Garden pond pays dividends

It's been almost a year since we dug out a 3 x 2 metre pond at the bottom of some waste ground in our garden. We have let the garden grow naturally and have fed the birds during the winter and spring on a variety of seeds and nuts. Woodpeckers, Nuthatches and Long Tailed Tits like peanuts. Goldfinches and Siskins love niger seed and most birds will eat sunflower seeds. Today, there were Willow Warbler, Yellowhammer (a very uncommon visitor to us), Blackcap, Redstarts, G.S. Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Bullfinch, all juveniles. All these birds, as well as the more common garden birds, have bred in, or very near to this wildlife garden. So with a little effort and a small financial outlay we are now starting to reap the rewards. Please see Gallery.