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An interesting little post here all about why koi have barbels. https://www.thepondguy.com/…/learning-c enter-wg-weekly-pond…

Here's a handy How to Build a Pond Guide from The Wildlife Trusts. https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions/ho w-build-pond

Koi and ponds are long renowned for their calming, therapeutic qualities - so here's something to relax, meditate or fall asleep to - 6 hours of tranquil koi and soothing sounds. Enjoy. :) https://youtu.be/mB4kTuU9w14

A nice informative article from the US on compatible pond co-habitants. http://www.smart-pond.com/…/23/pond-inh abitants-compatibil…/

Learn all about algae and how it leads to green water and blanketweed in the first of 3 blogs all about the plague of pondkeepers everywhere! https://www.bradshawsdirect.co.uk/blog/un derstanding-algae

Not a bad article on preparing your pond and adding fish. You can get Filter Start Products here: https://www.bradshawsdirect.co.uk/‚Ķ/pon d-‚Ķ/filter-treatments and all-in-One Filters like the EasyClear 9000 (Our EasyClear 9000s come with a FREE Spray Gun) here: https://www.bradshawsdirect.co.uk/pond-f‚ Ķ/all-in-one-filters https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/‚Ķ/out-i n-the-garden-9072202/

Another great article on how installing a pond is the best way to save British wildlife - and how even a mini pond made from a sink, bath or other container is great too! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/…/gardeners -should-build-mini-…/

Following up on our Weather Loach video yesterday here's an article from Practical Fishkeeping with everything you ever need to know about them. https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/‚Ä ¶/weather-loaches-a‚Ķ/

A nice little UK video here about the fascinating Weather Loach - so called because it's known to react to changes in barometric pressure - and so is believed to be useful in predicting the weather! https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_contin ue=29&v=4D7NJtiSqRY

We’re not sure we’d recommend it, but how about this for a novel form of pond protection! In this pretty amazing video from the Mail Online you can see how one man employed his very own pond bodyguard in the form of a crow! https://www.bradshawsdirect.co.uk/blog/cr ow-vs-heron

A really good little video here on how the best thing you can do to benefit British wildlife is to set up a nature pond. This video is also interesting as it features some of the plants we stock in glorious full bloom! hit the link to our plant category below for our range. https://www.bradshawsdirect.co.uk/pond-pl anting/plants https://vimeo.com/337024041

Fish attacks cat! Got more than it bargained for! ūüėā

Declining frog populations in British ponds. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-enviro nment-48219217

Of all the things you might expect to find in your pond a wayward parachutist surely isn't one of them! https://metro.co.uk/…/tale-parachutist- landing-koi-carp-po…/

OATA issues new guidance on invasive species and biosecurity. https://ornamentalfish.org/oata-responds- to-commons-commit…/

An excellent article in The Guardian all about the benefits and beauty of oxygenating plants in ponds. What's more, all of the species mentioned are available on the Plants section of our website: https://www.bradshawsdirect.co.uk/pond-pl anti…/…/oxygenators (or just use the search bar). https://www.theguardian.com/…/floating- plants-for-cleaner-g…

New species of snakehead fish discovered - named after The Lord of the Ring’s Gollum says The Natural History Museum! https://www.nhm.ac.uk/…/-precious--newl y-discovered-subterr…

One of our biggest selling items at this time of year is the Oase Pontec Pondomatic Pond Vacuum. Take a look at our specially produced Bradshaws Video Guide to all you need to know about The Pondomatic! https://www.bradshawsdirect.co.uk/…/oas e-pondomatic-bradsha…