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Happy New Year 🎉 and a successful pond year. People to follow: go.bsky.app/5ZMVBB1
January 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Happy New Year 🎉 and a successful pond year. People to follow: go.bsky.app/5ZMVBB1
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Happy NY!!! Since 2014 we have pioneered the restoration of overgrown ponds & lost infilled #ghostponds in the UK. Our methods, learnt from a wonderful farmer (Richard Waddingham), are mega successful & lead to massive biodiversity gains for aquatic & terrestrial species. Please support us in 2026 🎉
December 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Happy NY!!! Since 2014 we have pioneered the restoration of overgrown ponds & lost infilled #ghostponds in the UK. Our methods, learnt from a wonderful farmer (Richard Waddingham), are mega successful & lead to massive biodiversity gains for aquatic & terrestrial species. Please support us in 2026 🎉
We are launching a Photo of the Month initiative to highlight the diversity of #ponds in Europe.
Submit your pond photos and each month one will be featured on the EPCN website and BlueSky.
Send images (≤1 MB or 1200–1600 px) with your name and a short description to european@pond-conservation.net.
Submit your pond photos and each month one will be featured on the EPCN website and BlueSky.
Send images (≤1 MB or 1200–1600 px) with your name and a short description to european@pond-conservation.net.
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We are launching a Photo of the Month initiative to highlight the diversity of #ponds in Europe.
Submit your pond photos and each month one will be featured on the EPCN website and BlueSky.
Send images (≤1 MB or 1200–1600 px) with your name and a short description to european@pond-conservation.net.
Submit your pond photos and each month one will be featured on the EPCN website and BlueSky.
Send images (≤1 MB or 1200–1600 px) with your name and a short description to european@pond-conservation.net.
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The UK’s #wildlife is under increasing pressure, and #gardens are becoming ever more important.
That’s exactly why the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium has become such a valuable (& free!) annual event.
More details here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/12/10/j...
#pollinators #mammals #fungi #ponds
That’s exactly why the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium has become such a valuable (& free!) annual event.
More details here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/12/10/j...
#pollinators #mammals #fungi #ponds
Join me at the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium 14th January 2026 – Free Registration Now Open!
At a time when the UK’s wildlife is under increasing pressure, the everyday spaces we manage—especially gardens—are becoming ever more important. Although interest in wildlife-friendly gardening ha…
jeffollerton.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The UK’s #wildlife is under increasing pressure, and #gardens are becoming ever more important.
That’s exactly why the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium has become such a valuable (& free!) annual event.
More details here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/12/10/j...
#pollinators #mammals #fungi #ponds
That’s exactly why the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium has become such a valuable (& free!) annual event.
More details here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/12/10/j...
#pollinators #mammals #fungi #ponds
New paper has been published examining how food availability in temporary #ponds affects #duckling growth. They demonstrate how aquatic invertebrate abundance drives body mass gain in ducklings, highlighting the role of temporary ponds as foraging habitats.
Take a look here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Take a look here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Duckling body mass increases with abundant aquatic invertebrates: Experimental approach
In Fennoscandia, waterbirds have declined over several decade, and this decline could be linked to problems in the breeding success and loss of foragi…
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December 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
New paper has been published examining how food availability in temporary #ponds affects #duckling growth. They demonstrate how aquatic invertebrate abundance drives body mass gain in ducklings, highlighting the role of temporary ponds as foraging habitats.
Take a look here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Take a look here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
The German Small Lake and Pond Inventory (GSLPI) represents a significant step forward: for the first time, it offers a complete database of more than 260,000 lakes and ponds ranging from 100 to 500,000 m² in size.
Ein Meilenstein für kleine Standgewässer:
Mit dem German Small Lake and Pond Inventory (GSLPI) liegt erstmals eine umfassende Datenbank zu über 260.000 Seen und Teichen zwischen 10 - 500.000 m² vor:
🔗 doi.org/10.5194/essd...
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Mit dem German Small Lake and Pond Inventory (GSLPI) liegt erstmals eine umfassende Datenbank zu über 260.000 Seen und Teichen zwischen 10 - 500.000 m² vor:
🔗 doi.org/10.5194/essd...
