The "Winter Pond" is exactly what it say on the tin: a pond which only appears in the Winter. It lies a little way north of Hall's on the southern edge of a triangle of land. It used to fill most Winters but then it went several years without really getting going. Last Winter (2006-7) we had enough rain to fill it for a while.

This sort of pool provides an interesting habitat and when it does appear it's well worth taking a look as you wander past to see what's about.

The site of the pond empty of water, and hence full of plants, in Autumn 2007

The pond finally with some water, January 2008

View from a different angle, January 2008