Rita's Pond - West Norfolk

LOCATION - West Norfolk
Semi raised
1100 gals 5000 litres
Surface area  64 sq. ft

14th May 2006

Frogbit and lily pads showing
Arum lily and bog arum broke the surface about 1 week ago
Iris's good strong growth
Floating heart, water mint, water forget-me-not, and Houttuynia Cordata Variegata  showing good growth
Fibre optic plant not doing too bad
Azolla still "red"
Damsel fly emergence, first pond skaters and very tiny water boatmen seen about 10 days ago
2 of last years fry showing signs of turning orange
water hawthorn been in flower for about 4 weeks
golden club not doing too well yet
marsh marigold 1 flower open
first cuckoo heard on Sat 6th May

17th May 2006

Azolla turning green

23rd May 2006

First flower on Ranunculus aquatililis - Water Buttercup  

24th May 2006

Iris's are now starting to flower.

28th May 2006

Another Iris opened this morning 

31st May 06

2 lily buds, on different plants breaking the surface today 

9th June 06

Snow Princess is the first lily to flower

9th June 06

Not seen a red damsel until today 

25th June 2006

Floating heart flowers for the first time 

28th June 2006

Frogbit has started flowering 

2nd July 2006

Yellow lily in flower

13th July 2006

Water Soldier in flower - only one so far though 

31st August 2006

Arum still hasn't flowered 

3rd October 2006

Arum didn't flower
Frogbit went mad this year, in fact it did so well I had to keep binning it 
Water Soldier did really well - have had to give away loads