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@umweltbundesamt.bsky.social
@epcn.bsky.social
The German Small Lake and Pond Inventory
Abstract. Small lakes and ponds are hotspots of biodiversity, biogeochemical reactions, and hydrological interactions in the landscape. While mostly providing the same functions as larger lakes, they ...
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The German Small Lake and Pond Inventory (GSLPI) represents a significant step forward: for the first time, it offers a complete database of more than 260,000 lakes and ponds ranging from 100 to 500,000 m² in size.
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🚨New paper🚨From a survey of 560 garden-pond owners, nearly half keep invasive macrophytes, often bought through online communities that are blind spots for researchers and authorities. #waterhyacinth #waterlettuce #invasiveplants #citizenscience 🌿🌱🌺 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🚨New paper🚨From a survey of 560 garden-pond owners, nearly half keep invasive macrophytes, often bought through online communities that are blind spots for researchers and authorities. #waterhyacinth #waterlettuce #invasiveplants #citizenscience 🌿🌱🌺 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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For your freshwater Friday delight... we're thrilled to present a deep dive with @carlsayer.bsky.social, Prof of Limnology & Freshwater Ecology at UCL, into the fascinating world of #GhostPonds, and their potent power for ecological and palaeoecological regeneration:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
For your freshwater Friday delight... we're thrilled to present a deep dive with @carlsayer.bsky.social, Prof of Limnology & Freshwater Ecology at UCL, into the fascinating world of #GhostPonds, and their potent power for ecological and palaeoecological regeneration:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...
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Ghost pond resurrection. Is it the most successful form of ecological restoration known? www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...
Ghost pond resurrection – the most successful ecological restoration ever known? — Freshwater Biological Association
Carl Sayer is Professor of Limnology & Freshwater Ecology at UCL. We were delighted that Carl was able to attend the FBA ASM to deliver a keynote talk on ghost ponds. These pond resurrections are ...
www.fba.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ghost pond resurrection. Is it the most successful form of ecological restoration known? www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...
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💧🌱 Wir starten mit einer aktuellen Publikation aus NRW (DE), in der kleine #Steinbruchgewässer mit anderen #Kleingewässer / #ponds hinsichtlich #Phytodiversität verglichen wurden. Steinbruchgewässer schnitten erwartungsgemäß besser ab
👉🏼 ScienceDirect share.google/KS4rD0DPhWmt...
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👉🏼 ScienceDirect share.google/KS4rD0DPhWmt...
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Ponds in quarries have a higher plant species richness than those in the surrounding landscape
Habitat loss is one of the main drivers of the current global biodiversity crisis, with freshwater ecosystems among those that suffer most. The aim of…
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November 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
💧🌱 Wir starten mit einer aktuellen Publikation aus NRW (DE), in der kleine #Steinbruchgewässer mit anderen #Kleingewässer / #ponds hinsichtlich #Phytodiversität verglichen wurden. Steinbruchgewässer schnitten erwartungsgemäß besser ab
👉🏼 ScienceDirect share.google/KS4rD0DPhWmt...
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👉🏼 ScienceDirect share.google/KS4rD0DPhWmt...
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In our new review in WIREs WATER, we synthesize knowledge on ecosystem (dis)services, multifunctionality, and trade‐offs in urban ponds and highlight garden ponds as a specific subtype that deserves more attention
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doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
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Urban Ponds and the Emerging Role of Garden Ponds: Ecosystem Services and Disservices, Multifunctionality, and Trade‐Offs
Urban ponds and garden ponds—a specific subset of the former, usually located in private gardens—are both typical examples of ponds in the urban landscape. They deliver multiple ecosystem services bu...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In our new review in WIREs WATER, we synthesize knowledge on ecosystem (dis)services, multifunctionality, and trade‐offs in urban ponds and highlight garden ponds as a specific subtype that deserves more attention
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doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
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doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
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Succession and evolution in a pond environment. From my coming book PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, ~January 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Succession and evolution in a pond environment. From my coming book PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, ~January 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
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🦫 #Beavers help bats: Where these industrious builders fell trees and dam streams, there are more #bats. New study by WSL and @eawag.bsky.social: www.wsl.ch/en/news/beav... #NatureConservation #DeadWood #Ponds #EnvironmentalProtection #RedList @vmoser.bsky.social @animalecology.bsky.social
Beavers create habitats for bats
A study shows that land animals benefit from beaver dam construction – for example, endangered bats.
www.wsl.ch
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🦫 #Beavers help bats: Where these industrious builders fell trees and dam streams, there are more #bats. New study by WSL and @eawag.bsky.social: www.wsl.ch/en/news/beav... #NatureConservation #DeadWood #Ponds #EnvironmentalProtection #RedList @vmoser.bsky.social @animalecology.bsky.social
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For the first time, we have compared European #kettleholes with prairie potholes (North America) in terms of their #ecohydrology in a review.
