Prosperous Ponds was a two year Grantscape funded project led by BRCC in partnership with the Greensand Trust that ended in May 2011. The project has supported a wide range of work including the creation and restoration of new ponds and wet scrapes, Great Crested newt and Water Vole surveys and pond survey training for adults and children. It is hoped that the legacy of this project will be good quality ponds for the future combined with a raised level of understanding and enthusiasm for ponds and the wildlife they contain.

Key achievement #1:
Creation of 7 new ponds at Stotfold Mill Meadows Local Nature Reserve.

Learn more about this project at: www.stotfoldmill.com

Key achievement #2:
Creation of one and restoration of another pond at Langford Meadows.

Key achievement #3:
Creation of wet scrapes at Sandy Smith Nature Reserve.

Learn more about this project at: www.camptonandchicksands.org.uk.

Key achievement #4:
The restoration of ponds at Biggleswade, Maulden, Billington, Flitton, Campton, Heath and Reach, Yeldon, Harlington and Chalgrove.

Key achievement #5:
Expansion of ponds at the Riddy Local Nature Reserve.
Learn more about this project at: www.wildlifebcnp.org/reserves/

and Sharnbook Castle Close. Learn more about this project at: www.sharnbrookonline.co.uk/environment/castle-close/

Key achievement #6:
The discovery of new Great Crested Newt populations at Sandy Smith Nature Reserve along with surveys at two more sites.

Key achievement #7:
Surveys for Water Voles at Duck End Nature Reserve. Learn more about this project at: www.greensandtrust.org/duckEnd.html

and Stotfold Mill Meadows. Learn more about this project at:www.camptonandchicksands.org.uk/nature_reserve.htm

For more information about managing your ponds, or getting Great Crested Newt or other wildlife surveys undertaken on your ponds please contact Richard Lawrence on (01234) 832618 or via email at: richardl@bedsrcc.org.uk.

Online information about pond creation, management and various surveys are available via the Pond Conservation Website www.pondconservation.org.uk.
(There is also information here about some grants that may help you.)

If you already have a garden pond or are thinking of making a new one, then perhaps take a look at: www.pondconservation.org.uk/advice