You will need: • A plastic box (at least 45 litres) • A stick or pointy tool for marking • A spade • Bricks, stones and pebbles • Water (ideally rainwater) • Native pondweed Instructions: • Select the space for your pond. • Mark out the area by drawing a line around the upside-down box. • Dig the hole – dig a little deeper than needed and remove any sharp stones. • Place the box in the hole and backfill with soil to fill any gaps. • Line the bottom of the box with pebbles. • Place additional bricks, stones or pebbles inside the container on one side to give creatures a way to get in and out (you can also use logs or tiles). • Add pondweed and water. • Check regularly to refill the water and see if you have any visitors! You can also make a small wildlife pond using an old upside-down plastic dustbin lid! Top Tip Our guide will help you to create some beautiful habitats and give you a greater understanding of the creatures you can support by making simple adjustments in your garden. We are capturing the habitats and we would love to hear more from you about your experiences using the guide. Also, please get in touch if you would like to share another habitat build as we can make it up and add it to our ideas. Make the habitat Go to www.wildbleadon.co.uk and register your habitat Photograph the habitat Share you experience with your friends or on social media Watch the creatures use the habitat Go back to point 1 Select a habitat to make and keep a note of its number in the booklet 1. 2. 4. 3. 6. 5. 7. STEPby STEP: MAKE A WILDLIFE Project 1 Project 1 POND Getting STARTED
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