A special thanks go to Majid Taie Semiromi. 🙏🏼
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ponds
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A special thanks go to Majid Taie Semiromi. 🙏🏼
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ponds
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Comparing Ecohydrological Characteristics of European Kettle Holes and Prairie Potholes for Effective Conservation and Management - Wetlands
The last glaciation period, known as the Wisconsin glaciation in North America and the Weichselian glaciation in North Central Europe (NCE), sculpted distinctive landscape features across these region...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
For the first time, we have compared European #kettleholes with prairie potholes (North America) in terms of their #ecohydrology in a review.
A special thanks go to Majid Taie Semiromi. 🙏🏼
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ponds
@epcn.bsky.social
A special thanks go to Majid Taie Semiromi. 🙏🏼
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ponds
@epcn.bsky.social
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The huge biodiversity gains from restoring farm #ponds. Major evidence coming in from studies at our Heydon restored pondscape, Norfolk, eastern England @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @fwageast.bsky.social @farmwildlifeuk.bsky.social @brecksfarmerswn.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @epcn.bsky.social
How do you get a 120% increase in wetland plants in the farmed landscape & massively increase water beetle diversity too? The answer is restore farm ponds by scrub & sediment removal - key is to go in hard & make a big impact. See new paper: share.google/VVowsJzqHdPT...
October 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The huge biodiversity gains from restoring farm #ponds. Major evidence coming in from studies at our Heydon restored pondscape, Norfolk, eastern England @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @fwageast.bsky.social @farmwildlifeuk.bsky.social @brecksfarmerswn.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @epcn.bsky.social
The #EPCN is delighted to announce the the renewal and update of our official website (www.europeanponds.org), featuring the newly appointed committee and refreshed content.
We aim to enhance our presence here, sharing news, opportunities, and highlights from our network in the coming months.
We aim to enhance our presence here, sharing news, opportunities, and highlights from our network in the coming months.
EPCN | The European Pond Conservation Network
www.europeanponds.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The #EPCN is delighted to announce the the renewal and update of our official website (www.europeanponds.org), featuring the newly appointed committee and refreshed content.
We aim to enhance our presence here, sharing news, opportunities, and highlights from our network in the coming months.
We aim to enhance our presence here, sharing news, opportunities, and highlights from our network in the coming months.
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SS078 Urban waters under pressure: socio-ecological feedback and anthropogenic stressors in city ponds, streams, and estuaries
With Kristien I. Brans and Zsófia Horváth @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social
With Kristien I. Brans and Zsófia Horváth @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
(Mountain) Pond lovers, we are looking for you! Within the EPCN, we are organising a new working group on mountain ponds 💙🏔️ If you are interested to join or listen to the presentations, join our kick-off meeting on 29th of October!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
EPCN Mountain Ponds Working Group
We are planning to bring a new mountain ponds working group to life within the network of the EPCN (European Pond Conservation Network). For this purpose, we call a meeting for all people that are int...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
(Mountain) Pond lovers, we are looking for you! Within the EPCN, we are organising a new working group on mountain ponds 💙🏔️ If you are interested to join or listen to the presentations, join our kick-off meeting on 29th of October!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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📢 #GiroNat is out in @journalofmaps.bsky.social
📃 Habitats of Girona (Catalonia): urban landscape and Natura 2000 areas
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📃 Habitats of Girona (Catalonia): urban landscape and Natura 2000 areas
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Habitats of Girona (Catalonia): urban landscape and Natura 2000 areas
The Girona urban landscape and Natura 2000 habitats map (1:10.000) was generated with data from photointerpretation and fieldwork. We mapped 118 CORINE habitats and identified 15 Habitats of Commun...
