.. a bulbous pouch.. . That is a nice way of putting it. Thank you for showing these "individuals".

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! You're very welcome Esther, as always - hope you are doing well. Best wishes, Joel

Awesome video Joel. An amazing amount of wildlife in that pond 👍💚

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Stephen, couldn't resist sharing them all with you - this is all in the middle of London as well :) So glad you enjoyed it - best wishes, Joel

Such beautiful newts. Gussie Fink-Nottle would be delighted.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Aren’t they just?! I love them! 😍👍

Beautiful sharing! I've just built a 2m x 2m wildfire pond after your inspirational video, and working from home its one of the most tranquil scenes at home. Recommend to every gardener! Hedgehogs also started popping by. Recommend wildlife area for every keen gardener, let's bring humanity and nature back together again😊

Same to you joel , when i clean my pond , i watch all creatures of ponds! Amazing video 😍, glad to see this creatures!🌼😍

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this :) In the Spring I could sit by ponds all day, so much life is attracted to them :) thank you for your kind comment too - best wishes, Joel

Hello. I envy the wonderful natural environment. Thank you for the great video.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel and thank you for your kind comment - it is appreciated - your balcony garden is beautiful :)

Beautiful job 👍🌹 Thanks!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much - hope you are doing ok :)

Love the close up info Joel. Brings it all back. as kids we used to see loads of newts and tadpoles in our local parks pond.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I have the same memories - ponds are one of the most important additions to a garden and bring so much life :)

@artinpoetsoulnature

3 жыл бұрын

💌🌹

Wow, lively wildlife!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :) Can't wait til this job is finished and they can have their fresh new home ready for the Spring :) Hope you're ok - Joel

What beautiful creatures you found in the wildlife garden :)

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

I'm on the same job today! There have been SO many newts coming up for air in the new pond, toads have been using it, frogs etc - they have a much larger and better home now and they're making the most of it for sure :) Best wishes, Joel

I did not know that about dragonflies! They stay in nymph form for up to three years? That’s amazing! Also amazing that they reach adulthood with all the predators around. We had a small lake in our backyard while I was growing up (in New Jersey) and dragonflies were In abundance in the spring and summer.

Just the job ! Playing around in a bucket of water in February, it is OK until you get your sleeves wet, then you live with it the rest of the day. There is a very heathy Newt population in that small pond, it will be even better next year in the new larger size pond, I have not seen mud like that for a while, brings back memories, we are also starting to get warmer weather, although only around 18 deg now, it has brought the Hummingbird Hawkmoths out of their slumber, it is good to see people are installing nice size ponds, everyone benefits from that. Stay safe! Chris B.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy the pond work so much, but particularly in the warmer weather ;) I can't wait to start the next part of this, and the rest of the garden, some great features going in and of course all with nature in mind :) I hope the hummingbird hawkmoths fancy coming this way again this year - I remember reading on BBC ages ago that on D-Day there was an absolute swarm of them in huge numbers that came across the channel - some do over-winter here now but they make a "bee-line" for my Red Valerian in the south facing front garden, an absolute joy to watch :) Did you HAVE to mention you're enjoying 18 degrees?! ;) I'm absolutely thrilled at the interest and amount of people that are making these habitats Chris - speak soon, Joel

Brilliant loving the Uk amphibians thanks for sharing 💚🐸💚

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thought this one would be right up your street! ;) Glad you enjoyed it.

