New ponds 'attract' rare wildlife

[St Edmund]

A bit of pleasant news.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10752926

[Pondgirl]

When we lived in the UK we built and renovated a number of ponds for schools (So that's where the names came from ). It was great seeing the children so involved in nature. It is certainly good news that so muc more is being done.

[Agent Sizzle]

Why have the ponds declined so much over the last century? Is it the climate, "development" or something else?

I used to love playing by ponds as a child and always begged my dad to build one in the garden. We had the room, but he flatly refused as he loathed frogs and couldn't bear the thought of them near the house.

[Boy Perkins]

We also used to have loads of brooks and water filled ditches to mess around in but changes in farming and a general lowering of the water table in many areas has seen them disappear.

We used to come home filthy and no doubt they would now be considered a terrible health hazard for any number of reasons - but they were fun!