www.tandfonline.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
📢 #GiroNat is out in @journalofmaps.bsky.social
📃 Habitats of Girona (Catalonia): urban landscape and Natura 2000 areas
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📃 Habitats of Girona (Catalonia): urban landscape and Natura 2000 areas
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📢Amazing August news 📢
Our final work within the #Ponderful project was published in #GlobalEcology&Biogeography journal. We explore the link between waterscape degradation and diversity decay trends using satellite images and metacommunity stimulations! 👇🏽
doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Our final work within the #Ponderful project was published in #GlobalEcology&Biogeography journal. We explore the link between waterscape degradation and diversity decay trends using satellite images and metacommunity stimulations! 👇🏽
doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Degrading Waterscapes and Decaying Diversities: Assessing Habitat Loss and Fragmentation Consequences on Simulated Diversity Patterns Across European Freshwater Ecoregions
Aim Aquatic landscapes face severe threats from human activities propelling their deterioration. Waterscape degradation represents a main driver of the current diversity crisis, but its large-scale ...
doi.org
August 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
📢Amazing August news 📢
Our final work within the #Ponderful project was published in #GlobalEcology&Biogeography journal. We explore the link between waterscape degradation and diversity decay trends using satellite images and metacommunity stimulations! 👇🏽
doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Our final work within the #Ponderful project was published in #GlobalEcology&Biogeography journal. We explore the link between waterscape degradation and diversity decay trends using satellite images and metacommunity stimulations! 👇🏽
doi.org/10.1111/geb....
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Stoked to announce that our work has found its home in Limnology&Oceanography @aslo.org - the project EUROPONDS started 5 years ago, what a journey. Curious to read about how aquatic insect fluxes behave across Europe? aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Nutrients on the move: Investigating large scale fatty acid exports from European ponds via emerging insects
Permanent ponds are key landscape units that supply various ecosystem services. Notably, the export of aquatic subsidies to land via emerging insects may significantly influence terrestrial food webs...
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Stoked to announce that our work has found its home in Limnology&Oceanography @aslo.org - the project EUROPONDS started 5 years ago, what a journey. Curious to read about how aquatic insect fluxes behave across Europe? aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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🌎 🌿 We are open! Shape the next World Biodiversity Forum WBF2026 and submit a proposal for a session, a workshop or a cultural event now. Under the theme of Leading Transformation Together, WBF2026 will take place in ☀️Davos, Switzerland from 14-19 June 2026. tinyurl.com/ycxtzv7k
June 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🌎 🌿 We are open! Shape the next World Biodiversity Forum WBF2026 and submit a proposal for a session, a workshop or a cultural event now. Under the theme of Leading Transformation Together, WBF2026 will take place in ☀️Davos, Switzerland from 14-19 June 2026. tinyurl.com/ycxtzv7k
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To enhance biodiversity in water and on land, we need high-quality, interconnected natural areas. Here the cooperation of different stakeholders is essential 🌱💧
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...
@wslresearch.bsky.social #bluegreenbiodiversity #bluegreeninfrastructure #bgb #bluegreen #habitats
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...
@wslresearch.bsky.social #bluegreenbiodiversity #bluegreeninfrastructure #bgb #bluegreen #habitats
April 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
To enhance biodiversity in water and on land, we need high-quality, interconnected natural areas. Here the cooperation of different stakeholders is essential 🌱💧
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...
@wslresearch.bsky.social #bluegreenbiodiversity #bluegreeninfrastructure #bgb #bluegreen #habitats
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...
@wslresearch.bsky.social #bluegreenbiodiversity #bluegreeninfrastructure #bgb #bluegreen #habitats
We've been PONDering for some time & now we've finally made it to bsky! 💙🦋 Excited to get in touch & chat with all pond-lovers about pond-ery things. 🐸 First order of business: We'd love to invite you to our meeting on 2nd of April, 4:30pm CET. If you want to join, drop us a message!
March 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We've been PONDering for some time & now we've finally made it to bsky! 💙🦋 Excited to get in touch & chat with all pond-lovers about pond-ery things. 🐸 First order of business: We'd love to invite you to our meeting on 2nd of April, 4:30pm CET. If you want to join, drop us a message!