Fleet Pond Accessible to all

Countryside Ranger Rachel met this lovely lady at the weekend who was testing out the Fleet Pond footpaths for mobility use, and loved the easy access to the Jetties and pathways. A great place to enjoy watching the ducklings and signets 

Blondie

Blondie the White duckling at Fleet Pond is doing really well thanks for the photo Vicki.

Labyrinth Spider

We found a Labyrinth spider at Edenbrook Country Park. They are a fascinating they build their amazing webs in long grass. They get their name from the shape of their webs. At one end there is a funnel shape and then further down the funnel is a labyrinth of tunnels.

Hidden in the centre of the labyrinth is the egg sac containing all the developing young.

The females remain with the young until they are ready to leave the web. Sometimes they die before the spiderlings go, and in this case the young will eat their mother.

Small Copper

Found this beautiful small copper today they are a great butterfly. They have metallic orange scales. The larvae feed on sorrel and dock they don't eat the whole leaf but just a groove on the underside leaving a transparent area in the leaf. They are really fast flying butterflies I like them because they have lots of character.

Fleet Pond Anglers

Ranger Louise and the Fleet Pond Anglers were out at the T jetty fishing out all the rubbish. we've brought a net this time to get all the broken glass thanks boys you are doing a great job! 

Wow check out this swan mussel. We have found quite a few with mussels inside so we've thrown them back

Fishing Jetty

Rangers Duke and Rachel and apprentice rangers will and izzy have done a great job with this fishing jetty. They have ripped out the old railway sleepers and replaced them with nice new ones and put nice footpath surfacing down.

Feed the birds

Fleet Pond looks great today the the sun is out and the young geese are begging for food. Please try and not feed the geese bread as not only is it not good for the geese, ducks and swans also any that isn't eaten adds nutrients to the pond and won't help us with our aim for encouraging plants to grow in the water. Swan and duck food is available to buy in the pet shops in Fleet.