@UkAmphibians

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Definitely nice to see the stunning Smooth / common newts (Lissotriton vulgaris) so chunky and healthy

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

@@UkAmphibians Absolutely! :)

Fantastic Joel... Great footage.. one of my favourite amphibians... brings back some great memories as a kid ... hope your well mate and take care 👍

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I can't get enough of these and each time I see them I'm in awe. How they find these ponds is incredible - particularly this one in the middle of London! But they did :) They're sure going to like their bigger and better home real soon. All good here, hope it's the same for you - best wishes

Just watching this in May 2022 with my newt obsessed 7 year old and we loved the video! Thank you so much :)

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Sinead - thanks so much for this, it really made my day :) So good to know you are encouraging your son and sharing with him - he'll thank you for this. Best wishes to you both, Joel

Fantastic video! It’s astonishing how much wildlife a garden pond can accommodate. I just wish there was more of a national drive to incentivise the installation of wildlife ponds on private and public land

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed this :) I've been encouraging gardening in this way and the addition of ponds for many years now and I have seen the positive change, but with so many ponds lost over the last 100 years it will take some catching up - just have to keep spreading the word :) Best wishes - Joel

Reminds me of going pond skimming as a nipper. 😁

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, every time :) So many ponds have been lost over the years, but they can bring such joy and education - thrilled more people are building these and providing much needed habitat :) Best wishes, Joel

Amazing video Joel 😍😍😍😍

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Yash, very much :)

As always very good.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jon, so much - I really appreciate your support, I do hope these videos make a difference and encourage other people to garden with nature in mind, rather than against it :) Best wishes, Joel

Love looking at the creatures you get in the ponds

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Me too - I so hope this encourages more people to install even the smallest of ponds, it's amazing what they can bring - and at the same time benefit nature in a big way :)

@battleguybarry5973

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton spot on I've got a small pond and my 3 boys love looking whats in it fascinating

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

@@battleguybarry5973 So good to hear - lucky boys, so many memories for them already :)

Wow 😍

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Monica :)

Love these videos. Makes me want a wildlife pond in my garden

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

You know the 3 part instructional is on the channel? I really hope it inspires and encourages you, one of the best things you can do in a garden to attract all kinds of wildlife :) I really appreciate your continued support - best wishes, as always - Joel

@micksmusicchannel

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton thanks Joel. Keep up the good work pal 👍

@stevefowler3398

Жыл бұрын

I left a small plastic washing up bowl on my patio over winter. It filled up naturally. I have 2 resident toads now, plus several small frogs. Plus all sorts of insects. I don't do anything to it, apart from topping up the water. It all just happens by itself. Nature is amazing!

Very interesting! I also like your new intro.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Anders :) I try to keep the intro short for the shorter info videos and use the usual intro for any longer instructional ones - glad you like it :) Hope all is good for you - best wishes, Joel

Three cheers for Joel! Love your channel. Move over Attenborough...

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Matt, thanks so very much - your kind words are appreciated and it's so nice to hear that the channel is useful and helping people to garden with wildlife in mind - I really do appreciate your support, best wishes to you and yours - Joel

Looks like loads of fun!! =o)

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely - best bit is that this pond is in the middle of London :) An absolute haven already and we will shortly be giving them a much healthier and larger home, can't wait to show you all the garden progress and of course when it's all finished :) Best wishes to you Debbie - Joel

@debbieaustin2549

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Can't wait!! Thanks Joel. Best wishes to you too.

Great to see newts sadly never had them in my garden. Found a dead one 30 + yrs ago when I first moved here but no live ones. They’re going to have a great wildlife garden when it’s all completed.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

You never know.... one day :) I can't wait for this pond to be finished, we're not far off now along with the other improvements, can't wait to share it all when it's done - take good care, Joel

@stevefowler3398

Жыл бұрын

Beware! Newts devour tadpoles. I found out by introducing them into my frog pond, thinking I was doing a good thing....

@wildlifegardener-tracey6206

Жыл бұрын

@@stevefowler3398 Yes aware of that. Though in a large pond it balances out. Tadpoles will eat toad spawn too. Nature takes care of itself.

Just made a little wildlife pond for a friend Joel, using your videos as guidance, so many thanks. After a month, she now is worried about the mosquito larvae showing in numbers. With no fish, what is the best way to control mosquito's? I tried to explain it's a trade off, that other predators will come and help suppress Mosquito's, but at the moment it's all mosquito larva. Bit of a toughie this one? I even said to put some Bat boxes up even though it's a city urban garden.

