Pond websites and information
This page is aimed at providing useful external web links and downloadable resources.
Pond wildlife websites
British Wild Flowers is an excellent set of photos allowing to confirm suspected plant ID.
www.british-wild-flowers.co.uk
Buglife is an invertebrate conservation charity and can provide advice on water invertebrates.
www.buglife.org.uk
Flora Locale is a registered charity which aims to promote good practice in the use and sourcing of British and Irish wild flora for all projects in those countries that have wildlife in mind. Their website has a lot of information on identifying and sourcing native flora.
www.floralocale.org
Froglife is a UK wildlife charity committed to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles-saving species, improving habitats and enhancing our lives in the process.
www.froglife.org
The Herpetological Conservation Trust (The HCT) is a UK based charity and charitable company established to further the conservation of amphibians and reptiles (collectively known as herpetofauna).
www.herpconstrust.org.uk
Pond Conservation is a national charity dedicated to creating and protecting ponds and the wildlife they support. Their website has a wide range of pond advice including a pond creation toolkit, pond management and invasive species advice, information on the Pond Habitat Action Plan and a News section.
www.pondconservation.org.uk
Pond Expert is a website designed to offer a reference point on designing, constructing and caring for ponds.
www.pondexpert.co.uk
The RSPB has produced information on ponds and wildlife, it can be found here:
www.rspb.org.uk/advice/gardening/pondsforwildlife
Your Wetlands provides advice to managing ponds
www.yourwetlands.co.uk
Useful pond wildlife publications
Here is a range of downloadable resources by a range of conservation organisations on managing, creating and understanding ponds
Pond Management
Creating a wildlife pond (Natural Gardens)
natural-gardens creating a wildlife pond pdf
Enjoy your pond (Environment Agency)
Garden ponds and boggy areas: havens for wildlife (Natural England)
Garden ponds and boggy areas: havens for wildlife
Amphibian Information
Pond management for breeding amphibians
Pond management for breeding amphibians
British Reptiles and Amphibians Identification Guide (Froglife)
British Reptiles and Amphibians Identification Guide
Amphibian Health and Disease (Froglife)
Amphibians in your Garden (Froglife)
Great Crested Newt Conservation Handbook (Froglife)
Great Crested Newt Conservation Handbook
North East Amphibian and Reptile Atlas (John Durkin)
North East Amphibian and Reptile Atlas
Surveying for newts (Froglife)
The Conservation of Great Crested Newts – a guide to habitat management (Various)
The Conservation of Great Crested Newts
Toads on the Roads (Froglife)
Toads on the Roads
Pond Habitat Action Plans
Best practice for the identification and assessment of UK BAP priority ponds (Jim Fairclough and Pascale Nicolet) 13
Best practice for the identification and assessment of UK BAP priority ponds
Invasive Plant Species
Crassula advice (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)
Crassula advice
Problem Pond Plants (Pond Conservation)
Whats in your Pot (Plantlife)
Environmental Stewardship Guidance
Guidance Leaflet 007 – Ponds of High Wildlife Value
Guidance Leaflet 007 – Ponds of High Wildlife Value
PSYM surveys
PSYM methods
PSYM manual
Planning and Development
Guidance on building development (England) with respect to amphibians and reptiles (HCT)
Guidance on building development (England) with respect to amphibians and reptiles
Ponds – A priority habitat-A guide for planners (Pond Conservation)
Other miscellaneous downloads
Hedgerow Survey Handbook (DEFRA)
May Fly Identification Key (Freshwater Biological Association)
