Turtle beside a pond in Jakarta, Indonesia

Picture: Lessy Sebastian/Hot Spot Media

Tadpole Run

Photograph by Eiko Jones

‘The Big Pond Dip is an annual summer survey organised by Pond Conservation that uses an online recording form to build up data about what exactly makes these wetlands-in-miniature so great for wildlife.’ - Ben Hoare

Equipment:

• Shrimping net/ sieve
• tray (wide, shallow and preferably white)
• magnifying glass

For more details on how to take part visit www.pondconservation.org.uk/bigponddip

(Source: discoverwildlife.com)

At The Garden Pond by AnyMotion on Flickr.

Frogs rest in a pond where they are being raised as food, inside a factory on the outskirts of Pyongyang

Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

(Source: Guardian)

Hippopotamuses surface from a pond, also in the Maasai Mara national reserve. Some of Kenya’s parks and their ecosystems have been hit hard recently by prolonged drought, which resulted in the loss of huge numbers of herbivorous animals such as zebras, elephants and buffaloes. This in turn created a shortage of food for carnivores such as lions and hyenas

Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA

(Source: Guardian)

Watching black specks turn into tadpoles is a childhood rite of passage, yet one that, sadly, fewer fold witness nowadays. Pop some spawn in a tank to watch the miracle unfold - take it from your own pond, as transferring spawn or froglets between sites can spread disease. Ben Hoare (BBC Wildlife Magazine)

A male Pacific tree frog makes its mating call, call as it floats in a pond on a farm near Roseburg, Oregon

Photograph: Keystone/USA-ZUMA/Rex Features

(Source: Guardian)