill State Forest I saw yesterday. Most of the state forests were filled with farms on land parceled revolutionary soldiers that ultimately failed because they were on atrocious land and got bought back by New York State