Garden of Grandeur

While building your own garden pond can bring you much joy, there are of course downsides. For many attracting wildlife, such as greenfinches, blackbirds and frogs, is a great bonus. However, it can also bring creatures that you may not want visiting.

For example, at night there can be badgers and foxes that stop in for a visit. Then, there is the often unwanted heron or neighbourhood cats. These can put your resident fish, and frogs, at risk. You can take some precautionary measures to limit your losses, for instance extra stones lining the pool edge, and within it, give adult frogs nice places to hide from predators.