Speckled Wood on Bramble
Howardian
Local Nature Reserve

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Water features - Wildlife Pond

Water features include a Pond, Wildlife Pond, Scrapes and a Winter Wetland providing perfect conditions for a wide variety of flora and fauna. These habitats are complimented by the Meadow and Grassland and Woodlland areas.

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  Wildlife Pond

Wildlife Pond
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Mostly covered with Lesser Duckweed for the later part of the year the Wildlife Pond is an important habitat for aquatic insects, frogs, toads and newts. Ragged Robin, King Cup and Flag Iris thrive on it's banks.

Frogs
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Frogspawn was laid in the pond in late February 2010 during the first week in March the pond froze. With no rain for three weeks the pond level lowered leaving the Frogspawn stranded on the shelf and in danger of drying out on 13 March it was rescued and moved from the shelf into deeper water.

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  Frogspawn in Wildlife Pond
Frogspawn laid 25th February 2010
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  Ragged Robin


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Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi thriving on the banks of the wildlife pond

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  Ice on the Wildlife Pond March 2010 Howardian Local Nature Reserve
  Ice
Ice on the Wildlife Pond March 2010
Ice

All photographs have been taken on the reserve © Friends of Howardian LNR

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