Wonderful video Joel. The snails (1:28) were not rams horns, they were common pond snails aand the one that was surfing the surface of water was a bladder snail.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ameed! I just watched the video - you are right, I should try to not do videos and work at the same time ;) I can see that I hesitate when having the Ramshorn snail in my hand and don't even name it, and I had already called the bladder/pond snail the Ramshorn! Thank you for correcting me and letting others know :) The Ramshorn is quite obvious in shape - hope you are doing ok, catch up soon - best wishes, and thanks - Joel

@Tuppyandizzy

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton i put up a story on Instagram tagging you please check it ... and yeah please don't stop making video's while you work .. the community loves them.

Great video, im late to the comments here but in case you wanted info the first snail is a common pond snail or flat valve (if spiralled to the left it could be a bladder snail) and the second snail is a ramshorn. the one that looks like a fossil.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jessie - thank you :) I did realise as soon as I'd uploaded the video that I'd got them the wrong way round, I really should do scripts for these videos instead of doing them when I get a chance :) Appreciated, I hope you enjoy the channel - best wishes, Joel

Great vid! Would a pond get colonized by it self by different snails (via birds and stuff) or do you stock them from other ponds. Same question about hornworth and the newts?

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there Salalalam! Thank you so much - that's really appreciated - the snails, as you rightly say, usually come to the ponds via their eggs stuck to bird legs or on some of the plants we put in the ponds (again as eggs). The newts, frogs, toads etc incredibly find their way to the ponds by themselves - I am not so sure there were this amount of newts when we first looked into the pond before stating the job and the snow! :) We do put hornwort into all the ponds we either create or renovate as it is such a good plant, along with spiked water milfoil for oxygenating and clearing the ponds - I hope that helps, I'll be here if you have any other questions :) Best wishes, and thank you again - Joel

@dotnelsie

2 жыл бұрын

The palmate newts in my pond in Aberdeenshire arrived by themselves! The frogs and toads too 😊

Great video. We are in the process of putting in a pond. Just waiting for the weather to get a bit better. One question: - what happens to the pond animals when ponds completely freeze over?

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your kind comment :) I actually found out the other day that frogs in Alaska can freeze, remain in that state and then thaw out as if nothing has happened! I also will be talking about this on the livestream as a friend spotted two frogs that had been mating and then totally frozen in her pond - this is what made me research it and find out about the ones in Alaska - I'll be looking into it further :) Mostly though frogs, newts etc will be at the bottom of ponds and unless the ponds are really tiny they can survive the short periods of freeze as the pond retains it's oxygen levels - I do recommend with smaller ponds that tepid water be slowly poured over the surface to help provide breathing holes and of course areas round the edge where birds are also able to drink :) Hope you can join us on Sunday 28th - 3:00pm - am thrilled you're adding a pond to your garden - best wishes, Joel

Happy days 😍 I'm hoping to volunteer for Froglife this year and get to see some of these 😎 my pond is still partially frozen over and only 6 months old so I probably don't have anything wild yet. We put in a Swan Mussel and 4x snails so hoping they survived 🤞

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have time? haha - that's brilliant Donna :) You will have before long. It's good that it's only partially frozen over, even if small it will retain oxygen etc the snails will survive fine and I am still unsure whether these newts found the pond in the last few days to find a mate etc or whether they had been in the pond, I know that frogs can completely freeze and shut their bodies down - in fact on the next livestream I'll be talking about just this, with photo evidence too - a friend found two mating frogs completely frozen under the ice, when it thawed they'd disappeared - which made me look into it further :)

In my pond lots of fish,crustaceans,snails,fresh water shrimps lots of them😊

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

So good to hear :) You are doing it right! Best wishes, Joel

March next month , spring in the gardeners calendar and the clocks go forward for BST

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait! :)

@justlaughatlife8461

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t come sooner I put a wildlife pond on my allotment last year and so exited to see if I have any of these have moved in over the winter if you click my channel I have a video of it if you would like to see it 🐸

