A field in Shropshire, England
These freshwater shrimp are having fun wriggling around upside down on the underside of the ice in the old pond.
We know: they’re not actually shrimp and probably not the native Gammarus pulex but rather the interloper Crangonyx pseudogracilis.
A few months of work have paid off and the pond is looking a lot better, and thriving with life.
It looked perfectly healthy, but a storm brought down this 200 year old ash tree. At least we’re not short of firewood for the next few winters.
A grey, smelly, overgrown puddle, but with a bit of effort we hope to bring this old pond back to life.