Four months of mud and machinery, then a considerable improvement
What will happen
The pond is drained, silt removed by machine, and the margins reprofiled. Four weeks of works and about three months of bare mud afterwards.
Why it is needed
It has silted to about thirty centimetres and dries every August. Newts have not bred successfully in it since 2019.
What it will look like
Bad until June, then better than at any point in thirty years. Photographs of a comparable restoration are on the page.
