Pond has to go

As we have a grandson who has just made up 1year & a baby grandaughter on the way, i have had to make a sacrifice. My back isn't too good these days & to fence the pond off would simply spoil the design, so i have 7 golden & blue orfe to get rid of to a good home, if anyone is interested just email me at daveclarke25@hotmail.com
They are about 16"" in length & 18 years old, so reqire a large pond. There are also 3 fan tailed gold fish, plus the frogs will find their own way i guess!!

Dragon fly

This beautiful dragon fly was flying around my pond the other day from about 3pm onwards, tried to video it but the sun was exceptionally bright & i just couldn't keep track of it so i took a still when it landed. I hope i see another one so as i can do it justice with a better shot!

foxes playing in the evening sun

I know the blog is about pond life, but being a fan of all nature and that this was in our grounds, i had to put it in.

foxes playing in the evening sun

clear water

after the hot spell we had a fortnight ago the weather has turnrd hot and humid once again, but the pond is still clear. one pump which runs 24/7 goes into a small eco filter via a uv, whist another pumps water up to a larger filter, ( a cold water tank), so as i could cut my own inlet & outlet, which only runs from 8am to 8pm & drops into the pond thus providing a bit of oxygen.

Quacking frog

We've had the frogspawn, and the frogs still appear ocasionally on a damp night looking for slugs etc, but they are normal croaking frogs if you know what i mean.
The thing is we have a strange frog which has been resident in our pond for a few years now which does not croak, it "quacks like a duck".
I have walked quietly towards the pond on an afternoon and i hear it in the reeds at one end quacking but i never see it, the illusive quacking frog or whatever it is.
So if anyone reading this blog has any ideas on what species of frog it is, please put us out of our misery, because people must think i'm going quackers(crackers)!
I've seen the site with frog sounds but there's not one like ours. It just does it twice, then goes quiet then two more quacks.

Spring pond activity video