Over the last 25 years there have been many questions relating to how one designs a wildlife pond. Every site is specific, and each comes with its own challenges, and surprises.

We are often asked similar questions relating to building wildlife ponds, so to assist, and encourage people, we have listed below the most common questions, and also challenges one might face when building a wildlife pond.

Over half of the UK’s ponds now remain, and of those less than 20% are considered as priority habitat by ecologists. This is primarily due to industrialisation, property development, insufficient land drainage and inadequate farming practices.