Restore Itchycoo Park Pond Health and Ecology

We have to act! OUR POND IS DYING! For decades there has been inadequate maintenance with pond muck now up to 1meter+ thick, filling to within 9” of the surface. The pond stinks, bubbling evil smelling hydrogen sulphide gas and methane on anything approaching a warm day, and whenever disturbed by passing/diving waterfowl.

The once plentiful NEWTS are NO LONGER SEEN ………..FROGS ARE GONE too……… DRAGONFLIES/DAMSELFLIES ALMOST NEVER SEEN ANY MORE. NO MORE DAPHNIA( a major aquatic animal food source). NO WATER PLANTS grow FROM THE BOTTOM UP any more. Bulrushes, Irises and willow that once grew in the water all dead. Most pond life has been seriously affected by the thick layer of anaerobic muck on the bottom. Plants that feed on excess organics will only grow on our small islands in the top clear water layer.

Without maintenance the pond will turn into a marsh that will not sustain the remaining  life forms

That’s why we have set up this group to obtain funding to work with the Green Spaces department and an ecologist, to dredge and clean the pond floor, and add oxygenating water plants, to restore health and an ecological balance. Please help us to do this. IT’S YOUR POND TOO.