This was a pit dug during the second world war by Italian Prisoner of war and non conformists, the idea was this Marl (Marl is another term of clay (Speeton Clay ) was dug up and spread on the  sand  land thus preventing it from blowing away in the wind. This left a large clay hole which holds water for most years.

The area has been planted with willows and by natural regeneration quick thorn ash and elder berry bushes are all mature, this is a little haven for all types of wildlife birds, small animals, insects and flowers. It is envisaged this will be improved during the winter  the pond will be enlarged the whole area reclaimed by the removal of brash vegatation such as brambles and elderberry bushes. Form the photo above the area at the bottom of the photo is all brambles and will have to be removed.This will be funded by the Countryside Stewardship Scheme.

As you can see from the above photo the bull rushes are starting to creep too far into the pond area so these will be reduced to stop the pond from silting over. A pond has to be manages to stay in a form that is pleasing to both Humans and wildlife!