The wildlife pond lies through a five bar gate and behind a wall directly behind the lawned area.  Originally, this was where the sheep came to drink from a very muddy pool.  Rainwater and spring water from the field accumulated in the muddy pool so it seemed a natural place to put a pond being at the bottom of a shallow hill.  We used a mini digger to make it a little bigger than it was, and lined it.  It is not meant to be a fancy pond, but is there for the wildlife and fits well 

into its surroundings at the edge of the woodland area.

Yellow flag iris, willow, reeds and ragged robin grow around the edges and I am pleased that newts, frogs and toads now make their home in and around the pond.  If you get up early enough in the morning you may be lucky enough to catch a heron hoping to catch a fish!  There aren’t any, but nevertheless he is a handsome creature.

Irises are among my favourite flowers and I have made a point of planting them all over the area surrounding the pond.  In late Spring blue irises appear everywhere amongst the grassy banks at the bottom of the woodland area next to the pond.