A Smart New Lake
- At October 28, 2011
- By alice
- In Belaugh, Wildlife
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We finally have a rather smart new lake – something we’ve been looking forward to since we first arrived in Belaugh in July.
This is how it looked when we first arrived in Belaugh
Once the workmen had emptied and cleaned the lake
How our lake looks now.
It took the workmen (three of them) just under a week to empty the lake, clear all the bulrushes and refill it.
Needless to say Freddy couldn’t resist taking a closer look and returned covered from top to tail in sticky, vile, smelly mud. Thankfully, Bertie was much more sensible (well, he would be wouldn’t he?) and steered clear of it, mooching around on the soft grass to his heart’s content – something he’s not seen or had for over a year!
Once spring is here I’ll work on adding bog plants and water lilies as I’d like to encourage more wildlife. I’m told that otters used to visit – perhaps our smart new lake may entice them back.
The Mallards and Moorhens seem happy with the way the lake is now and in fact, we seem to have more of them splashing around. Even the local heron has come round to inspect it, finding the odd eel here and there.