@justlaughatlife8461

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton hi Joel I made a wildlife pond on my allotment last year if you click my channel and watch the pond video would be brilliant for any advice or just so u can see it can’t wait to see it this spring summer see what a year of evolutionary changes will have happened frog 🐸

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

@@justlaughatlife8461 I've just seen it! You have everything that is needed, brilliant access/exit from the pond, the meadow, the log stacks - what a wonderful environment and VERY well done to you - it will make a huge difference and the whole area will bring rewards, not just for you but wildlife too - best wishes and keep me updated! Joel

@justlaughatlife8461

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton thankyou Joel

The second snail you showed are actually ramshorn snails the first one you showed are greater pond snails

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

Жыл бұрын

Hi Peter, yes, I'd got them mixed up - I did mention this in the comments but don't expect everyone to trawl through the comments, thank you though :) Best wishes, Joel

Hi! Great work you do! Have a stupid question... My husband and I plan for a wildlife pond next year, but.. he will really like some fish in it...is there any fish that are great for such a project?? Thanks and keep the good work!!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Hi - thanks so much for commenting. You can have minnows or stickleback in a wildlife pond without causing any harm 👍 Hope that helps.

Goodie bag 😄

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Great description Isela! Best wishes, Joel

@iselagonzalez5798

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks God bless you.

First snail was a bladder snail Secon was the Ramshorn

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks David. I realised I’d got them the wrong way round when I went to edit the video! 😆

@markzuckerburger235

Жыл бұрын

Actually the first was just a pond snail, bladder snails are smaller and have black shells with yellow spots.

❤❤❤👍

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you - appreciated :)

Thanks for all your videos. What were the two oxygenators you recommended?

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter, you are very welcome :) It was spiked water milfoil and hornwort - both of these won't be quite "awake" yet but they will be available at the beginning of April - you can find them, and a lot more suitable plants at www.wildyourgarden.com where we're happy to give any advice you need as well :) Hope that's helpful, best wishes and thanks for your support - Joel

@petermoore7315

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your helpful reply. and I hope you have a good day @@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

@@petermoore7315 You're very welcome Peter, you too :)

That’s so fascinating to see all the different creatures. Would those generally need to be introduced to a new pond, or are they likely to find a new pond for themselves?

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there Mike :) They're amazing aren't they. All the animals in this video arrived at this pond naturally, it's incredible how they find these water resources but very telling in how important they obviously are - this pond is in the middle of London as well! But yes, they should find your pond if there is access to the garden of course and as you can see by the size, they only need small gaps. The snails can be transferred from pond to pond as eggs on bird's legs etc and quite often are already eggs on some of the pond plants that we introduce to client ponds. Best wishes, Joel

How do they survive the winter?

Great video ! I was wondering is duckweed good and should I clear as much Of it from my pond. Thanks

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there Felix - it doesn't technically benefit a pond, although it is absolutely ok in moderation and does provide some form of "cover" or at least shade. I have a fair bit in my barrel pond at the moment, usually transferred by birds and amphibians and it looks quite good at the moment, but let's see if I'm saying that in a few more weeks when I can't see the water! I usually just use a standard kitchen sieve, or of course a fishing net works fine if you need a longer reach Felix - hope that is helpful, best wishes to you - Joel

@felixkalwij4710

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton thanks so much

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

@@felixkalwij4710 You're very welcome :)

Hi Joel, I have a small wildlife pond (2x1.5m) which I built a year ago. I was considering putting another small pond nearby, however I’m not sure if it would be better to make my pond bigger instead. What option do you think is best for wildlife; two small ponds or a big one?!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Sam, utmost apologies for the delay in responding, I don't seem to be getting all the notifications re comments and am having to trawl the videos to ensure I'm acknowledging everyone. However, as the pond you have is relatively small (but still important!) if it's not too much effort then I'd certainly increase the size of it - that's not to say that several adjacent ponds aren't good, but they do need to be a reasonable size - of course if you have enough space for a 4m x 3m or similar then leave your existing pond in situ and create another one :) I hope that helps - best wishes and apologies again for the tardy response - Joel

will the dragonfly nymphs eat the diving beetle larvae as at the moment I have quite a few diving beetle larvae who are eating everything in the pond

