Long Term Monitoring

Ponds

We regularly survey 3 ponds with visiting groups and two students on work experience from a local High School are adding to our long term dataset on a weekly basis.

Dickson's Copse Pond is an old large pond in the local woodland, subject to low light levels and lots of leaf litter.

Dodnor Creek Pond is also an old large pond. However, it is subject to an influx of salt water from the Medina estuary, making it a unique aquatic environment.

The Medina Valley Centre pond was constructed in 1986, has a butyl rubber liner and over the years has been colonised by a diverse range of aquatic plants and animals. An ongoing record is kept of the plant and animal life as well as abiotic measurements.

• Keep checking back, there will be data posted here soon!