Big Pond Dip

Big Pond Thaw 2011-12 online recording form

As winter approaches we are already thinking about the Big Pond Thaw for 2011-12. If you see any dead amphibians or fish in your pond, then tell us about them.

There are two ways to do the survey - you can download the paper form - and take it out to your pond, and post it to us, or you can enter your findings directly online. You can do the survey as many times as you like!

When you have done your survey, please fill in as many of the questions as you can here and press submit at the end to send the form to us.

It should only take a few moments to fill in.

A. Where is your pond?
	Enter your nearest town and county
	Enter your postcode
B. About your pond
	What sort of pond are you looking at?	garden pond school pond other
	How big is your pond?	small - 1 metre by 1 metre or less medium - up to 5 metres by 5 metres large - bigger than 5 metres by 5 metres
	Ice cover: roughly how long did ice cover the pond?	1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks 4 weeks Longer
	Did you make a hole in the ice?	Yes No
	Did you break the ice?	Yes No
	If yes, how often?
	Snow cover: was the pond covered by snow?	Yes No
	Did you clear snow from your pond?	Yes No
	Roughly for how long did snow cover the pond?	1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks 4 weeks Longer
	How deep is your pond?	Shallow (no more than 30 cm or 1 foot deep) Medium (up to 60 cm or 2 feet deep) Deep (deeper than 60 cm or 2 feet)
C. Plants, sediment and water
	In the pond do you have:	Edge plants (include grass) Floating-leaved plants Plants completely underwater
	Is the pond filled by	Rainwater only Mixture of tapwater and rainwater Stream
	Roughly what depth of leaf litter and sedimet is there in the bottom of your pond?	Very little / none - less than 3 cm (1 inch) Moderate - between 3 cm (1 inch) and 15 cm (6 inches) Deep - more than 15 cm (6 inches)
	Did you run a pump, fountain, heater or other device to keep the pond open during the freeze?	Pump Fountain Heater Other
	Other (list)
D. Wildlife
	Do you have fish in your pond?	Yes No
	If you do have fish, what sort are they?
	Did any of your fish die during or straight after the freeze?	Yes No
	Which, if any, fish died?
	Do you have amphibians?	Yes No
	What sort are they (list)
	Did you see any dead amphibians after the ice melted? Check the box if yes and give details of the number	Common Frog Common Toad Smooth Newt Palmate Newt Great Crested Newt
	Number of dead amphibians seen
	Did you see any dead smaller animals (e.g. mayflies, water beetles, dragonflies) after the ice melted? Tick yes or no and give brief details.	Yes No
	Details
E. Anything else?
	Is there anything else you would like to tell us about your pond?
Can we keep in contact with you? We will e-mail the results to everyone who participates.
	Pond Conservation would really like to keep in contact with you to give you our latest advice on ponds and of course let you know the results of the Big Pond Thaw. The data submitted are collected by Pond Conservation and we will not pass your contact details to any other organisation. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please enter your name and email. Also, if you are under 16, please check with a parent or guardian first.	yes no
	SHOW US YOUR POND and upload a picture (Max Size 50kb)
	First name
	Surname
	email address

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