Another gorgeous Spring day - although with the temperatures outside it's warmer than many Summer days. As I jogged across the playing fields a swallow flew over - my first one of the year. Seemed to a solitary one as I didn't spot any others.
A short run up to the Tye today, as our newly refurbished dewpond is being filled by our very obliging local firemen and with permission from Southern Water. Given that water is a bit of an issue here at the moment.
I was too late to see the start of it all, as I could only get up there in my lunch break, and arrived to find the hose trailing from the nearby hydrant to fill the pond.
Typically we've had no rain since the pond was finished and it needed to be filled as soon as possible - otherwise the clay lining is likely to dry out and crack, which means if it gets too damaged it won't hold water and we wouldn't want that having just spent all that money and effort on getting it refurbished.
Can't wait to see it filling up with wildlife, although we've still got a bit of work to do around it, such as replacing the fencing and planting a protective hedge round one side.
If you want to see the full sequence of photos from start to finish you'll find them
here on Flickr.
Many thanks to one of our
FoTT members - Brian Knight, for taking such great photos of the works on a regular basis.
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