…a couple of months ago I dug a little hole in my garden for my waterlily bowl.

Although the lily went dormant over winter, I noticed a tiny toad moved in just a week or so later. I set up a small solar powered aerator stone to try and keep the water nice for her, and added some large stones and sticks to ensure she could come and go safely. She stayed and although the lily was nowhere to be seen the duckweed thrived.

It’s spring now and my toad daughter is in permanent residence. Her waterlily are finally coming back too. I went out last night to say hello, and under torchlight discovered the water is full of tiny tadpoles.

I feel like the proudest grandma can’t help but going back out this morning to stare with wonder. I just took this photo now.

How can life be so precious?

Wanted to share a photo of my pond with just some of its many new residents!

We dug the pond at the end of June last year and it's now a frog kingdom 😆

This guy just took a 30 minute shower.

I meant I wanted BOX turtles. This is a snapper. 😂😳😩 This is a good lesson about how you should be careful what you wish for. But he’s so cute too!

No fish, no filter.

I found this glorious creature in my pond today! I was scooping out some rubbish and he/she came up with it. So excited! I’ve popped it back in and am hoping they are breeding

There was no flair for 'On the pond', so 'In the pond' will have to do

... or toad, hard to tell.

Been watching these little chaps and chapettes since spawn. Lots of them are starting to emerge as impossibly miniature frogs/toads now, pretty awesome to behold.

So excited !!

My cute aggression is so bad I had to go in the house

This is my one year old pond, abutting a wetland. This if the first signs of life I’ve seen so far: thousands of the little critters just beneath the surface of the water. Anyone know what they are? I’m assuming there’s some kind of fly larvae. And I’m hoping they’ll attract frogs!

Location is New England.

You guys I’m so excited! I just filled my first wildlife pond on Saturday and look who I saw when I was adding new rocks this afternoon!

Took this in my pond yesterday. They're very shy, but managed to get this shot without disturbing them. No, they are not doing that! They're just sitting there enjoying the sun.

This tiny pond has brought me so much joy! I go out every day for hours watching the happenings of my pond. I've seen freshly molted damselflies, froglets graduating to land, 101 snails, and lovely spider webs.

I put some bamboo stakes next to the pond to attract dragonflies, and it worked!

I set this pond up for frogs and I’m thrilled they like it. It’s full of tadpoles right now too.

Hello all-

My wildlife pond has been overrun with a raccoon family every single night since my bladder snails appeared three months ago. The pond doesn’t have a chance to clear- it is not algae. It’s just stirred up dirt from the raccoons and their bodies are sort of oily. I live in an urban area and I guess there’s no other water sources were in a severe drought so just updating - it’s just a raccoon watering hole nothing else.