REQ: advice

"Rez" wrote in message
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Hello there,
I'm on the verge of setting up a pond, and have few concerns regarding
protection of the pond. My original intention was to have a simple
wildlife
pond, but have since decided to stock some fish of some description. My
problem/worry is the predatory subject. I do not want mesh/screen covering
the sface, but I live in a very rural part of suffolk where aside from
several cats there is also a risk from Herons, possibly kingfishers & a
multitude of other creatures that may fancy a nibble from the pond.
I've read about cords & such to stop wading birds, but is there any way of
protecting the pond from such things without making it too much un-natural
looking? Any ideas or experiences greatly appreciated.
TIA
Rez

I've heard that a heron decoy will keep other herons away for a while, or a
fake fox.
A net is as close to a sure thing as you're going to get. And if your pond
isn't too big, it only takes a few minutes to take it off if you're going to
be spending the day in they yard. I didn't want to do it, but my favorite
koi became a meal, and I will not let that happen again.

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"Gib" wrote in message
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"Rez" wrote in message
...
Hello there,
I'm on the verge of setting up a pond, and have few concerns regarding
protection of the pond. My original intention was to have a simple
wildlife
pond, but have since decided to stock some fish of some description. My
problem/worry is the predatory subject. I do not want mesh/screen
covering
the sface, but I live in a very rural part of suffolk where aside from
several cats there is also a risk from Herons, possibly kingfishers & a
multitude of other creatures that may fancy a nibble from the pond.
I've read about cords & such to stop wading birds, but is there any way
of
protecting the pond from such things without making it too much
un-natural
looking? Any ideas or experiences greatly appreciated.
TIA
Rez

I've heard that a heron decoy will keep other herons away for a while, or
a
fake fox.
A net is as close to a sure thing as you're going to get. And if your
pond
isn't too big, it only takes a few minutes to take it off if you're going
to
be spending the day in they yard. I didn't want to do it, but my favorite
koi became a meal, and I will not let that happen again.

--
"Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane."
- H.P. Lovecraft

I've seen those heron decoys in garden centers, but never seen fox decoys, I
will have to look out for them. A friend of mine gave me an owl statue for
the garden & says that maybe it will help when I get the pond set up. So far
it seems to be keeping the birds from the garden, which isn't what I wanted,
so I doubt that will stay there
For the size of my garden, the biggest I can go for a pond is 287 x 185 x 61
cm with a capacity of 1725 litres (I think). I think this may be a bit too
big to be taking nets off & putting them back on etc.
Thanks for your advice, all noted & appreciated.




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nope. Ingrid

" I've heard that a heron decoy will keep other herons away for a while,


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On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 17:49:07 GMT, wrote:

" I've heard that a heron decoy will keep other herons away for a while,

nope. Ingrid

It did here for a couple of days :-) You have to keep moving it but
eventually the real Heron realises.

Last year the pond was netted and we did get occasional damage to it
where the Heron visited. It seems to have learnt though and hasn't
visited this year, just flies over and away without pausing, we see up
to four going over a day.

As for the posts about their patience... A couple of years ago the
grass field next to us flooded and four Herons spent about ten days
waiting for fish to evolve.

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waiting for frogs. Ingrid

As for the posts about their patience... A couple of years ago the
grass field next to us flooded and four Herons spent about ten days
waiting for fish to evolve.



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