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not too sure, but I would have thought so as dragonfly nymphs are voracious - it's when the diving beetles reach adulthood that they're one of the most voracious in a pond, even preying on small fish. Hopefully your dragonfly nymphs will be feasting on these, but I've not really heard of it or come across it - you've given ME food for thought though now! Sorry I couldn't be more specific - best wishes, Joel

Those ARE NOT Ramshorn snails. They're more likely Ampullaceana balthica.

I started a w/l pond last year. Got lots of tadpoles and had damsel flys with plenty of oxygen plants. Someone told me Newts eat frogs? Can anyone enlighten me please?

They're the most wonderful little animals! Well done. I'm guessing you shouldn't put fish in a wildlife pond?

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hello :) I get asked this a lot or suggestions from people that fish would "finish the pond off nicely" - I like fish, don't get me wrong, but in a wildlife pond they are better left out, they do cause detriment by eating eggs etc of newts and frogs, other larvae - fish do make an impact on mosquito larvae of course, but they're not picky about what they eat :) Best wishes, Joel

@alisonburgess345

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Yes, i thought so - no fish..

Hi! How far do the newts migrate? How far does my pond need to be from a healthy population to be able to find them one day? Thanks!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hello again :) I know that Great Crested Newts (in the UK) will travel up to 500 metres to "find" a pond, and they use the pond between February and June for breeding. Whilst ponds continue to be used outside this period grassland, hedgerows, scrub, woodland etc are used for the other months of the year. They usually hibernate between November and February and are usually discovered in frost free places such as below ground in other mammal tunnels, tree roots, dense vegetation, cracks in stone walls and log piles. I am assuming this is the same for all "types" of newts - I have no doubt that with the work you are putting in you will be rewarded with them shortly :) Best wishes, Joel

Great video but first snails were pond snails, not ramshorn, while the round one looked like a ramshorn ...

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, and thanks Harriet - if you see my reply to Amir below you'll see he addressed this too :) Unfortunately there's no way of editing the videos after upload to make this note - welcome to the channel Harriet - we have a great community on here and I hope that it's helpful to you - best wishes, Joel

A very healthy array of amphibians, insect larvae, and snails in those buckets. My pond, although very healthy, gets invaded at night by the dreaded cane toad. It is, unfortunately, such a pest here that we have to cull them having multiplied to plague proportions in the past 80 years as they have no natural predators, are threatening biodiversity and the environment, being an introduced species from South America. I would rather have more of the Australian green tree frogs 🐸🐸 (of which we have a few) in the pond than them that's for sure🙂. Have a great weekend.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I've seen a few documentaries about the cane toad, introduced in the 1930s weren't they? I remember seeing about Water Rats making a big impact on them as they'd somehow managed to get "around" the poison with almost surgical precision! Let's hope they make progress in reducing the numbers sufficiently, but I know these toads have a huge impact on other species, to the point of extinction :/ as always, it's human intervention that messes up nature - can't wait to see some footage of these green tree frogs :) Hope all is good where you are - Joel

@EasyHikes4810

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Thanks, Joel. I am still compiling footage of wallabies, pond, garden, etc, and will upload these when I get a chance 🙏. I will also get a couple of cane toads on video, especially when I remove them from the pond so viewers understand how bad the problem is, and also green frogs which are around the gardens and sometimes near the pond when cane toads are not in ridiculous numbers. These were indeed introduced in 1935 from Hawaii (although they are originally from South and Central America) to combat the cane beetle that was decimating the sugar industry in Queensland.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

@@EasyHikes4810 Hello! I can't wait for the upload but of course appreciate fully how much time and effort these take - I didn't know about the sugar industry and the beetle, so I've learned something new today - thank you :)

