Ice Age Ponds: Get Involved!

There are many ways people and communities can be Ice Age Pond champions:

• Many of our volunteers are already champions – they tell people about our how amazing Ice Age Ponds are, and their work helps us protect them for the future.
• Landowners can be champions – they manage the ponds on their land to protect them for the future
• A number of individuals with ecological or practical knowledge provide practical advice and suggest sources of potential funding for work to members of the public

What might a champion do?

Regular monitoring:

• annual photograph from the same point
• a simple survey following guidelines after a training course
• surveys of particular species or group eg amphibians, dragonflies or pond plants

Adopt a pond:

• set up a local pond group in your town or village
• help a landowner carry out management on a local pond

Be a point of contact

• Be the person in your area that people go to for advice on what to do with their pond or to put them in touch with someone who can help

Educate

• Give guided walks to local groups and interested parties
• Give talks to local groups in person or on line