Frans Pond
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Improvements to Fran's Pond Rutland Water
Earlier this year we were approached by Tony Clarke, a regular visitor to the reserve at Rutland Water, who offered us some funding to improve a pond area. This pond is known as Fran’s Pond after a previous Reserve Officer who developed the existing pond from scratch.
The area had got increasingly choked with vegetation and during the summer, it was not even apparent there was still a pond there.
Tony is very keen on his dragonflies and believed with some work, this pond could become one of the best ponds on the reserve for Dragonflies and Damselflies.
A digger was brought in to extend and deepen some areas of the pond over the late winter, leaving a basic canvas from which to work from. A boardwalk was then to be built between the areas of water to allow visitors to get close to the pond and view the plethora of life it contains.
Thanks to many hours put in by our volunteers, we can now say the boardwalk is officially open!
The project has been a huge success with 17 species of Dragonflies and Damselflies already recorded around the pond in the last 6 months.
Come pay us a visit to see the new boardwalk and watch out for both Dragonflies and Damselflies.
Fran's Pond is to the South of the Anglian Water Birdwatching Centre at Rutland Water Nature Reserve www.lrwt.org.uk/awbc