The Million Ponds project, coordinated by Pond Conservation, is a visionary project to reverse the long-term decline in countryside ponds in the UK.
The Million Ponds project will double the number of ponds in the UK over the next 50 years.
This is a huge aspiration and we won’t be doing it all by ourselves. Working with our partners we will dig the first 5,000 ponds in the next four years. Of these 1,000 will be targeted to support some of the 80 BAP species associated with ponds. We have raised around £3 million to get this work started – the biggest ever pond creation project for wildlife.
The Million Ponds project will help to deliver the Pond Habitat Action Plan target to create new high quality ponds.
This is an ambitous project. We now have funding for the first four years of the project and are currently developing the project plan.
The Million Ponds project is supported by The Tubney Charitable Trust
