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Making ponds for wildlife

Migrant Hawker_image by Darren Bradley

Large or small, ponds are easy to make and some wildlife will turn up within days or even hours of a pond being completed!

If you are planning to make ponds in the countryside, take a look at the advice contained in the Million Ponds Project toolkit, which includes information on where to put ponds to make sure they have clean water, pond design and planning.

If you are making a garden pond, then click here for a step-by-step guide.

You can download our PDF on planting up ponds here.