Are water Lillys good for a wildlife pond just started mine it's about a foot deep and need to buy plants

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

Жыл бұрын

Hi Thomas, Lilies are great cover for a pond and this is important for keeping the water cool and combatting algal growth. Normally I would recommend a native white water lily but in your situation I would recommend fringed water lily or frog bit. You can find them in this section of our website: wildyourgarden.com/product-category/ponds-accessories/pond-plants/floating-aquatics-plants-ponds-accessories/ I hope this is helpful - if you need any advice at all about the best plant please feel free to email us on enquiries@wildyourgarden.com and we'll be happy to help. Best wishes, Joel

@thomaslad356

Жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton thank you for reply been watching ur videos all night I must get old now that I'm excited over my pond 🤣thanks for ur advice

I started cleaning up my pond and I removed a large rock and there was a tiny little lizard newt thing not sure but it was absolutely tiny and was hibernating but it was only around half the size of my small finger it had a orange strip on its side I live in Ireland aswell but could you identify it

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Sean :) Did you get a photo at all? If so, do email it to me at hazelwoodlandscapes@hotmail.com and it will give me a better chance of ID of course - but if you didn't, I would hazard a guess at a smooth newt as I believe they're the only ones native to Ireland. Let me know :) Best wishes, Joel

@seanmurphy5768

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton I sent you a picture of it it has a bright orange line on its tail

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanmurphy5768 Hey Sean - just about to leave my yard in Lincolnshire and head to Essex, then Wales tomorrow - but I'll take a look asap :) Take good care and I'll catch up real soon - best wishes

1:10 nice video, but those aren’t ramshorn snails. They’re great pond snails.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

Жыл бұрын

They are! I only realised once I'd uploaded the video, but you are right :) I am glad you enjoyed it despite the clear error :) Best wishes - Joel

@theworthysoul

Жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton It’s cool :) I’ve read your book multiple times now and I can’t wait to wild my garden in the future once I move house.

will they come on their own or do I need to introduce them, thanks

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Liam :) They will find it, absolutely they will - this was in the middle of urban London and although I'm not sure on how many ponds there are in the vicinity, frogs etc will travel up to around a mile apparently to find a good water source, particularly during breeding time and the toads certainly found their own way there, 2 mating last week in the garden! Hope that helps and reassures you Liam - best wishes, Joel

I have newts in my pond

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear - you must have a very balanced and healthy pond - they are so great to watch and help eat a lot of mosquitoes and their larvae :) Best wishes, Joel

Is it common to have a pond in the UK? I’ve noticed many homes do.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

It's becoming more common - we have quite a few (in the scheme of things) koi ponds but we statistically have actually lost around 1 million ponds in the UK over the last 100 years - one of the reasons I want to encourage more natural ponds for wildlife :) Best wishes, Joel

Did you mention mosquitoes...??? In the U.S. there are issues with viruses caused by mosquitoes.

You can add some fish

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

Жыл бұрын

Hi there Suman, I don't recommend fish for the wildlife ponds I create, very small native ones would be fine but any larger fish would destroy the water quality with their "waste" - there is no need for artificial filters or pumps in these wildlife ponds but the reason that Koi ponds are so expensive to set up is due to the filtration needed to combat their waste. The bigger the pond, the easier it is for it to cope with fish. I like fish by the way, just not in wildlife ponds :) Best wishes, Joel

how do water snails colonise a pond

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Hi there - sorry for delay, have been working away on site. I believe that snails can colonise and transfer from waterbodies by attaching to birds' feet, other small mammals as eggs - frogs etc can be known to travel several miles from each water source :) Hope that helps - best wishes, Joel

Kalau dalam bahasa Indonesia, binatang itu belalang Batu namanya Pak.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Terima kasih atas informasinya :) Senang rasanya mengetahui - makhluk ini adalah predator yang cepat ...

Zbyt piękne☺