I HAVE made a number of garden ponds in my life and, because I’m interested in such things, I’ve always kept a close eye on the plants and animals that colonise them. It’s remarkable how rapidly life appears in a new pond. In most cases there are logical explanations for how it gets there. Many pond insects, like water beetles and water boatmen, can fly. They don’t do it very often…
Irish Examiner, 27/01/14. Read the full article ‘Raining fish bring life to ponds‘.
