Check out Wildacres 'creating a pond' workshops. A super sustainable Christmas gift for a friend or family member…or why not yourself? Dates for 2025 are up on the Wildacre's website: https://lnkd.in/eh-jfh_X
Social Enterprise Co Founder - Multi Award Winning Wildacres Nature Reserve & Biodiversity Education Centre - Dedicated to Wildlife Conservation - Inspiring & Helping others to Protect our Precious Biodiversity.
A busy day today at Wildacres We are in the midst of lots of Winter tasks to improve habitats, facilities and features on the Nature Reserve. One job we are in the middle of is scything 1 acre, of our 4 acre wet wildflower meadow. Got a good soaking today scything, but one of the most abundant creatures on the nature reserve, our common frog🐸, loves our wet wildflower meadow habitat. The Scything is taking double the time , as the grass has to be cut first to about 3inches high to expose them. Then they have to be caught and moved and then the grass has to be rescythed to ground level. They are such beautiful and important creatures. They are classed as a “Bio Indicator” species. Meaning they will be one of the first creatures to disappear when pollution is present in their habitat. As they absorb readily through their porous skin they are very susceptible to poisons in their surroundings. They are also a vital part of a healthy functioning ecosystem. As are a prey item in their tadpole juvenile aquatic phase and their mainly terrestrial adult phase, for multitudes of creatures. Since we have transformed the land, now with pond #42 being dug out Wildacres has become “Froggy Central” with literally thousands of them in residence. Spring, in the ponds at Wildacres is an incredible sight, and one sadly that has vanished from a lot of our landscape. With thousands of frogs 🐸🐸 converging on our ponds to mate and spawn. Creating a Wildlife Pond, of any size,is an incredible way to instantly help restore biodiversity. Our popular “Creating a Wildlife Pond” workshop dates for 2025 are up on our website! Great present idea for a friend or family member…or why not yourself? https://lnkd.in/eiDhF2bY 💚🌳🐝🪲🦇🍄🦆🌼🐞💚 #habitatrestoration #nature #ponds #biodiversity #wellbeing #health