The Northumbrian Water pond survey
Needs You!
We need your help to find the sites of ponds are and the wildlife they support. By carrying out the simple Northumbrian Water pond survey on a pond in your neighbourhood, school or garden, your records will give us a snap shot of our ponds in North East England. Tell us more about ponds in your locality and help protect the animals and plants that live there for the future. The information collected will be held by the EYE (Exploring your Environment) project and be shared with wildlife organisations to conserve ponds and the wildlife that depends on them. The Tees Valley Biodiversity partnership will be using the survey results to provide information into the Tees Valley Pond habitat action plan.
Ponds – pearls in our landscape
Ponds enrich our lives with their unique beauty and tranquillity. They are treasure troves of aquatic wildlife, providing a habitat for species from microscopic creatures to dragonflies, frogs, newts and birds.
Ponds – precious habitats
Ponds are disappearing from our landscape at an alarming rate. Ponds have been drained due to agricultural improvements and to make way for the expansion of our towns and cities. Many have been lost through pollution or simply dried up through neglect.
Fortunately we are becoming aware of value of ponds in our countryside and towns. Many of our most wildlife-rich ponds are protected as nature reserves. New ponds are being created, providing habitats for a rich variety of wildlife, from mayflies and kingcups to newts. Garden ponds are now popular and they provide valuable breeding places for frogs and toads.
Ponds – we need your records
We need your help to find out where ponds are and what wildlife they support. Your records will give us a snap shot of our ponds in North East England. The information collected will be held by the EYE project and be shared with wildlife organisations to conserve ponds and the wildlife that depends on them.
In the Tees Valley
The wetland and coastal action group of the Tees Valley Biodiversity Partnership is currently working on a Ponds Habitat Action Plan (HAP). Records from the public survey will be added to a database of ponds that is being compiled to produce a pondscape map of the area. This information will assist the group in targeting pond creation and management projects.
For further information on the Northumbrian Pond Survey contact the EYE project
Website
www.eyeproject.org.uk
Email
eye.project@twmuseums.org.uk
Tel
0191 222 7868.
Address
The EYE Project,
3-4 Claremont Terrace,
Newcastle University
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE2 4AE