Pond Management
Fountain Pond Conduit Pond
Lesnes Abbey Conservation Volunteers
help to maintain the wildlife ponds in Lesnes Abbey Wood. When LACV
began restoring the wildlife ponds, Conduit pond had completely
disappeared & Fountain pond had almost dissappeared. The first job
which was undertaken was digging out the ponds and restoring the water
channels which feed the ponds.
Each year LACV
ma
intain the ponds by
removing slit from the water channels and ponds. About a third of each
pond is cleared each year of invasive plants. By removing the plants in
only a third of each pond, the wildlife in the other two thirds is
protected. All the material removed from the ponds is placed near by, so
any creatures removed by mistake can return to the pond.
The ponds are
the only natural water supply for many woodland creatures, and also
provide a home for a large amount of pond life including palemate newts.
LACV also does a pond life survey every spring in order to assess the
impact of the work done by the volunteers.
Volunteers working on Conduit Pond Volunteers assessing Conduit Pond
